Donato Di Carlo
@donatodc.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Political Economy, European Institute, LSE
https://www.lse.ac.uk/european-institute/people/di-carlo-donato
Director: Luiss Hub for New Industrial Policy (LUHNIP) https://leap.luiss.it/luhnip/
https://dicarlo.world/
https://www.lse.ac.uk/european-institute/people/di-carlo-donato
Director: Luiss Hub for New Industrial Policy (LUHNIP) https://leap.luiss.it/luhnip/
https://dicarlo.world/
The EU's defence sector needs urgent transformation to address geo-economic challenges, including the war in Ukraine and Donald Trump's return to the White House.
New LUHNIP WP “Toward a New European Military-Industrial Regime” by Samuel B. H. Faure
👉 t.co/WuGDDkez8K
New LUHNIP WP “Toward a New European Military-Industrial Regime” by Samuel B. H. Faure
👉 t.co/WuGDDkez8K
January 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The EU's defence sector needs urgent transformation to address geo-economic challenges, including the war in Ukraine and Donald Trump's return to the White House.
New LUHNIP WP “Toward a New European Military-Industrial Regime” by Samuel B. H. Faure
👉 t.co/WuGDDkez8K
New LUHNIP WP “Toward a New European Military-Industrial Regime” by Samuel B. H. Faure
👉 t.co/WuGDDkez8K
The recent Council discussions underscore the urgent need to strengthen the European Health Union. However, critical challenges threatening the EU’s pharma resilience remain.
📖 Learn more in the latest LUHNIP Brief on EU Industrial Policy: lnkd.in/gbZPUYCv
📖 Learn more in the latest LUHNIP Brief on EU Industrial Policy: lnkd.in/gbZPUYCv
January 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The recent Council discussions underscore the urgent need to strengthen the European Health Union. However, critical challenges threatening the EU’s pharma resilience remain.
📖 Learn more in the latest LUHNIP Brief on EU Industrial Policy: lnkd.in/gbZPUYCv
📖 Learn more in the latest LUHNIP Brief on EU Industrial Policy: lnkd.in/gbZPUYCv
Italy secures €430M for an AI supercomputer & updates startup rules with the Scale Up Act. A renewed role in European innovation?
👉 More in LUHNIP's Monthly Brief: bit.ly/3WlAPek
👉 More in LUHNIP's Monthly Brief: bit.ly/3WlAPek
January 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Italy secures €430M for an AI supercomputer & updates startup rules with the Scale Up Act. A renewed role in European innovation?
👉 More in LUHNIP's Monthly Brief: bit.ly/3WlAPek
👉 More in LUHNIP's Monthly Brief: bit.ly/3WlAPek
Join us at the Villa Vigoni conference organized w/ @trgn.bsky.social, @ankehassel.bsky.social, @katemcnamara.bsky.social and @manuelamoschella.bsky.social
#EarlyCareerResearchers #PhDStudents #PostDocs #EconomicSociology #PoliticalEconomy #VillaVigoni #EuropeGeoeconomics
#EarlyCareerResearchers #PhDStudents #PostDocs #EconomicSociology #PoliticalEconomy #VillaVigoni #EuropeGeoeconomics
December 23, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Join us at the Villa Vigoni conference organized w/ @trgn.bsky.social, @ankehassel.bsky.social, @katemcnamara.bsky.social and @manuelamoschella.bsky.social
#EarlyCareerResearchers #PhDStudents #PostDocs #EconomicSociology #PoliticalEconomy #VillaVigoni #EuropeGeoeconomics
#EarlyCareerResearchers #PhDStudents #PostDocs #EconomicSociology #PoliticalEconomy #VillaVigoni #EuropeGeoeconomics
🎙️ Villa Vigoni Conference 2025 – Call for Early Career Researchers!
Are you a PhD student or post-doc researching Europe’s geoeconomic future?
Apply now for the Villa Vigoni conference: Europe and the Geoeconomic Challenge 🗓️ 22–24 April 2025
🌟 Travel/accommodation funding available
December 23, 2024 at 9:40 AM
🎙️ Villa Vigoni Conference 2025 – Call for Early Career Researchers!
Are you a PhD student or post-doc researching Europe’s geoeconomic future?
Apply now for the Villa Vigoni conference: Europe and the Geoeconomic Challenge 🗓️ 22–24 April 2025
🌟 Travel/accommodation funding available
The EU’s defence industrial policy is at a crucial juncture. How do differing opinions on third-country participation impact EU defence policy decisions?
👉 Key insights on this and more in this month’s #LUHNIP Brief: bit.ly/3P1CB09
👉 Key insights on this and more in this month’s #LUHNIP Brief: bit.ly/3P1CB09
December 18, 2024 at 12:59 PM
The EU’s defence industrial policy is at a crucial juncture. How do differing opinions on third-country participation impact EU defence policy decisions?
👉 Key insights on this and more in this month’s #LUHNIP Brief: bit.ly/3P1CB09
👉 Key insights on this and more in this month’s #LUHNIP Brief: bit.ly/3P1CB09
Unicredit’s €10B bid for Banco BPM highlights tensions between building EU financial champions and national politics. On the NRRP front, can Italy achieve its growth ambitions with the current speed of public investments deployment?
📖Read more: bit.ly/3ZBeTN7
#LUHNIP
📖Read more: bit.ly/3ZBeTN7
#LUHNIP
December 17, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Unicredit’s €10B bid for Banco BPM highlights tensions between building EU financial champions and national politics. On the NRRP front, can Italy achieve its growth ambitions with the current speed of public investments deployment?
📖Read more: bit.ly/3ZBeTN7
#LUHNIP
📖Read more: bit.ly/3ZBeTN7
#LUHNIP
💡 What shapes industrial policies in the US & Europe?
Join the Jean Monnet Seminar on Political Institutions and Varieties of Economic Interventionism in the United States and Europe with Manuela Moschella and top discussants.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/3ZOsIcu
Join the Jean Monnet Seminar on Political Institutions and Varieties of Economic Interventionism in the United States and Europe with Manuela Moschella and top discussants.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/3ZOsIcu
December 12, 2024 at 9:23 AM
💡 What shapes industrial policies in the US & Europe?
Join the Jean Monnet Seminar on Political Institutions and Varieties of Economic Interventionism in the United States and Europe with Manuela Moschella and top discussants.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/3ZOsIcu
Join the Jean Monnet Seminar on Political Institutions and Varieties of Economic Interventionism in the United States and Europe with Manuela Moschella and top discussants.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/3ZOsIcu
📢 Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework (TCTF)
Aid Levels: Hungary, Italy, and Germany allocated state aid exceeding 1.2% of GDP under the TCTF (March 2022-June 2023)—double the EU average
Germany led by far in TCTF aid: €72 billion (52% of EU total)
Aid Levels: Hungary, Italy, and Germany allocated state aid exceeding 1.2% of GDP under the TCTF (March 2022-June 2023)—double the EU average
Germany led by far in TCTF aid: €72 billion (52% of EU total)
December 2, 2024 at 2:56 PM
📢 Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework (TCTF)
Aid Levels: Hungary, Italy, and Germany allocated state aid exceeding 1.2% of GDP under the TCTF (March 2022-June 2023)—double the EU average
Germany led by far in TCTF aid: €72 billion (52% of EU total)
Aid Levels: Hungary, Italy, and Germany allocated state aid exceeding 1.2% of GDP under the TCTF (March 2022-June 2023)—double the EU average
Germany led by far in TCTF aid: €72 billion (52% of EU total)
🚨 Covid State Aid: Uneven Distribution Across the EU
During 2020–2022, Covid-related state aid increased massively, avg. 3% GDP (cumulated2020-22)
Greece led with 7% GDP in cumulated aid, followed by Malta (6%) & Poland (5%)
Belgium, Ireland, & Sweden disbursed less than 1%GDP
During 2020–2022, Covid-related state aid increased massively, avg. 3% GDP (cumulated2020-22)
Greece led with 7% GDP in cumulated aid, followed by Malta (6%) & Poland (5%)
Belgium, Ireland, & Sweden disbursed less than 1%GDP
December 2, 2024 at 2:56 PM
🚨 Covid State Aid: Uneven Distribution Across the EU
During 2020–2022, Covid-related state aid increased massively, avg. 3% GDP (cumulated2020-22)
Greece led with 7% GDP in cumulated aid, followed by Malta (6%) & Poland (5%)
Belgium, Ireland, & Sweden disbursed less than 1%GDP
During 2020–2022, Covid-related state aid increased massively, avg. 3% GDP (cumulated2020-22)
Greece led with 7% GDP in cumulated aid, followed by Malta (6%) & Poland (5%)
Belgium, Ireland, & Sweden disbursed less than 1%GDP
🚨 But stark disparities in IPCEI participation
Germany dominates with 90 projects, surpassing France & Italy combined.
Funding gaps: Germany leads with €10.5bn (34.7%), followed by France and Italy
6 EU countries have never participated in IPCEIs
Germany dominates with 90 projects, surpassing France & Italy combined.
Funding gaps: Germany leads with €10.5bn (34.7%), followed by France and Italy
6 EU countries have never participated in IPCEIs
December 2, 2024 at 2:56 PM
🚨 But stark disparities in IPCEI participation
Germany dominates with 90 projects, surpassing France & Italy combined.
Funding gaps: Germany leads with €10.5bn (34.7%), followed by France and Italy
6 EU countries have never participated in IPCEIs
Germany dominates with 90 projects, surpassing France & Italy combined.
Funding gaps: Germany leads with €10.5bn (34.7%), followed by France and Italy
6 EU countries have never participated in IPCEIs
📊 GBER aid Disparities
Aid levels vary:
• High users: small countries & Eastern Europe, e.g. Hungary, Poland, Malta, and Czechia
• Low users: e.g. Germany, France.
Aid objectives vary:
• Eastern Europe -> Regional development + R&D&I aid
• Nordics -> environmental & energy savings aid
Aid levels vary:
• High users: small countries & Eastern Europe, e.g. Hungary, Poland, Malta, and Czechia
• Low users: e.g. Germany, France.
Aid objectives vary:
• Eastern Europe -> Regional development + R&D&I aid
• Nordics -> environmental & energy savings aid
December 2, 2024 at 2:56 PM
📊 GBER aid Disparities
Aid levels vary:
• High users: small countries & Eastern Europe, e.g. Hungary, Poland, Malta, and Czechia
• Low users: e.g. Germany, France.
Aid objectives vary:
• Eastern Europe -> Regional development + R&D&I aid
• Nordics -> environmental & energy savings aid
Aid levels vary:
• High users: small countries & Eastern Europe, e.g. Hungary, Poland, Malta, and Czechia
• Low users: e.g. Germany, France.
Aid objectives vary:
• Eastern Europe -> Regional development + R&D&I aid
• Nordics -> environmental & energy savings aid
GBER Evolution and Impact
🔍 The 2008 General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER) revolutionized EU state aid by introducing block exemptions.
📊 GBER aid has increased fivefold to 0.5% of GDP —an unnoticed shift by many observers, despite its transformative impact on EU state aid practices
🔍 The 2008 General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER) revolutionized EU state aid by introducing block exemptions.
📊 GBER aid has increased fivefold to 0.5% of GDP —an unnoticed shift by many observers, despite its transformative impact on EU state aid practices
December 2, 2024 at 2:56 PM
GBER Evolution and Impact
🔍 The 2008 General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER) revolutionized EU state aid by introducing block exemptions.
📊 GBER aid has increased fivefold to 0.5% of GDP —an unnoticed shift by many observers, despite its transformative impact on EU state aid practices
🔍 The 2008 General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER) revolutionized EU state aid by introducing block exemptions.
📊 GBER aid has increased fivefold to 0.5% of GDP —an unnoticed shift by many observers, despite its transformative impact on EU state aid practices
📢 "Together We Trade, Divided We Aid"
New Joint Paper by @delorsinstitute.bsky.social & LUHNIP.
The growing use of state aid by EU Member States risks Single Market fragmentation. We analyze its evolution across:
1️⃣ GBER
2️⃣ IPCEIs
3️⃣ Temporary Frameworks
Read: institutdelors.eu/en/publicati...
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New Joint Paper by @delorsinstitute.bsky.social & LUHNIP.
The growing use of state aid by EU Member States risks Single Market fragmentation. We analyze its evolution across:
1️⃣ GBER
2️⃣ IPCEIs
3️⃣ Temporary Frameworks
Read: institutdelors.eu/en/publicati...
🧵
December 2, 2024 at 2:56 PM
📢 "Together We Trade, Divided We Aid"
New Joint Paper by @delorsinstitute.bsky.social & LUHNIP.
The growing use of state aid by EU Member States risks Single Market fragmentation. We analyze its evolution across:
1️⃣ GBER
2️⃣ IPCEIs
3️⃣ Temporary Frameworks
Read: institutdelors.eu/en/publicati...
🧵
New Joint Paper by @delorsinstitute.bsky.social & LUHNIP.
The growing use of state aid by EU Member States risks Single Market fragmentation. We analyze its evolution across:
1️⃣ GBER
2️⃣ IPCEIs
3️⃣ Temporary Frameworks
Read: institutdelors.eu/en/publicati...
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1/ 📢 How Manufacturing Interests Dominated the German Response to the Energy Crisis
Check out our new article with Anke Hassel and Martin Höpner, now open access in Politics and Society!
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0032...
Check out our new article with Anke Hassel and Martin Höpner, now open access in Politics and Society!
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0032...
November 27, 2024 at 8:33 AM
1/ 📢 How Manufacturing Interests Dominated the German Response to the Energy Crisis
Check out our new article with Anke Hassel and Martin Höpner, now open access in Politics and Society!
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0032...
Check out our new article with Anke Hassel and Martin Höpner, now open access in Politics and Society!
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0032...
📢 New LUHNIP Working Paper: Sebastian Diessner and Christy Ann Petit explore how stronger European Parliament oversight can improve democratic accountability in EU industrial policy
📖 Read more: bit.ly/3Z6CJRK
📖 Read more: bit.ly/3Z6CJRK
November 14, 2024 at 2:44 PM
📢 New LUHNIP Working Paper: Sebastian Diessner and Christy Ann Petit explore how stronger European Parliament oversight can improve democratic accountability in EU industrial policy
📖 Read more: bit.ly/3Z6CJRK
📖 Read more: bit.ly/3Z6CJRK
The ECJ's Illumina/Grail ruling has impacted EU merger control, increasing national authorities’ role. In LUHNIP’s last Brief we cover this, Draghi's report on EU competitiveness, VDL II Commission’s priorities in EU industrial policy and more
👉 Download: bit.ly/3Yb0J4J
👉 Download: bit.ly/3Yb0J4J
October 16, 2024 at 7:56 AM
The ECJ's Illumina/Grail ruling has impacted EU merger control, increasing national authorities’ role. In LUHNIP’s last Brief we cover this, Draghi's report on EU competitiveness, VDL II Commission’s priorities in EU industrial policy and more
👉 Download: bit.ly/3Yb0J4J
👉 Download: bit.ly/3Yb0J4J
New LUHNIP Policy Brief, authored by Umberto Marengo, explores the UK’s £7.3B National Wealth Fund and insights for Italy's Fondo Nazionale del Made in Italy.
👉Download the Brief: bit.ly/3zH59rN
#GreenTransition #IndustrialPolicy #Sustainability #MadeInItaly
👉Download the Brief: bit.ly/3zH59rN
#GreenTransition #IndustrialPolicy #Sustainability #MadeInItaly
October 5, 2024 at 11:43 AM
New LUHNIP Policy Brief, authored by Umberto Marengo, explores the UK’s £7.3B National Wealth Fund and insights for Italy's Fondo Nazionale del Made in Italy.
👉Download the Brief: bit.ly/3zH59rN
#GreenTransition #IndustrialPolicy #Sustainability #MadeInItaly
👉Download the Brief: bit.ly/3zH59rN
#GreenTransition #IndustrialPolicy #Sustainability #MadeInItaly
📅 Sept 19-20, 2024: International Conference European Industrial Policy in the New Global Context
By Luiss Hub for New Industrial Policy (LUHNIP) & University of Sapienza
👉 Registration and programme: bit.ly/46VyHhu
By Luiss Hub for New Industrial Policy (LUHNIP) & University of Sapienza
👉 Registration and programme: bit.ly/46VyHhu
August 26, 2024 at 12:31 PM
📅 Sept 19-20, 2024: International Conference European Industrial Policy in the New Global Context
By Luiss Hub for New Industrial Policy (LUHNIP) & University of Sapienza
👉 Registration and programme: bit.ly/46VyHhu
By Luiss Hub for New Industrial Policy (LUHNIP) & University of Sapienza
👉 Registration and programme: bit.ly/46VyHhu
Our latest LUHNIP Monthly Brief on EU Industrial Policy Brief is out!
Featuring insights on EU investigations into the Chinese BEV and the acquisition of PPF Group by e&, the last European Council meeting & the financing of EU start/scale-ups.
👉🏻 Download: bit.ly/3zCm522
Featuring insights on EU investigations into the Chinese BEV and the acquisition of PPF Group by e&, the last European Council meeting & the financing of EU start/scale-ups.
👉🏻 Download: bit.ly/3zCm522
July 15, 2024 at 7:59 AM
Our latest LUHNIP Monthly Brief on EU Industrial Policy Brief is out!
Featuring insights on EU investigations into the Chinese BEV and the acquisition of PPF Group by e&, the last European Council meeting & the financing of EU start/scale-ups.
👉🏻 Download: bit.ly/3zCm522
Featuring insights on EU investigations into the Chinese BEV and the acquisition of PPF Group by e&, the last European Council meeting & the financing of EU start/scale-ups.
👉🏻 Download: bit.ly/3zCm522
LUHNIP's June Monthly Brief is out!
Focus on the EU's Excessive Deficit Procedure against Italy, the new Space Economy Law, and a look at regional economic disparities in Italy and Germany.
👉 Download: https: bit.ly/462FFRs
Focus on the EU's Excessive Deficit Procedure against Italy, the new Space Economy Law, and a look at regional economic disparities in Italy and Germany.
👉 Download: https: bit.ly/462FFRs
July 10, 2024 at 12:09 PM
LUHNIP's June Monthly Brief is out!
Focus on the EU's Excessive Deficit Procedure against Italy, the new Space Economy Law, and a look at regional economic disparities in Italy and Germany.
👉 Download: https: bit.ly/462FFRs
Focus on the EU's Excessive Deficit Procedure against Italy, the new Space Economy Law, and a look at regional economic disparities in Italy and Germany.
👉 Download: https: bit.ly/462FFRs
The EU automotive industry is currently facing the challenges of its twin transition and competition from China.
Check out the Deep Dive 1 and the Guest Contribution of our our last Monthly Brief on these issues
👉🏻 bit.ly/4b9LKw0
Check out the Deep Dive 1 and the Guest Contribution of our our last Monthly Brief on these issues
👉🏻 bit.ly/4b9LKw0
June 21, 2024 at 7:44 AM
The EU automotive industry is currently facing the challenges of its twin transition and competition from China.
Check out the Deep Dive 1 and the Guest Contribution of our our last Monthly Brief on these issues
👉🏻 bit.ly/4b9LKw0
Check out the Deep Dive 1 and the Guest Contribution of our our last Monthly Brief on these issues
👉🏻 bit.ly/4b9LKw0
Graph of the Month: Italy's labor market is recovering fast!
Unemployment <7%, record female employment >53%, and working hours back to pre-COVID levels. 📈
👉Download the Brief here: bit.ly/4bOQDvP
Unemployment <7%, record female employment >53%, and working hours back to pre-COVID levels. 📈
👉Download the Brief here: bit.ly/4bOQDvP
June 13, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Graph of the Month: Italy's labor market is recovering fast!
Unemployment <7%, record female employment >53%, and working hours back to pre-COVID levels. 📈
👉Download the Brief here: bit.ly/4bOQDvP
Unemployment <7%, record female employment >53%, and working hours back to pre-COVID levels. 📈
👉Download the Brief here: bit.ly/4bOQDvP
LUHNIP's May Monthly Brief is out!
Deep dives:
1) Debate over the trade-off between agriculture and the green transition.
2) A review of some key provisions in the new cohesion policy.
📊Record employment rates and the contribution of women to the workforce
👉 Download: bit.ly/3xkqqWP
Deep dives:
1) Debate over the trade-off between agriculture and the green transition.
2) A review of some key provisions in the new cohesion policy.
📊Record employment rates and the contribution of women to the workforce
👉 Download: bit.ly/3xkqqWP
June 11, 2024 at 7:58 AM
LUHNIP's May Monthly Brief is out!
Deep dives:
1) Debate over the trade-off between agriculture and the green transition.
2) A review of some key provisions in the new cohesion policy.
📊Record employment rates and the contribution of women to the workforce
👉 Download: bit.ly/3xkqqWP
Deep dives:
1) Debate over the trade-off between agriculture and the green transition.
2) A review of some key provisions in the new cohesion policy.
📊Record employment rates and the contribution of women to the workforce
👉 Download: bit.ly/3xkqqWP
LUHNIP's Monthly Brief for April 2024 is out!
Deep Dives:
1. EU-US Trade & Tech Council Meeting.
2. Future of EU Telecom Policy.
3. The debates on EU Competitiveness.
Guest piece by @Sarah Guillou on Capital Markets Union.
👉 Download: bit.ly/4ao5prS
#EUIndustrialPolicy
Deep Dives:
1. EU-US Trade & Tech Council Meeting.
2. Future of EU Telecom Policy.
3. The debates on EU Competitiveness.
Guest piece by @Sarah Guillou on Capital Markets Union.
👉 Download: bit.ly/4ao5prS
#EUIndustrialPolicy
May 21, 2024 at 9:52 AM
LUHNIP's Monthly Brief for April 2024 is out!
Deep Dives:
1. EU-US Trade & Tech Council Meeting.
2. Future of EU Telecom Policy.
3. The debates on EU Competitiveness.
Guest piece by @Sarah Guillou on Capital Markets Union.
👉 Download: bit.ly/4ao5prS
#EUIndustrialPolicy
Deep Dives:
1. EU-US Trade & Tech Council Meeting.
2. Future of EU Telecom Policy.
3. The debates on EU Competitiveness.
Guest piece by @Sarah Guillou on Capital Markets Union.
👉 Download: bit.ly/4ao5prS
#EUIndustrialPolicy