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The official think tank and political foundation of the EPP, led by Mikulas Dzurinda.

The Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies (previously the Centre for European Studies) was established in 2007 as the political foundation and official think tank of the European People’s Party (EPP). It embodies a pan-European mind-set based on centre-right, Christian Democrat, conservative and like-minded political values and research. It serves as a framework for national political foundations linked to member parties of the EPP, with 29 foundations currently members. Through its research, publications, conferences and online activities, the Martens Centre offers a platform for discussion among experts, politicians, policymakers and the European public. At the beginning of 2014, the Centre was renamed in honour of its late President and founder, Wilfried Martens, the EPP’s long-standing President and former Prime Minister of Belgium.

02/11/2026

Europe was built to secure peace. Now it must also learn how to protect. 🛡️

Geopolitical competition, economic coercion and growing security concerns are testing the assumptions on which European prosperity was built.

In this new publication, Wouter Beke sets out a path towards stronger European defence cooperation, a more competitive social market economy, renewed European identity and more decisive EU governance.

How can Europe strengthen its capacity to shape its future without turning inwards?

Read the full publication below 👇

29/10/2026

As EU and Canadian leaders meet in Montreal today, AI safety deserves a place on the agenda. 💻

The EU and Canada do not dominate frontier AI development. But that does not mean they cannot shape how the world prepares for AI-related incidents.

In this latest analysis, Craig W***y and Omer Bilgin propose an EU-Canada partnership built around early warning, compatible incident reporting and crisis preparedness, potentially providing a model for other middle powers.

Find the analysis below 👇

26/10/2026

Europe’s search for new revenue is moving into the weekly shopping basket.

With a to***co levy among proposed new revenue sources and taxes on high-fat, high-sugar, high-salt foods openly discussed, the question of who bears the cost deserves scrutiny.

On 3 November, we put the trade-offs under the microscope, drawing on the Nanny State Index and Hungary’s food-tax experiment. The issue is not simply whether to tax, but whether fiscal policy can deliver healthier Europeans and reliable revenue at the same time.

Joining the discussion:
▶️ Theodoros Roussopoulos, MP and President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2024–2026);
▶️ Irena Pereša, Head of Unit BUDG.B.3, Revenue Policy and Management;
▶️ Christopher Snowdon, Editor of EPICENTER’s Nanny Index;
▶️ Adam Bartha, Director of EPICENTER;
▶️ Tomi Huhtanen, Executive Director of the Martens Centre.

Register for the event below 👇

So, the healthier the behaviour, the weaker the tax base?

21/10/2026

Europe has enjoyed peace for decades. But what will it take to keep it?

Last week, we brought together political leaders, scholars and practitioners for the launch of The European Peace, exploring how Europe built peace and whether the foundations that sustained it are strong enough for today’s geopolitical reality.

From defence and deterrence to trust, institutions, enlargement and reconciliation, the discussion made one thing clear:

▶️ European peace cannot be taken for granted.

📸 Swipe through for some of the key reflections from Mikuláš DZURINDA, Teona Lavrelashvili, PhD, Alain Lamassoure, Philippe Van Parijs and Dr. Peter Hefele.

📖 Discover The European Peace and the ideas shaping the debate on how Europe can keep peace in an age of war 👇

19/10/2026

One morning in March 2020, Europe’s invisible borders became visible again.

Roads were blocked. Nurses queued to reach hospitals on the other side. Families found themselves separated by barriers. For one of Europe’s most interconnected border regions, COVID-19 exposed just how quickly interdependence could become vulnerability.

But the crisis revealed something else too:
▶️ Hospitals transferred patients across borders,
▶️ Authorities improvised new coordination mechanisms,
▶️ Professional networks kept cooperation moving where formal structures fell short.

In this publication, Anne Funk asks how Europe can turn those emergency lessons into lasting resilience.

Read Building Cross-Border Resilience in Europe. 👇

14/10/2026

Three generations have grown up in peace.
What will it take to pass that peace on to the next? 🪖 🚨

That is one of the questions running through The European Peace, which we launched today. European integration created a space of peace from which any temptation of war disappeared. But the book also gives us a warning worth remembering:

🎙️ "Yet this achievement was never self-sustaining".

Thank you to Herman Van rompuy, Alain Lamassoure, Philippe Van Parijs, Mikuláš DZURINDA and Teona Lavrelashvili, PhD Lavrelashvili for taking that discussion forward, and to everyone who joined us.

Here are a few glimpses of today’s conversation 📸

Read The European Peace 👇

13/10/2026

Thank you, Rome! ✨

Today we came together to launch "Christian Democracy, Conservatism and the Challenge of the Extremes" and reflect on a question that reaches well beyond one book. What future lies ahead for Europe’s centre-right?

A big thank you to everyone who joined us and to Klaus Welle, Carlo Corazza, Antonio Polito, Gaetano Quagliariello, Dr. Federico Ottavio Reho, and our moderator Flavia Giacobbe for a discussion that took us from political identity and strategy to European unity and the future role of the EPP.

The conversation may be over, but here are a few moments worth looking back on 📸

12/10/2026

1.2 million applications.
What does Spain’s mass regularisation mean for its economy?

Over 1 million people applied under Spain’s 2026 regularisation, making it, according to the authors, likely the largest such exercise ever undertaken in the EU.

The implications go well beyond the headline number:
▶️ More workers entering the formal economy means more social security contributions, but potentially higher labour costs for employers.
▶️ Most of those regularised did not enter Spain irregularly. Many initially arrived legally through visa-free arrangements or short-term permits.
▶️ Despite claims that regularisation encourages further migration, the evidence of such a pull factor remains inconclusive.

In our latest In Brief, Vít Novotný and Rainer Muenz unpack what Spain’s experience tells us about the wider challenges facing European migration policy.

👉 Read the full analysis:

09/10/2026

2 months.
2 days.
And plenty to talk about. ⏳

The European Ideas Forum returns to Brussels on 8 and 9 December.
Policymakers, industry leaders, academics and other leading voices will come together to debate the forces reshaping Europe and the choices ahead.

The programme is coming. The names are coming. And we’ll start sharing them soon. 👀

For now, save the date.
📅 8–9 December 2026
📍 Brussels

07/10/2026

Is Brexit going in reverse 🔄

Andy Burnham has opened the possibility of a customs union, Single Market participation or even EU membership appearing in Labour’s next election manifesto.

Yet the central question is not simply what Britain wants. Any route back towards the EU would require negotiation and European agreement.

This latest Bridge the Channel episode, hosted by Angelos Chryssogelos, examines whether this is the beginning of a post-Brexit turning point, or the return of a very familiar British argument.

Watch the full episode 👇

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