The EU’s competitiveness agenda must not come at the cost of wellbeing. Read MERGE’s Spring newsletter of 2025 below.
EU policy headlines focus on tariffs and defence spending, yet we must ask what we are actually competing for. This newsletter presents a formal letter sent to the President of the European Commission by a coalition of eight research projects, including MERGE, where we argue that the current framework risks ignoring social and ecological necessities.
This edition of the newsletter also highlights our recent reports on policy instruments, from basic income to wealth taxes, that can support a wellbeing economy.
In 2025, we will increase our engagement with policymakers to refine these frameworks through technical sessions and science-policy dialogues. We invite you to read the full newsletter below to see how our sibling projects, including ToBe and SPES, are pushing the boundaries of economic research.
