The FSR Policy Briefcase | Season 2

The 'FSR Policy Briefcase' Season 2 episode 2 covers "TEN-E", the EU policy for planning and building cross-border energy networks, in light of the Draghi reports recommendations. In particular, it explores the TEN-E's past achievements, its current role, and potential areas for improvement. For this episode, hosts Leonardo Meeus and Emma Menegatti are joined by Catharina Sikow-Magny from the Florence School of regulation. The conversation builds on Catharina's recently published Policy Brief, "Making TEN-E into a truly European project".
 
The Draghi report identifies energy network investments as critical to Europe. However, the group discussed how it fails to fully acknowledge the already existing TEN-E framework in its recommendations. The discussion moreover explored the different routes for improvement including EU funding mechanisms, regional coordination, and permitting processes.
 
See below for a link to the original Policy Brief
https://fsr.eui.eu/publications/?handle=1814/77413

#2 TEN-E vs Draghi - Do we need a new framework for EU energy networks? with Catharina Sikow-Magny

#3 The case for CCUS in EU industrial decarbonisation with Christopher Jones

In this episode of the FSR Policy Briefcase (Season 2, Episode 4), hosts Leonardo Meeus and James Kneebone sit down with FSR Research Associate Elodie Petrozziello to explore how European transport networks are evolving and why urban nodes are key to their successful modernisation.
 
Drawing from Elodie's recent Policy Brief, the discussion covers the updated TEN-T regulation, fresh approaches to transport governance, and insights from the 'Florence Intermodal Forum'. The episode also highlights real-world examples of urban nodes - some leading the way, others falling short. Recorded in April 2025. Read the policy brief: https://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/77172

#4 Modernising European transport networks with Elodie Petrozziello

In this episode of the FSR Policy Briefcase (Season 2, Episode 5), hosts Leonardo Meeus and James Kneebone sit down with the Director of the FSR Transport area, Juan Montero. The group explore how and why contracts for railway services are tendered in the EU, which parts of the network are profitable, which require subsidies, and how various Member States approach these contracts differently.
 
Drawing from Juan's recent Policy Brief, the discussion addresses the policy implications of why the EU is encouraging more tendering, issues conducting tenders, and how they can be resolved. Recorded in April 2025. https://cadmus.eui.eu/entities/publication/e7adec46-9f7c-5f68-851f-906ee8994ec9 

#5 Don't call them trains! Tendering Railway Services with Juan Montero

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