Eve Talkowski Project Officer - Europe Program Contributeur externeLes contributeurs externes de la plateforme Expressions ne s’expriment pas au nom de l’Institut Montaigne. À ce titre, leurs analyses et prises de position sont strictement personnelles et ne sauraient nous être attribuées.Eve Talkowski joined the Institut Montaigne in September 2025 as a research assistant within the Europe programme, where she is now a project officer. Her work focuses primarily on European competitiveness, with a particular interest in competition policy.Her background includes several academic and professional experiences in Brussels, including at the Université libre de Bruxelles and with the political media outlet The Parliament Magazine.She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in European and International Studies at Aix-Marseille Université. She holds a First-Class Honours BA in Linguistics and French from the University of Manchester, having also undertaken a semester of courses at l’Université Jean Moulin Lyon III. Eve is Irish-British dual national and is bilingual in English and French.PublicationsExclusive InsightsJune 2026Implementing the Draghi Report: The Moment of TruthTwo years after the publication of the Draghi Report on European competitiveness, around 30% of its 567 recommendations have been implemented. While the European Union is broadly on schedule, most of the proposed reforms still remain to be carried out. Faced with persistent economic, technological, and energy-related challenges, Europe must accelerate and deepen its transformation efforts to safeguard its competitiveness, sovereignty, and prosperity in an increasingly competitive global environment.