Carlos Cabeza Doña

I analyse how Europe decides, and what that changes on the ground.

Carbon crossing borders, energy prices squeezing industry, the rules of the digital market, EU funds that reach Spain or fail to. These decisions are negotiated between the Commission, the Parliament and the Council, and end up being applied in real companies and regions. I write short analyses, backed by data and sources.

Analysis

EU policy through an institutional lens: rules, negotiations and impact.

LATEST ANALYSIS TRADE

The CBAM after Omnibus I: simpler, but also stronger?

The simplification of the carbon border adjustment mechanism keeps almost all emissions covered, but opens two avoidance channels the EU is already trying to close.

SEPTEMBER 2026 · 4 MIN READ

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SEPTEMBER 2026
INDUSTRY
4 MIN

What the Chips Act did not fix: the case of Spain

Spain set aside EUR 12.25 billion for semiconductors and by late 2025 had spent 7% of it. Why the big-fab model did not fit, and what changes with the Chips Act 2.0.

JULY 2026
WATER
4 MIN

Drought and administrative law: what Catalonia learned from the emergency

Six million people under restrictions, 349 sanction proceedings and a final amnesty. What worked, what did not, and what it can bring to the European debate on water.

Publications

Policy briefs, academic work and applied research.

The CBAM after Omnibus I: an assessment of the simplification of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

Policy brief · College of Europe / IEE-ULB · July 2026 · with A. Fleury-Isambert, J. Fourré, M. Gülderen and A. Valera Córdoba

Innovation ecosystems in Europe: towards specialised regional hubs

College of Europe / DG RTD, TellUs project · forthcoming

Sanctions and administrative action in drought management in Catalonia (in Spanish)

University of Barcelona · 2025

About

I am a lawyer from Barcelona working on EU affairs in Brussels. I studied Law and Public Management, and then completed the Master's in European Political and Governance Studies at the College of Europe in Bruges.

At the College of Europe I worked on applied research for EU institutions: a policy brief on the simplification of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), with the Institute for European Studies at ULB, and the TellUs project on regional innovation ecosystems for the Commission's Directorate-General for Research and Innovation.

I am currently a trainee at the European Commission.

I am interested in the full life cycle of an EU rule: how the Commission proposes it, how the Parliament and the Council negotiate it, and what happens when it reaches a company, a region or a specific sector. Climate, energy, industry, trade and digital policy are the areas I follow most closely.

I write in a personal capacity. Nothing here represents the position of the European Commission or any other institution.