What is "bruegel"

Bruegel is an independent and non-doctrinal think tank devoted to policy research on international economic issues, based in Brussels. It started operations in 2005 and has rapidly acquired reference status in European economic policy debates.

Bruegel was ranked first in 2012 and second in 2013 among all international economic policy think tanks worldwide by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania. Among all think tanks worldwide, it was ranked eighth in 2012, sixth in 2013, and fifth in 2014. Separately, Prospect Magazine named it European and global think tank of the year in 2011.

Bruegel has a unique governance and funding model based on memberships from Member States of the European Union, international corporations, and other institutions.

Bruegel is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 75 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1985. Bruegel is named for the Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder, who lived from 1525 to 1569.