The euro crisis and subsequent policy responses have challenged the assumptions underpinning the euro-area's governance, and the relationship between the European Union's euro and non-euro countries.…
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The messy rebuilding of Europe
30th March 2012
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What kind of fiscal union?
23rd November 2011
This policy brief argues that the euro area's shortcomings have become abundantly clear. It was set up without powers of strict surveillance over macroeconomic imbalances,…
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Keeping the promise of global accounting standards
7th July 2011
Accounting provides a fundamental underpinning for capital markets, and the worldwide spread of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) marks one of the most advanced attempts…
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Rethinking industrial policy
16th June 2011
Industrial policy has a bad name: ‘picking winners’ and thus distorting competition, while exposing government to capture by vested interests. But there are reasons for…
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A G2 for science?
3rd April 2011
Science is becoming increasingly globalised. The emerging economic powerhouses, particularly China, are building up their own scientific capabilities rapidly and in a targeted way. This…
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A comprehensive approach to the euro-area debt crisis
7th February 2011
In this Policy Brief Zsolt Darvas, André Sapir and Jean Pisani-Ferry, propose a comprehensive solution to the current European crisis based in three pillars: a…
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Is European climate policy the new CAP?
27th January 2011
In its third phase (2013-20) the European Union's emissions trading system (ETS) will issue allowances for around two billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent each year.…
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Not all financial regulation is global
31st August 2010
Financial regulation at global level has been high on the G20 agenda. However, financial multipolarity, with the rise of emerging economies, and its impact on…
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Europe's missing yollies
25th August 2010
In this Policy Brief, Bruegel Senior Fellow Reinhilde Veugelers and Michele Cincera, Professor at ULB, draw our attention to young leading innovators ('yollies'). They explain…
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The global operations of European firms
18th June 2010
This Policy Brief is part of the EU-EFIGE (European Firms in a Global Economy) project which aims to address policy questions on the casual link…
