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The fiscal side of Europe’s energy crisis: the facts, problems and prospects
Europe needs to move beyond emergency fiscal responses and focus on structural changes to allow the EU to accelerate its decoupling from fossil fuels.
Is Europe failing on import diversification?
Despite a goal of economic self-reliance, the European Union’s imports are generally sourced from an increasingly limited set of suppliers.
The difficulty of designating gatekeepers under the EU Digital Markets Act
The European Commission should be more precise and transparent when designating gatekeepers under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act.
Europe’s half a million barrels per day diesel supply question
A new European Union embargo on Russian oil products should not affect EU diesel supplies and prices, but could encourage re-routing by Russia.
Web3: the next internet revolution
Tokenisation based on blockchain technology could bring radical changes to markets for goods and services.
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23 September 2019
Addressing the EU’s Global Challenges Locally: the EU’s Competition and Antitrust Tightrope
This blog is part of a series following the 2019 Bruegel annual meetings, which brought together nearly 1,000 participants for two days of policy deba
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23 September 2019
Questions to the economy commissioner-designates
European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen disseminated her mission letters to commissioner-designates. In my opinion, the letters to ec
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20 September 2019
Jobs and robots: Europe’s Debate Over the Destiny of the Welfare State
This blog is part of a series following the 2019 Bruegel annual meetings, which brought together nearly 1,000 participants for two days of policy deba
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19 September 2019
The EU is in the US trade war crosshairs. It should further raise its game
The incoming European Commission faces a dilemma on the transatlantic trade relationship, because of the unpredictable policies of the Trump administr
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19 September 2019
In an era of digitalisation, the Single Market needs a software update
This blog post is part of a series following the 2019 Bruegel annual meetings, which brought together nearly 1,000 participants for two days of policy
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16 September 2019
EU support for SME IPOs should be part of a broader package that unlocks equity finance
The incoming Commission President has put support for SMEs at the centre of her economic programme. A public-private fund investing in initial public
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12 September 2019
Competing Globally: Europe’s Debate Over Trade and Sovereignty
This blog is part of a series following the 2019 Bruegel annual meetings, which brought together nearly 1,000 participants for two days of policy deba
Blog post
09 September 2019
Argentina, plus ça change…
Recent primary elections in Argentina saw the defeat by a wide margin of President Macri. This fueled market volatility given expectations of a revers
Blog post
04 September 2019
Truths about Trade: A speech by Cecilia Malmström
Cecilia Malmström, European Commissioner for Trade, talks on the truths of EU trade at the Bruegel Annual Meetings 2019.
Blog post
29 August 2019
Border Carbon Tariffs: Giving Up on Trade to Save the Climate?
Ursula von der Leyen plans to introduce a border carbon tax to avoid that cutting EU carbon emissions forces EU companies to move their activities abr
Blog post
28 August 2019
How long is the head table?
An empirical assessment of concentration in global collective action
Blog post
19 August 2019
Hong Kong’s economy is still important to the Mainland, at least financially
Hong Kong’s current situation is important for the world in as far as its role as major offshore financial centre is key for China’s inbound and outbo
Blog post
26 July 2019
European champion-ships: industrial champions and competition policy
This blog post investigates the debate on whether European competition rules should foster European industrial champions, or allow national champions
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25 July 2019
The consequences of Switzerland’s lost equivalence status
Due to a spat between the European Commission and the government of Switzerland over the negotiation of an institutional framework agreement, equity s
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24 July 2019
Modernising European Competition Policy: A Brief Review of Member States’ Proposals
French, German and Polish governments have jointly proposed options for modernising EU competition policy. The debate to recalibrate European competit
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22 July 2019
China’s investment in Africa: What the data really says, and the implications for Europe
China has clearly signalled to Europe that it does not shy away from involvement in Africa, historically Europe’s area of influence. But the nature of
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