Commentary

What should the European Union aim for in a trade deal with Trump?

The EU should plan for both the short term and the long haul in trade talks with the United States

Ignacio García Bercero

How will population ageing affect the EU?

David Pinkus

The European Union should not water down bank capital standards

The EU should resist the pressure for banking-sector deregulation that is likely to follow from the deregulatory push in the United States

Jesper Berg, Nicolas Boivin and Hans Geeroms

‘Project Einstein’: research excellence for Europe and the world

The European Union has the money to attract researchers under threat in the US and should coordinate a scheme to deploy it

Heather Grabbe and Daniel Gros

Preventing future electricity blackouts requires thorough analysis

There is still no clear picture of what led to the Iberian blackout; a comprehensive, evidence-based investigation is essential

Georg Zachmann

How does current DMA enforcement affect digital market competition?

Fiona M. Scott Morton

Regardless of Trump, Europe should not be seduced by China’s charm offensive

Alicia García-Herrero

Will EU fiscal rules prevent Germany from using its new national borrowing space?

Armin Steinbach

Letter: Europe’s Digital Markets Act is not an attack on Americans

Mario Mariniello

Das Milliardenpaket von Merz könnte als Papiertiger enden

Armin Steinbach and Jeromin Zettelmeyer

Which countries will be pivotal for the success of EU defence funding instruments?

History shows that decisions by single EU countries can determine whether member states as a whole take up new European initiatives

Marco Buti and Marcello Messori

How can Europe accelerate its rearmament without breaking the bank?

Jeromin Zettelmeyer

Trump's reciprocal tariffs stoke fears that a Mar-a-Lago Accord could be next

A US trade policy that goes against common sense has stoked fears that US debt restructuring could come next

Alicia García-Herrero

The European Union should form an international open trade coalition in response to Trump’s tariffs

A formal commitment to open rules-based trade by the EU and likeminded countries is essential to respond to today’s dangerous new trade reality

André Sapir

Trump’s tariffs need a strategic response from the EU and others

The EU should seek allies as part of a strategy on US tariffs, and should not get sucked into US decoupling from China

Ignacio García Bercero

Is climate action still shaping public policy across the globe?

Heather Grabbe and Simone Tagliapietra