Opinion pieces

Europe’s green deal will need broad support to succeed

EU has embarked on no less than an industrial revolution. A revolution that — unlike those of the past — is set against a tight deadline.

Jean Pisani-Ferry, Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachmann

La France est traditionnellement plus encline aux politiques économiques protectionnistes que l’Allemagne

Armin Steinbach

Sparking Europe’s new industrial revolution

Simone Tagliapietra and Reinhilde Veugelers

The dangerous link between China’s real estate demise, the economy and the financial system

China’s property sector is plunging further into a crisis that could have major ramifications on the country’s real economy and financial sector.

Alicia García-Herrero

American ‘green’ protectionism, industrial decarbonsiation, and transatlantic steel and aluminium negotiations – a response to Todd N. Tucker and Timothy Meyer

David Kleimann

The Right Way to Intervene in Clean Tech

Policymakers must create the conditions for the public and private sectors to work together to manage a timely green transition.

Armand Cohen, Andreas Goldthau and Simone Tagliapietra

The UK must learn that concessions cut both ways

Brexit may have come and gone, but the UK still wants to make decisions like it is part of the gang.

Rebecca Christie

On immigration

The EU must collectively appreciate the human capital that enters its borders as opportunities rather than just risks.

Maria Demertzis

China’s GDP data point to need for stimulus, but will it come?

The main reason for the relatively poor second quarter is lackluster domestic demand.

Alicia García-Herrero

From economic policy to economic statecraft

Maria Demertzis

Better Backstops, Safer Banks

The EU’s banking union needs to keep growing for Europe’s economy to thrive.

Rebecca Christie

Rebooting the European Union’s Net-Zero Industry Act

The proposal for a Net Zero Industry Act still needs work before it can realize its objectives, according to a new paper by Bruegel.

Simone Tagliapietra, Reinhilde Veugelers and Jeromin Zettelmeyer

The EU needs to move faster on valuing nature

National governments tend to backpeddle on green policies when challenged by self-interested voters.

Heather Grabbe

The US and euro area must move faster on their digital currencies for wholesale purposes

Maria Demertzis and Josh Lipsky

De-risking as an economic strategy

Maria Demertzis

Did the European Union Dodge the Energy Bullet?

Marek Dabrowski