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Newsletter
13 February 2023
How should Europe react to the IRA?
Comment
10 February 2023
Whither EU Fiscal Rulemaking?
Since fiscal discipline is essential for euro stability, any new governance framework must minimize the risk of cross-border negative spillovers.
Comment
06 February 2023
German deindustrialisation is still looming
Newsletter
06 February 2023
How can Europe prevent the next energy crisis?
Comment
31 January 2023
Why Europe’s Franco-German Engine Is Stalling
Comment
01 February 2023
The EU response to the United States Inflation Reduction Act
The EU must avoid the trap of having to take sides in the conflict between the US and China.
Newsletter
30 January 2023
How does the EU Data Act aim to promote competition in data markets?
Newsletter
23 January 2023
How can the EU improve the skills of the workforce?
Newsletter
18 January 2023
The boom, bust and future of China's real estate sector
Comment
17 January 2023
Concessional climate finance: the Bridgetown Initiative
Newsletter
16 January 2023
The great 2022 European energy crisis - what actually happened and how did Europe cope?
Comment
03 January 2023
Don’t expect Asia to save the global economy in 2023
Southeast Asian economies, as well as India, are expected to decelerate, which will blur the positive impact of China’s reopening.
Comment
04 January 2023
Digital Euro blurs the lines between money and politics
A central bank-backed digital currency would put the EU in the global vanguard when it comes to taking cash payments online.
Comment
21 December 2022
Buying time for proper electricity market reform
A structural reform of the electricity market is necessary in light of the increasing demand for electricity and the growing share of renewable energy
Comment
16 December 2022
Energy crisis: five questions that must be answered in 2023
Here’s how researchers can help overcome the threats arising from market turmoil and geopolitical realignment after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Newsletter
14 December 2022
China-India relations and their impact on Europe