Commentary
Bruegel's shorter research output including First glance pieces, external opinion pieces and testimonies.
Recent commentary
European Union grain imports from Ukraine: the right decision and a cynical rebellion
The European Commission was right to let restrictive measures on Ukrainian grain lapse, but the decision has had negative side-effects.
The tyranny of EU treaties
It is an overdue question whether those agreements are still fit for purpose or if they must be changed.
How can the EU issue debt to finance EU public goods?
Making the most of Europe’s anti-subsidy probe into Chinese electric vehicles
The EU anti-subsidy investigation into EVs from China is a reminder of the need for a new EU green industrial policy strategy.
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Comment
25 November 2022
Xi Jinping’s new smiles got China off the hook at climate talks
Beijing's bandwidth to deliver is shrinking as its economic performance wanes.
Comment
18 November 2022
The big tech world is in crisis – and that might be a good thing
Big tech companies have been left exposed because they overestimated the growth of online activities during the pandemic, writes Christophe Carugati.
Comment
16 November 2022
Biden, Xi focus on Taiwan and forget about Ukraine
The meet did not seem to offer solutions to the two most pressing problems for the international order.
Comment
15 November 2022
NextGenerationEU: an underused facility?
The RRF has great potential to become an instrument for ‘insuring’ EU countries against common shocks.
Newsletter
11 November 2022
The geopolitics of semiconductors and what Europe can expect
Comment
01 November 2022
Europe’s Looming Energy Disaster
With winter fast approaching, the absence of common guidelines for national energy policies should be regarded as an economic emergency.
Comment
01 November 2022
Political cooperation does not mean economic dependence
A robust economic system that can sustain shocks of any nature, including political, is needed.
Comment
26 October 2022
Germany’s Emerging War Economy
To meet the challenges of an age in which the threat of war is always present, Germany and Europe must invest heavily in military innovation.
Comment
19 October 2022
At Party Congress, Xi doubles down on China’s direction
The two key objectives are targeted self-reliance and national security
Comment
17 October 2022
China’s real estate sector goes south
The demise of China’s real estate sector, pushed by developer defaults and mortgage boycotts, is a major risk for the Chinese economy.
Comment
17 October 2022
The critical importance of chips – and having a plan for them
The Chips Act is the first, and an imperfect, step towards a long-term strategy that still needs to be designed.
Comment
07 October 2022
The importance of being fiscally earnest
As interest rates increase over the course of the next few months, there are bound to be asset-price corrections & rethinking of investment decisions.
Comment
30 September 2022
China can learn from the bursting of Japan's real estate bubble
Beijing cannot count on economic growth or fiscal space to tide through crisis
Comment
20 September 2022
A cold winter
Reforming energy markets must aim to make them less vulnerable to crises such as today’s, even if such crises are rare.
Comment
12 September 2022
China’s Economy Needs More Stimulus. Beijing’s Room for Maneuver Is Limited.
Comment
30 August 2022
The grand energy bargain Europe needs to defeat Putin