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Newsletter
16 May 2023
China and the US might not be decoupling but their technologies are bifurcating
Once the process of building alliances starts, it is hard to stop.
Alicia García-Herrero
Newsletter
15 May 2023
How can an EU industrial policy mitigate the effects of rising energy costs?
Giovanni Sgaravatti
Opinion piece
13 May 2023
The Commission’s Crisis Management and Deposit Insurance proposal has the potential to significantly improve banking resolution in the EU
The collapse of several US regional institutions and of Crédit Suisse has increased the urgency for crisis management reform in the EU.
Mathias Dewatripont, Peter Praet and André Sapir
First glance
11 May 2023
The age of competition in generative artificial intelligence has begun
Competition in generative artificial intelligence spurs disruptive, potentially beneficial innovations, but not without costs and risks.
Christophe Carugati
First glance
09 May 2023
Holdings limit will prove central to the digital euro’s future
The European Central Bank says its digital currency will not be a store of value, in contrast to global counterparts.
Rebecca Christie
Opinion piece
09 May 2023
Bank of Russia’s immobilised assets: what happens next?
Maria Demertzis
Newsletter
08 May 2023
How should the EU tackle the issue of effective user consent for data processing?
Christophe Carugati
Newsletter
01 May 2023
How will member states react to the European Commission's proposals for fiscal governance reform?
Jeromin Zettelmeyer
Opinion piece
27 April 2023
EU-China relations have been – and will remain – a rollercoaster
Alicia García-Herrero
First glance
26 April 2023
In failure or success, SpaceX is a wake up call for Europe
Europe is lagging behind in cost-effective delivery of payloads into orbit
Francesco Nicoli and Giuseppe Porcaro
First glance
26 April 2023
The US and Swiss messes may nudge the EU towards better international bank capital standards compliance
Bank collapses show the importance of strong capital and liquidity positions and should signal to the EU the benefits of closer adherence to Basel III
Nicolas Véron
First glance
26 April 2023
Green transition: create a European energy agency
As energy and climate economists, we propose that a European energy agency be set up to guide the continent’s transition to net-zero carbon by 2050.
Simone Tagliapietra, Georg Zachmann, Anna Creti, Ottmar Edenhofer, Natalia Fabra, Jean-Michel Glachant, Pedro Linares, Andreas Löschel, Joanna Maćkowiak-Pandera and László Szabó
First glance
25 April 2023
North Sea Summit: blowing in the wind?
Simone Tagliapietra
Opinion piece
25 April 2023
De-dollarisation
Maria Demertzis
Newsletter
24 April 2023
Why should the EU take up the question of minimum income in its fight against poverty?
Rebecca Christie
Opinion piece
19 April 2023
Brazil is not a real middle power if it just takes China's side
Lula cannot show strategic autonomy by parroting Xi Jinping
Alicia García-Herrero