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Newsletter
06 March 2023
How can EU policy drive the transition to net-zero?
Jean Pisani-Ferry
Opinion piece
27 February 2023
Reinventing the European Union
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and new economic imperatives have called into question the EU’s long-standing reliance on regulatory standards as a form.
Jean Pisani-Ferry
Opinion piece
27 February 2023
Europe needs new rules if Russia offers gas again
Russia could try to split the EU with a strategic gas offer. Brussels should therefore re-regulate Russian gas imports.
Axel Ockenfels and Georg Zachmann
Newsletter
27 February 2023
How useful have the EU's financial sanctions on Russia been?
Nicolas Véron
Opinion piece
23 February 2023
One year in ten numbers
A reflection on how the world has changed since the Ukraine invasion, through the lens of ten revealing numbers.
Maria Demertzis
Newsletter
16 February 2023
How well does China’s reopening bode for the economy? A political economy story
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
16 February 2023
Are sanctions against Russia working?
The Russian economic model is totally dependent on an industry that will become extinct.
Maria Demertzis
Newsletter
13 February 2023
How should Europe react to the IRA?
Jeromin Zettelmeyer
Opinion piece
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.
Marek Dabrowski
Opinion piece
06 February 2023
German deindustrialisation is still looming
Dalia Marin
Newsletter
06 February 2023
How can Europe prevent the next energy crisis?
Simone Tagliapietra
Opinion piece
31 January 2023
Why Europe’s Franco-German Engine Is Stalling
Jean Pisani-Ferry
Opinion piece
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.
Maria Demertzis
Newsletter
30 January 2023
How does the EU Data Act aim to promote competition in data markets?
Bertin Martens
Newsletter
23 January 2023
How can the EU improve the skills of the workforce?
Duygu Güner
Newsletter
18 January 2023
The boom, bust and future of China's real estate sector
Alicia García-Herrero