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China’s ‘two sessions’ points to determination to rebuff Trump
China's leadership plans to increase the deficit, lower inflation rates and increase manufacturing capacity whilst supporting critical technologies
How can Europe defend itself without the US?
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EU reporting simplification will result in less information and introduce distortions in the sustainable finance market
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First glance
11 March 2025
China’s ‘two sessions’ points to determination to rebuff Trump
China's leadership plans to increase the deficit, lower inflation rates and increase manufacturing capacity whilst supporting critical technologies
Alicia García-Herrero
Newsletter
10 March 2025
How can Europe defend itself without the US?
Guntram B. Wolff
Opinion piece
06 March 2025
Maintaining Progress in a Post-American World
Olivier Blanchard and Jean Pisani-Ferry
Newsletter
03 March 2025
What can we make of the Clean Industrial Deal?
Simone Tagliapietra
First glance
03 March 2025
Streamlining or hollowing out? The implications of the Omnibus package for sustainable finance
EU reporting simplification will result in less information and introduce distortions in the sustainable finance market
Silvia Merler
Newsletter
03 March 2025
What can China learn from Japan’s ‘lost decade’?
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
26 February 2025
Clean Industrial Deal : 5 points sur le nouveau plan de la Commission pour relancer la compétitivité par l’industrie verte
Simone Tagliapietra
Newsletter
24 February 2025
How do the new EU fiscal rules protect public investment?
Zsolt Darvas
First glance
20 February 2025
On tech regulation, the European Union should be bolder
The EU should stop apologising for its tech laws, promoting instead their stabilising and fair-competition aspects
Mario Mariniello
First glance
20 February 2025
How data centres can chase renewable energy across Europe
Harnessing the flexibility offered by data centres depending on renewable energy availability could cut costs and emissions
Tom Brown, Iegor Riepin, Georg Zachmann and Victor M. Zavala
First glance
18 February 2025
How should the European Union respond to Trump’s ‘reciprocal tariffs’?
The US threat of reciprocal tariffs is a dangerous attempt to break down the global trade system and must be resisted
Ignacio García Bercero
Newsletter
17 February 2025
Why is money alone not enough to develop a European electricity grid?
Georg Zachmann
Opinion piece
13 February 2025
No Power Struggle at the EU’s Security Table for Two
Rebecca Christie
Newsletter
10 February 2025
How can the EU affordably rearm itself?
Jacob Funk Kirkegaard
Opinion piece
08 February 2025
EU must propel global climate momentum to fill the gap left by Trump
Jean Pisani-Ferry, Simone Tagliapietra and Laurence Tubiana
First glance
06 February 2025
How should the EU react to the US attack on corporate sustainability?
The European Union should continue to push companies on net-zero alignment, but pragmatic changes can help ease burdens and maintain EU leadership
Silvia Merler