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How can the EU affordably rearm itself?

EU must propel global climate momentum to fill the gap left by Trump

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

The geopolitics of artificial intelligence after DeepSeek
DeepSeek’s emergence points to a split into competing US and Chinese AI worlds, making for a tough choice for Europe

Europe’s geoeconomic and development objectives clash in Goma
Despite its critical mineral interests, the EU should be strict on Rwanda to maintain credibility and encourage conflict de-escalation
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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
First glance
04 February 2025
The geopolitics of artificial intelligence after DeepSeek
DeepSeek’s emergence points to a split into competing US and Chinese AI worlds, making for a tough choice for Europe
Alicia García-Herrero and Michal Krystyanczuk
First glance
03 February 2025
Europe’s geoeconomic and development objectives clash in Goma
Despite its critical mineral interests, the EU should be strict on Rwanda to maintain credibility and encourage conflict de-escalation
Roel Dom
Newsletter
03 February 2025
The EU should have woken up long ago to China’s growing influence in the Western Balkans
Alicia García-Herrero
Newsletter
03 February 2025
How can the EU Trump-proof its economy?
Heather Grabbe
First glance
03 February 2025
Diversity and inclusion aren’t just about equity, they’re about efficiency too
Adding more women to the workforce delivers a bigger GDP boost than simply employing more men
Jonathan Ostry
First glance
30 January 2025
The EU and the UK are doomed to cooperate
There are compelling reasons for the European Union and United Kingdom to put the adversarial period of Brexit behind them
Ignacio García Bercero and Hans Geeroms
First glance
29 January 2025
EU-Switzerland: a new approach to partial integration into the single market?
The new EU-Swiss agreement breaks new ground, and could offer lessons for the EU-UK relationship
Ignacio García Bercero
Newsletter
27 January 2025
Leaders and institutions: honouring Jean Pisani-Ferry and celebrating the birth of Bruegel
Jeromin Zettelmeyer
First glance
23 January 2025
The case for a European Defence Compact
The EU needs a European Defence Compact uniting a coalition of likeminded countries to swiftly deliver and finance joint defence capabilities
Roel Beetsma, Marco Buti and Francesco Nicoli
Newsletter
20 January 2025
How can the EU harness data as an economic production factor?
Bertin Martens
First glance
16 January 2025
Political contagion in Europe: can the European Union survive Trumpism?
Trumpism could fatally undermine European integration if governments do not stand firm and defend the EU’s law-based system
Heather Grabbe and Jean Pisani-Ferry
Newsletter
20 December 2024
Is Europe ready for the challenges of 2025 and beyond?
Jeromin Zettelmeyer
Opinion piece
17 December 2024
China would balk at a sweeping Mar-a-Lago accord
Given the need for a weak renminbi to support export growth, a reprise of the 1985 Plaza Accord with Japan is unlikely
Alicia García-Herrero