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Taking the Pulse: Can the EU Attract Foreign Investment and Reduce Dependencies?
‘Made with Europe’ not ‘Made in Europe’ should guide EU industrial policy
The European Union should not go down the path of local-content requirements to protect industry but should remain open to international cooperation
How can the EU use FTAs to secure its global ambitions?
Europe needs a broader trade-defence toolkit against a mounting China shock
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Newsletter
03 November 2025
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First Glance
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Marco Buti
Opinion piece
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Opinion piece
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Newsletter
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How can Europe take greater advantage of Russia’s immobilised reserve assets?
Nicolas Véron
First Glance
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Economic impact must dictate immigration policies in an ageing Europe
Faced with rapid population change, EU countries must evaluate the weighting they give to different migration channels in their immigration policies
Jacob Funk Kirkegaard
Opinion piece
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There are no good arguments against the Ukraine reparations loan
Jacob Funk Kirkegaard
Newsletter
20 October 2025
How can Europe stress test its reliance on US military exports?
Guntram B. Wolff
First Glance
16 October 2025
The Nobel Prize committee’s message for European innovation
The award of the Nobel Prize to economists working on creative destruction contains a lesson that policymakers should be ready to let some firms go
Fiona M. Scott Morton
Opinion piece
15 October 2025
This year's Nobel Prize in Economics hits right at the EU's growth problem
Jesper Berg
First Glance
15 October 2025
Escalating US-China rare earth tensions signal determination to decouple
The future may be parallel refining and supply systems for rare earths and associated technologies, as the US and China drift further apart
Alicia García-Herrero
First Glance
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An EU reparations loan is the right way to help Ukraine
European Union countries should agree to back a clever workaround that would leave Russia’s assets untouched but leverage them to support Ukraine
Charles Lichfield and Nicolas Véron
Newsletter
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What does an ageing Europe need from immigration?
Jacob Funk Kirkegaard
First Glance
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The EU should moderate its steel protection plan
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Ignacio García Bercero
Newsletter
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What are the trials ahead for EU sustainable finance and climate insurance?
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