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A circular single market for sustainable competitiveness
The Draghi report’s focus on critical raw materials misses the contribution of resource efficiency to productivity
Is Mario Draghi's EU competitiveness report the landmark plan that was promised?
Draghi’s pitch to improve the competitiveness of energy-intensive industry
The Draghi report calls for policies to cut energy costs, but would also favour energy-intensive industry without clear justification
Europe needs to move beyond US elections’ abyss
Draghi disappoints on digital
The Draghi report’s emphasis on hardware and telecoms is out of touch with modern digital developments
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Newsletter
29 January 2024
How can the Digital Markets Act enhance digital innovation?
Fiona M. Scott Morton
First glance
29 January 2024
Stronger together: public preferences for different European defence cooperation designs
Research suggests most Europeans would support a significant uptick in EU defence integration.
Francesco Nicoli
Newsletter
22 January 2024
What are the the skills that Europe needs for the Twin Transition?
Fabian Stephany
Newsletter
17 January 2024
Taiwan's elections: key takeaways for the European Union
Alicia García-Herrero
First glance
17 January 2024
To become a geopolitical player the European Union needs Treaty change
The EU will never become a serious geopolitical player without reducing national veto power.
Marek Dabrowski
Opinion piece
16 January 2024
Macroeconomic policy frameworks in the EU: in need of renewal
Maria Demertzis
Newsletter
15 January 2024
What is the role of electricity policy in the EU's quest for economic competitiveness?
Simone Tagliapietra
First glance
12 January 2024
US and UK strikes in Yemen: implications for global energy markets
While trade disruptions arising from the conflict in the Red Sea are so far minimal, a further regional escalation could impact global energy prices.
Simone Tagliapietra
Opinion piece
12 January 2024
Electricity pricing is Europe’s hidden industrial policy
Ben McWilliams, Giovanni Sgaravatti, Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachmann
First glance
12 January 2024
Taiwan’s future economic direction hinges on the election outcome
Depending who wins Taiwan’s 13 January election, the island could swing towards closer relations with China, or entrench decoupling from China.
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
10 January 2024
Visible Democracy
The EU’s consensus-driven stumble toward choosing institutional leaders is more democratic than the alternatives.
Rebecca Christie
Opinion piece
10 January 2024
Taiwan's election will mark an economic crossroads
Growth is rebounding, but island must decide whether to deepen links with China.
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
03 January 2024
2024 will be about Western economic normalisation, China’s deceleration and India’s catch-up
China will continue to decelerate slowly but steadily while the rest of emerging Asia will do well.
Alicia García-Herrero
Newsletter
22 December 2023
EU-China summit remains a ‘dialogue of the deaf’ for EU trade concerns
Alicia García-Herrero
Newsletter
22 December 2023
What will the EU face in 2024?
Rebecca Christie
First glance
21 December 2023
Assessing the Ecofin compromise on fiscal rules reform
The compromise reached by the Ecofin Council is imperfect. But it is still a big step forward.
Jeromin Zettelmeyer