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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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First Glance
11 June 2025
Boosting EU budget revenues with a defence spending shortfall levy
The European Union’s defence spending laggards could be asked to pay more into the common budget
Armin Steinbach, Zsolt Darvas, Roel Dom and Pascal Saint-Amans
Newsletter
10 June 2025
How do Europe and the US compare on clean tech?
Ben McWilliams
Opinion piece
10 June 2025
Global trade conflict: opportunity for the EU
Ignacio García Bercero
Newsletter
02 June 2025
How can the EU encourage intra-regional trade in the Western Balkans?
Nina Vujanović
Newsletter
02 June 2025
China's Eastern Mediterranean ambitions: a challenge to Europe's strategic autonomy
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
28 May 2025
Forsvarsinvesteringer: Europa må danne fælles front mod Rusland
Jesper Berg
Newsletter
26 May 2025
How has the 19 May summit changed EU-UK relations?
Heather Grabbe
First Glance
22 May 2025
The EU-UK reset: a first, big step in the right direction
The most important outcome of the EU-UK Summit might be that it re-establishes the habit of working together
Ignacio García Bercero and Heather Grabbe
Newsletter
19 May 2025
How should Europe welcome and fund research talent from the US?
Heather Grabbe
First Glance
15 May 2025
What should the European Union aim for in a trade deal with Trump?
The EU should plan for both the short term and the long haul in trade talks with the United States
Ignacio García Bercero
Newsletter
12 May 2025
How will population ageing affect the EU?
David Pinkus
First Glance
08 May 2025
The European Union should not water down bank capital standards
The EU should resist the pressure for banking-sector deregulation that is likely to follow from the deregulatory push in the United States
Jesper Berg, Nicolas Boivin and Hans Geeroms
First Glance
08 May 2025
‘Project Einstein’: research excellence for Europe and the world
The European Union has the money to attract researchers under threat in the US and should coordinate a scheme to deploy it
Heather Grabbe and Daniel Gros
First Glance
05 May 2025
Preventing future electricity blackouts requires thorough analysis
There is still no clear picture of what led to the Iberian blackout; a comprehensive, evidence-based investigation is essential
Georg Zachmann
Newsletter
05 May 2025
How does current DMA enforcement affect digital market competition?
Fiona M. Scott Morton
Newsletter
05 May 2025
Regardless of Trump, Europe should not be seduced by China’s charm offensive
Alicia García-Herrero