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Assessing Europe’s strategy on critical raw materials

What role do critical raw materials play in the EU’s industrial policy?

The Net-Zero Industry Act puts EU credibility at risk

The EU Net-Zero Industry Act looks like it’s been set up to keep everyone happy – and to achieve limited results.

Concessional climate finance: the Bridgetown Initiative

Five lessons from the Recovery and Resilience Facility for future crisis-response instruments

Presented as a new departure in EU policy-making, the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) is now in its second year of implementation.

NextGenerationEU: an underused facility?

The RRF has great potential to become an instrument for ‘insuring’ EU countries against common shocks.

With a little help from some friends: coordinating Digital Markets Act enforcement

Digital Markets Act enforcement will be much more effective if EU member national authorities are involved

Exchange of views on Transatlantic Dialogue and Cooperation on strategic considerations as regards semiconductors

Testimony on the EU Chips Act and the prospects for EU-US cooperation on semiconductors

How has growth changed what countries get from the European recovery fund?

Adjustments to growth forecasts mean some countries will get 10% more than expected and others 20% less in grants from the EU Recovery and Resilience

Fit for 55 marks Europe’s climate moment of truth

With Fit for 55, Europe is the global first mover in turning a long-term net-zero goal into real-world policies,
marking the entry of climate policy

Europe should not neglect its capital markets union

The European Union’s capital markets remain very underdeveloped compared to the United States.

Setting Europe’s economic recovery in motion: a first look at national plans

Plans for spending European Union recovery funds submitted by the four largest EU countries reflect rather different priorities. So far, only Italy is

We need more bias in artificial intelligence

What makes one vision more desirable than another is not its neutrality, but whether it can better serve one’s goals in the context of where those goa

More Europe or less Europe?

Europe is often a ship with multiple captains. The boat moves forward in calm seas, but when the slightest wind puts it off course, it is not easy to

Has the European Union squandered its coronavirus vaccination opportunity?

The European Union’s purchases of frontrunner coronavirus vaccines are insufficient for the population’s near-term needs. The shortfall could have hea