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The fiscal side of Europe’s energy crisis: the facts, problems and prospects
Europe needs to move beyond emergency fiscal responses and focus on structural changes to allow the EU to accelerate its decoupling from fossil fuels.
Is Europe failing on import diversification?
Despite a goal of economic self-reliance, the European Union’s imports are generally sourced from an increasingly limited set of suppliers.
The difficulty of designating gatekeepers under the EU Digital Markets Act
The European Commission should be more precise and transparent when designating gatekeepers under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act.
Europe’s half a million barrels per day diesel supply question
A new European Union embargo on Russian oil products should not affect EU diesel supplies and prices, but could encourage re-routing by Russia.
Web3: the next internet revolution
Tokenisation based on blockchain technology could bring radical changes to markets for goods and services.
Blog post
22 July 2020
The impact of the crisis on smaller companies and new mechanisms for non-performing loans
The ongoing recession will result in a fresh surge in non-performing loans (NPLs) once payment holidays and moratoria end later this year.
Blog post
20 July 2020
New challenges to transfers of personal data from the EU to the United States
The judgment not only immediately invalidates Privacy Shield, but may also have the effect, once the dust has settled, of effectively blocking transfe
Blog post
17 July 2020
Boosting the resilience of Europe’s financial system in the coronavirus crisis
Europe has a heavily bank-based financial structure, but bank-based financial structures are associated with higher systemic risk than market-based fi
Blog post
17 July 2020
China's targeted corporate shopping spree to continue, especially in Europe
Expect small, below the radar deals to continue to flourish and, by the same token, Europe to lose part of its edge in industrial technology and other
Blog post
16 July 2020
Can the global recovery be sustained even as the pandemic rages?
The global economy is showing signs of recovery from the economic crisis caused by COVID-19, though the spread of the coronavirus is accelerating in s
Blog post
14 July 2020
Debt relief for Sub-Saharan Africa: what now?
When G20 finance heads meet on 18 July, Europe will again need to lead on the group’s flagship COVID-19 initiative to postpone low-income countries’ d
Blog post
14 July 2020
Government-guaranteed bank lending: beyond the headline numbers
Loan guarantees have been a major part of the COVID-19 support packages offered by European governments to companies. The actual take-up numbers so fa
Blog post
13 July 2020
Ukraine: trade reorientation from Russia to the EU
Over the past five years conflict has led to a deterioration of Russo-Ukrainian economic relations while ties with the EU have been deepened. This shi
Blog post
08 July 2020
The impacts of electrification on labour market outcomes: the case of Nigeria
In Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, expanding access to electricity has contributed to increasing labour market participation and transforming the e
Blog post
06 July 2020
EU recovery plans should fund the COVID-19 battles to come; not be used to nurse old wounds
In its proposed Recovery Fund, the European Commission uses allocation criteria mainly linked to infection rates and past economic performance. To fos
Blog post
02 July 2020
Europe’s China problem: investment screening and state aid
China’s state capitalist economy poses a challenge to EU openness to foreign investment. In response, the European Commission 17 June published a Whit
Blog post
30 June 2020
The Wirecard debacle calls for a rethink of EU, not just German, financial reporting supervision
The spectacular collapse of Wirecard AG should serve as a wake-up call for the European Union on the need to pool the relevant supervisory mandates at
Blog post
29 June 2020
Artificial intelligence’s great impact on low and middle-skilled jobs
Artificial intelligence and machine learning will significantly transform low-skilled jobs that have not yet been negatively affected by past technolo
Blog post
22 June 2020
Lessons learned from the electricity tracker
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, Bruegel’s new tool has gauged the impact of the crisis on economic activity by tracking changes in electri
Blog post
17 June 2020
The EU’s recovery fund proposals: crisis relief with massive redistribution
Poorer European Union countries and those hardest hit economically by the COVID-19 crisis could obtain up to 15% of their GNI in grants and guarantees
Blog post
15 June 2020
Has COVID-19 dented the EU’s credibility in the Balkans?
Muddled initial reactions to the COVID-19 crisis tarnished the EU’s image in the Western Balkans. Europe should not take for granted the extent of its
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