Blog Post
Disappointment at the lack of fresh cash from European Union global connectivity strategy is short-sighted: Europe supports global development more than any other country in the world. Using existing funds more strategically is the right priority for now.
Blog Post
A European initiative strengthening rights for gig workers is welcome. A digitised economy should also be inclusive.
Blog Post
Skills, data and financing shortcomings constrain artificial-intelligence innovation in Europe.
Blog Post
Alongside short-term measures to shield consumers from rising energy prices, EU countries have set out their positions on medium-term measures to prevent recurrence. Here we summarise those positions.
Blog Post
The European Central Bank is right to propose inclusion of owner-occupied housing services in the inflation indicator. But the ECB’s preferred method would involve an asset price in the consumer inflation indicator.
Blog Post
The record-high debt levels in advanced economies increase the risk of sovereign insolvency. Governments should start fiscal consolidation soon in an environment of low nominal and real interest rates and post-COVID growth.
Blog Post
After COP26, and as the debate on whether Glasgow represents a success or a failure dies down, what next for global climate action?
Opinion
Countries hit comparatively hard during the financial crisis, helped also by domestic and European policies, are bouncing back from the pandemic faster than their peers.
Opinion
Global climate action is visibly accelerating however the conference failed to deliver on the hard numbers.
Opinion
Delivering policies that address energy security, competitiveness and sustainability is one of the most formidable challenges facing governments in the 21st century.
Blog Post
Energy transitions manifest themselves across space and time. While necessary targets for decarbonisation are apparent, the accompanying shifts in spatial organisation of economic activity are perhaps not as well understood.
Blog Post
While deeply disappointing that the surprise deal maintains aluminium and steel tariffs against the EU beyond a modest quota, it alleviates a major irritant in transatlantic relations and contains interesting and innovative features relating to climate policy and to dispute settlement under WTO rules.