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How Europe can save for success
The EU’s new top finance official, Maria Luis Albuquerque, should lead member states and their citizens towards better retail savings
The precarious promise of the Paris Agreement’s Article 6
Agreement on a global carbon trading framework could complete the global climate architecture, but the risks are significant
Better braced for disaster: upgrading EU support mechanisms
The European Union needs to adapt its emergency funding mechanisms to the increasing number and severity of climate catastrophes
European Union public procurement reform: a difficult but essential balancing act
Upcoming reform of EU public procurement rules will need to reconcile various trade-offs – and should be prioritised to get the benefits sooner
China on Trump: indifferent but wary
There are risks and opportunities for China in Trump’s return, with Europe as potential collateral damage
First glance items
First glance
12 December 2024
How Europe can save for success
The EU’s new top finance official, Maria Luis Albuquerque, should lead member states and their citizens towards better retail savings
First glance
05 December 2024
The precarious promise of the Paris Agreement’s Article 6
Agreement on a global carbon trading framework could complete the global climate architecture, but the risks are significant
First glance
28 November 2024
Better braced for disaster: upgrading EU support mechanisms
The European Union needs to adapt its emergency funding mechanisms to the increasing number and severity of climate catastrophes
First glance
18 November 2024
European Union public procurement reform: a difficult but essential balancing act
Upcoming reform of EU public procurement rules will need to reconcile various trade-offs – and should be prioritised to get the benefits sooner
First glance
14 November 2024
China on Trump: indifferent but wary
There are risks and opportunities for China in Trump’s return, with Europe as potential collateral damage
First glance
12 November 2024
What the European Union should expect from Trump’s tariffs
The new Trump administration might take a sequenced approach to tariffs, confronting the EU with difficult decisions
First glance
07 November 2024
What Europe can expect of Trump: a timeline
A handy guide to the main decisions and milestones of the second Trump administration.
First glance
07 November 2024
Trump’s comeback and its implications for EU climate and energy policy
Trump’s return should not be seen as a threat to EU decarbonisation, but as a rallying cry to unite and push forward more strongly
First glance
31 October 2024
Europe stands increasingly alone on defence production and needs to act
Europe must rebuild its defence industry; reliance on the US is no longer tenable, whatever the outcome of the US presidential election
First glance
30 October 2024
Clean and fair: maximising the impact of the European Union’s Social Climate Fund
The new European Commission should make more of the Social Climate Fund as a major tool to ensure the green transition is also a fair one
First glance
30 October 2024
Russian internet outage offers clues about online ‘goblin’ army
The outage provides new evidence of the Russian state’s use of bot networks to influence public discourse on Western social media platforms
First glance
29 October 2024
BRICS is becoming a more solid construction
BRICS is consolidating into a China-dominated bloc that aims to shape the global order; the West should pay attention
First glance
16 October 2024
Making the most of the new EU Clean Trade and Investment Partnerships
With the right governance, proposed EU Clean Trade and Investment Partnerships could boost clean industrialisation domestically and globally
First glance
14 October 2024
Barnier’s balancing act: a skilful but precarious budget plan
The French government’s proposal to make the deficit manageable carefully balances different objectives but leaves tough choices for the future
First glance
10 October 2024
EU duties on Chinese electric cars are a rule-respecting response to subsidies
A decision to impose countervailing duties on Chinese electric vehicles is a measured response to subsidisation
First glance
09 October 2024
European Union duties on electric vehicles point to new era of EU-China relations
The EU's move to introduce tariffs on Chinese EVs is surprising given the bloc's main dependence on imports
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