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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
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First glance
09 May 2023
Holdings limit will prove central to the digital euro’s future
The European Central Bank says its digital currency will not be a store of value, in contrast to global counterparts.
First glance
26 April 2023
In failure or success, SpaceX is a wake up call for Europe
Europe is lagging behind in cost-effective delivery of payloads into orbit
First glance
26 April 2023
The US and Swiss messes may nudge the EU towards better international bank capital standards compliance
Bank collapses show the importance of strong capital and liquidity positions and should signal to the EU the benefits of closer adherence to Basel III
First glance
26 April 2023
Green transition: create a European energy agency
As energy and climate economists, we propose that a European energy agency be set up to guide the continent’s transition to net-zero carbon by 2050.
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25 April 2023
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12 April 2023
Will Germany interfere in Brussels’ efforts to tame big tech?
Germany is leading the race to tame big tech. But does the EU need an antitrust enforcement competitor?
First glance
27 March 2023
Fast and furious: how digital bank runs challenge the banking-crisis rulebook
The speed of recent bank failures has shown the need for more systemic protection of the financial system.
First glance
23 March 2023
Banking turbulence is not a reason to pause monetary tightening
Despite calls for interest rate hikes to be paused, both the ECB and Federal raised rates- which was the right decision.
First glance
21 March 2023
The European Central Bank’s latest move tells a clear story
The European Central Bank is right not to over-react to recent banking problems.
First glance
17 March 2023
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.
First glance
15 March 2023
EU electricity market design reform: too quick a fix for a complex problem?
EU proposals on stimulating energy investment signal a paradigm shift; much more clarity is needed before they can be agreed.
First glance
13 March 2023
China’s new regulator hints at a major clean-up of the world’s largest financial sector
Among several institutional changes, the most significant might be the creation of a new nationwide regulator to oversee China’s financial industry.
First glance
13 March 2023
Much of the Global South is on Ukraine’s side
The idea that the Global South is taking a neutral stance over the war in Ukraine is overstated.
First glance
09 March 2023
The EU Net Zero Industry Act and the risk of reviving past failures
How the EU might respond to clean tech subsidies, in the form of a leaked draft law entitled the Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA), is deeply worrisome.
First glance
07 March 2023
Economic efficiency versus geopolitical resilience: strategic autonomy’s difficult balancing act
A timely analysis on the notion of strategic autonomy in the EU's industrial policy.
First glance
07 March 2023
Li Keqiang’s farewell points to employment as China’s major problem
China's modest 2023 growth target provides more evidence of a focus on sustainable growth and jobs.
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