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Vote, protect, prepare: 2024 in review
Europes tumultuous year of leadership change, climate challenge and the rise of industrial policy
Nature on the balance sheet: a financial perspective
How can businesses, governments and financial institutions work together to tackle the global biodiversity crisis?
Global Gateway vs. Belt and Road: Europe's infrastructure vision
Can the EU deliver on its ambitious vision?
The evolution of European public goods
How Europe has tackled the challenge of a common budget
Closing the loop: the case for a circular EU economy
Why moving to a circular economy is essential in the fight against climate change
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Podcast
04 September 2024
Unite, defend, grow: EU policy for the next five years
Bruegel fellows' recommendations to the EU institutions for the 2024-2029 cycle
Podcast
28 August 2024
Through crises and their solutions A farewell to Maria Demertzis
A fireside chat with Bruegel veteran Maria Demertzis on the past and future challenges in EU policymaking
Podcast
24 July 2024
Making buildings greener: EU decarbonisation plans
How can the EU bridge the investment gap for energy renovations to meet climate targets?
Podcast
17 July 2024
Narratives and reality: Chinas economic engagements in Africa
Do the facts match the vision that Beijing is offering to the African continent?
Podcast
10 July 2024
How hydrogen can reach its green potential
Hydrogen has the potential to be a renewable energy source under the right conditions
Podcast
03 July 2024
Tariffs are not the cure to world trade problems
How do Brussels, Beijing and Washington navigate global trade-offs?
Podcast
26 June 2024
Macron's snap election gamble
Dissecting the political turmoil in France following President Macron's surprising call for snap parliamentary elections
Podcast
20 June 2024
Electrified tensions: EU's proposed tariffs on Chinese EVs
Electric vehicle tariffs are not the first trade tariff the EU has imposed on China, and they likely will not be the last
Podcast
12 June 2024
EU-UK relations: Brexit, Scotland, Ireland
What will a UK Labour victory mean for Brussels?
Podcast
05 June 2024
How the financial sector can speed up the green transition
Is corporate finance really an obstacle to a more sustainable world?
Podcast
29 May 2024
Europe's economic future
Discussing Junes EU elections and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyens campaign for a new term.
Podcast
22 May 2024
Should foreign companies still do business in China?
In which we discuss the uncertainties for foreign firms operating and wishing to invest in China
Podcast
15 May 2024
Managing the What Ifs: Europe, China and world trade
How should the EU de-risk its external economic relationships without foregoing the benefits of trade?
Podcast
08 May 2024
NATO and the EU - who does what for European defence?
As the war in Ukraine stretches on, how do the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation work together?
Podcast
30 April 2024
Do EU tech rules add up?
Mapping out the EUs digital agenda
Podcast
24 April 2024
Zooming in on the US-China tech rivalry
A comparative exploration of US-China innovation frontiers
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