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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
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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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21 February 2018
The new EU budget and the future of the Spitzenkandidaten process
Bruegel director Guntram Wolff frames the two debates that will dominate the upcoming meeting of the European Council the shape of the next EU budge
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15 February 2018
Brexit consequences for EU climate and energy policy
Bruegel fellow Georg Zachmann joins Richard Tol, professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Sussex, and Pieter-Willem Lemmens, head
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07 February 2018
What the German coalition agreement means for Europe
The final document on the German coalition agreement will have significant consequences for the European Union and the Eurozone. Bruegel director Gun
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05 February 2018
European Parliament: More representative post-Brexit?
Bruegel director Guntram Wolff features in this episode of 'The Sound of Economics', highlighting how a reallocation of seats in the European Parliame
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19 January 2018
Remaking Europe
This instalment of the Sound of Economics features Bruegel fellows Reinhilde Veugelers, Simone Tagliapietra and J. Scott Marcus explain how European i
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03 January 2018
Multispeed Europe
In this episode of the Sound of Economics, Maria Demertzis, and Italy's State Secretary for European Affairs Sandro Gozi, discussed about the issue of
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14 December 2017
Inclusive Europe: a journey towards integration
How has immigration become an essential part of the EU? What incentives should be made to encourage EU intra-mobility? Why and how should we proceed t
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16 November 2017
The future of Capital Markets Union
Bruegel senior scholar Nicolas V矇ron speaks with Steven Maijoor, the chair of ESMA, about the future of the Capital Markets Union (CMU), and of the EU
Podcast
27 October 2017
Housing for the modern metropolis
Dirk Schoenmaker talks with a senior London policymaker about the UK capitals high pressure housing market. What are the human impacts of a housing b
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13 September 2017
Surprising priorities for Europe and China
Bruegels Alicia Garc穩a-Herrero and Robin Niblett of Chatham House discuss a new joint report on EU-China relations. How easy was it to find common gr
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30 June 2017
Global trade and Europe
Multilateral trade has generated a huge amount of wealth, and lifted many around the world out of poverty. But there is also growing awareness that gl
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11 May 2017
What's next for France and Europe?
We host a conversation between Jean Pisani-Ferry and Guntram Wolff to discuss what the French election result will mean for France and Europe.
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05 May 2017
How will Europe's banking system respond to future challenges?
After the financial crisis, the EU has taken measures to create conditions for a safer banking sector. One of the key measures to do that is the creat
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20 April 2017
Labour mobility in Europe
With anti-immigration sentiment on the rise, we look into the issue of labour mobility in Europe. How does migration affect labour markets and how doe
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06 April 2017
A glance into the future how will AI change our lives?
Technological advancement is moving us towards the artificial intelligence era. How different will our lives be in this new era? How will AI change th
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22 March 2017
Special edition - The Treaty of Rome at 60
The 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome presents an opportunity to reflect on the progress of European integration so far, and to discuss what the
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