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The fiscal side of Europe’s energy crisis: the facts, problems and prospects
Europe needs to move beyond emergency fiscal responses and focus on structural changes to allow the EU to accelerate its decoupling from fossil fuels.
Is Europe failing on import diversification?
Despite a goal of economic self-reliance, the European Union’s imports are generally sourced from an increasingly limited set of suppliers.
The difficulty of designating gatekeepers under the EU Digital Markets Act
The European Commission should be more precise and transparent when designating gatekeepers under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act.
Europe’s half a million barrels per day diesel supply question
A new European Union embargo on Russian oil products should not affect EU diesel supplies and prices, but could encourage re-routing by Russia.
Web3: the next internet revolution
Tokenisation based on blockchain technology could bring radical changes to markets for goods and services.
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10 October 2012
Why France will have no budget rule
Like in other countries, the French Constitutional Council was asked to decide on the compatibility of the European fiscal treaty with the Constitutio
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10 October 2012
Whatever it takes... maybe
“Whatever it takes” were the words that boosted market confidence and spread optimism throughout world media last week. However, interpretations to ye
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10 October 2012
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10 October 2012
Europe should choose whether it wants Greece in or out
For the third time in three years the Europeans’ stance on Greece is economically inconsistent. One camp considers the country should leave the eurozo
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10 October 2012
Is Germany heading towards a referendum?
The question of the compatibility of the German constitution (officially known as the Basic Law), with further European integration is at the origin o
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10 October 2012
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08 October 2012
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04 October 2012
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01 October 2012
Blogs review: the UK’s output, employment and productivity puzzle
What’s at stake:While the decline in output in the UK over the last few years has been the longest and nearly deepest since the Great Depression, em
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01 October 2012
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28 September 2012
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26 September 2012
Eine schwierige Beziehung
Bruegel-Forscher Georg Zachmann zu politischen und ökonomischen Hintergründe des Streits zwischen EU und Gazprom
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