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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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04 September 2012
Bruegel and NIRA combine to promote Europe-Asia economic policy exchange
Bruegel has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Japanese think tank the National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA), to further cooperati
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03 September 2012
The Political Redefinition of Europe
For the past few years, headlines in Europe have been dominated by the financial and economic developments of the crisis, first in the banking system
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31 August 2012
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30 August 2012
Which way for Europe?
August was quieter than feared on the European bond markets. While resting on Europe’s celebrated beaches and mountains, policymakers could therefore
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27 August 2012
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27 August 2012
Blogs review: The gains from fundamental tax reforms
What’s at stake: Greg Mankiw recently highlighted a John Diamond study, which finds that a base-broadening, rate-reducing, Romney type tax plan would
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23 August 2012
Triggering competitiveness: A 'decalogue' from new firm-level evidence
Competitiveness is one of the most debated issues in policy circles. But, what triggers it? Capitalising on the first existing harmonised cross-coun
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20 August 2012
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17 August 2012
Chart of the week: GDP down by 0.2% in the euro area
August figures from Eurostat for the euro area show a decrease in GDP for the second quarter of 2012, after stagnating growth rates during the previou
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14 August 2012
Eurocrisis lessons from banking regulation: create collateral in return for support
The similarities between banks and countries in a monetary union are striking. First, like banks, countries in a monetary union can face a self-fulfil
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13 August 2012
François Hollande doit choisir ses contraintes
Les grammairiens s’étonneront peut-être de la lecture que le Conseil constitutionnel vient de faire du traité budgétaire européen. Certains de nos par
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13 August 2012
Deconstructing Mitt Romney’s economic plan
What’s at stake: Last week was dominated in the blogosphere by an analysis of the Tax Policy Center – a joint venture of the Urban Institute and Brook
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08 August 2012
Blogs review: the ECB’s new doctrine of explicit policy conditionality
What’s at stake: Last week was dominated by Thursday’s ECB Governing Council meeting and Mario Draghi’s subsequent press conference, where he clarifie
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30 July 2012
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27 July 2012
You say Rettung, I say imposición
A summary of the Spanish and German perspectives on the #Spailout.
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