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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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25 July 2012
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24 July 2012
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23 July 2012
Blogs review: the youth unemployment crisis
What’s at stake: The global youth unemployment rate, which was already high before the start of the Great Recession, has reached skyrocketing levels i
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20 July 2012
Should the eurozone be mutualised?
The debate on Eurobonds is at risk of missing the forest for the trees. Discussions about their various colours and shapes, their incentive properti
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20 July 2012
Weathering the Storm in Central Europe
Poland is the winner among 24 EU countries in a ranking based on the stability and growth of five indicators (production, productivity, employment,
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20 July 2012
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17 July 2012
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16 July 2012
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16 July 2012
To rescue Europe, our leaders need a new sense of resolve
The two most important questions for the future of Europe are, first, what the euro area must do to rescue itself and, second, whether it has a stra
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15 July 2012
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13 July 2012
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11 July 2012
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10 July 2012
Bruegel’s work on the eurozone crisis acknowledged by double award
Bruegel won the awards for European and Global Think Tank of the Year in a ceremony organized by UK-based Prospect Magazine. Lord Mandelson handed the
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09 July 2012
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06 July 2012
Internal adjustment of the real exchange rate: Does it work?
The forefathers of Europe’s single currency argued that rather than devalue their currencies to restore competitiveness, countries could devalue ‘in
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06 July 2012
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