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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 June 2012
Eine Agenda für die Rettung Europas
ie Staats- und Regierungschefs der EU treffen sich Ende Juni wieder in Brüssel. Diesmal müssen sie nicht nur die Frage beantworten, ob sie dieses od
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25 June 2012
Chart of the week: the fiscal stance in the euro area
The size of the deficit reduction mandated by European fiscal rules for euro area countries currently under excessive deficit procedure will be on ave
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25 June 2012
How to design a banking union that will save the eurozone
To stop the doom spiral that threatens the eurozone, European leaders must now repair the serious flaws in the design of monetary union that have be
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25 June 2012
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22 June 2012
Blogs review: a political union as a precondition
What’s at stake: We’re closing our series on the future of European integration ahead of the 28-29 June European Council meeting (see our previous iss
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20 June 2012
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20 June 2012
Cross-Mediterranean economic and political relationships must be rebalanced to include all of Europe
In the wake of the Arab Spring the European Union (EU) is eager to foster closer relations with North Africa and the Middle East. Georg Zachmann
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20 June 2012
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20 June 2012
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18 June 2012
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18 June 2012
The Weekender: Enhancing the Spanish program - A new Greek program
Dear All, World leaders are meeting in Los Cabos ahead of a G20 meeting that is likely to be relatively underwhelming. There is a good chance that th
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15 June 2012
Blogs review: The Baltic experience
What’s at stake: The Baltic economies of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia have recently taken center stage in macroeconomic policy discussions as advoca
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12 June 2012
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12 June 2012
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11 June 2012
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11 June 2012
The Weekender: From the Spanish program to the banking union - Riga to Athens with love
Dear All, It has been a busy week with conference calls by G7 Minfins and eventually the eurogroup to hammer out an agreement for a Spain program. T
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