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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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05 April 2012
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04 April 2012
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04 April 2012
Interview with Jean-Claude Trichet
Jean-Claude Trichet gave an interview about his appointment as chairman of Bruegel Board.
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03 April 2012
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03 April 2012
Sudden stops in the euro area
Many analysts and observers have put forward that the euro crisis is a balance-of-payments crisis at least as much as a fiscal crisis. The issue has g
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03 April 2012
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03 April 2012
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02 April 2012
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02 April 2012
The Weekender: Some conclusions from the ECOFIN in Copenhagen and internal rebalancing and German wages negotiations
Dear All, The French election is taking a very interesting turn and I believe that participation will be very high (by our historical standards) and
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30 March 2012
Blogs review: The Gold Standard and the Euro
What’s at stake: Thanks to Ben Bernanke's series of lectures at Georges Washington University this week, the gold standard is back as a topic for deb
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29 March 2012
Chart of the week: banking and sovereign risk: is it banks’ holding of government debt or banks’ location?
Since the start of the European sovereign debt crisis, the interdependence between banks and sovereign risk has been emphasised. This week's chart s
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28 March 2012
LTRO, interbank stress and banks’ stock prices: a conundrum?
Stress in the interbank market increased steeply after July 2011. The figure below shows the pattern of the Euribor-Eonia Swap spread, an indicator of
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27 March 2012
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26 March 2012
Pourquoi l’Europe ne parle pas francais
“Jetzt auf einmal wird in Europa Deutsch gesprochen” (“Tout d’un coup, on s’est mis à parler allemand en Europe”). En s’enorgueillissant ainsi, fin
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25 March 2012
The Weekender: options for ESM/EFSF and the Irish/ECB promissory note deal
Dear All, Financial markets are getting more concerned about Europe again, and about Spain in particular. It is a call to end the complacency that s
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