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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.
Blog post
09 April 2018
Latvia’s money laundering scandal
Latvia’s third largest bank ABLV sought emergency liquidity from the ECB and eventually voted to start a process of voluntary liquidation, after being
Blog post
03 April 2018
Milton Friedman's " The role of monetary policy" - 50 years later
In March 1968, Milton Friedman’s “The Role of Monetary Policy” - after his famous presidential address to the American Economic Association - was publ
Blog post
28 March 2018
Do wide-reaching reform programmes foster growth?
With growth gathering momentum in the eurozone, some have claimed this is the proof that structural reforms implemented during the crisis are working,
Blog post
26 March 2018
The Brexit Transition Deal
Michel Barnier, the European Union’s Brexit negotiator, and David Davis, Britain’s Brexit secretary, announced a transition deal on March 19. We revie
Blog post
19 March 2018
Central banks in the age of populism
Two years of elections have shown that we live in an age of increasing political and economic populism. What are the consequences of that for central
Blog post
15 March 2018
Which sectors would be most vulnerable to EU-US trade war?
As the US administration imposes new tariffs on steel and aluminium and considers further protectionist measures, we look at bilateral trade flows bet
Blog post
14 March 2018
The (economic) ties that bind: The western Balkans and the EU
The western Balkan economies are already closely integrated with the EU; the EU is their largest trade partner, their largest source of incoming forei
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13 March 2018
Still on the road? Assessing Trump’s threat to European cars
Just how exposed is Europe’s automotive sector to a potential escalation in the EU-US trade war?
Blog post
12 March 2018
Are we steel friends?
The U.S. administration is considering to impose tariffs on steel (25%) and aluminium (10%), based on a national security argument. We review economis
Blog post
09 March 2018
U.S. steel and aluminium tariffs: how should the EU respond?
President Trump and his trade team are set on a path of protectionism and economic nationalism. Trump’s intended measure raises four issues for the EU
Blog post
08 March 2018
Bruegel’s commitment to gender balance
Reflecting on gender balance is crucial to improve think tanks’ ways of working and effectiveness.
Blog post
07 March 2018
How many female economics professors in top European Universities?
A look at the representation of women in academia at the top economic faculties in Europe shows that there is still much progress to be made by these
Blog post
05 March 2018
Breaking the Stalemate on European Deposit Insurance
Many EU-level reports have highlighted a European Deposit Insurance Scheme (EDIS) as a necessary component of banking union, but none of these options
Blog post
05 March 2018
Getting accustomed to Brexit - UK and the customs union scenario
The Labour Party’s support of customs union membership has the potential to change the course of Brexit, with 13 months left to close negotiations. Th
Blog post
01 March 2018
Don’t put the blame on me: How different countries blamed different actors for the Eurozone crisis
Why did the eurozone have such difficulties coming to terms with its own shortcomings? The authors believe they have found part of the answer, through
Blog post
28 February 2018
Clouds are forming over Italy’s elections
While the prospect of a gridlock reassured investors about the short-term risk of an anti-establishment government, Italy still needs a profound econo
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