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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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06 January 2015
A cognitive bubble in Brisbane
When the world leaders met in Brisbane on November 14-15, some sense of urgency may have been expected. Instead, they promised more “structu
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06 January 2015
The convergence dream 25 years on
The 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall was widely celebrated – rightly so. The fall of communism opened the way for democracy, personal f
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05 January 2015
A European gas market for everyone
The European energy landscape has changed markedly in 2014. Now the EU must rethink its relationship over gas with Russia and Ukraine.
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05 January 2015
Permanent QE and helicopter money
What’s at stake: As the ECB contemplates its own version of quantitative easing, this review clarifies the conditions under which this policy is belie
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23 December 2014
How can Europe escape recession in 2015?
A clear priority for 2015 will be to manage proactively the fallout from a possible continuation of the conflict with Russia. In addition, the eu
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22 December 2014
Deflation in France, hidden behind tax hikes?
The significant divergence between the core inflation measures for France reported respectively by Eurostat and the national statistical office (
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19 December 2014
European banking union and financial integration
At a famous summit in June 2012, the European leaders announced that they intend to “break the vicious circle” between banks and sovereigns. This deci
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19 December 2014
30% of the Euro Area HICP basket is now in outright deflation
A look at the composition of the HICP basket for the euro area shows that the percentage of items that are now in outright deflation has risen to 30%
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19 December 2014
High growth firms and job creation in Europe
While all forms of entrepreneurship play a critical role in the economy, a growing body of evidence has shown that it is the high-growth firms that ar
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18 December 2014
Brainless recovery - brain drain in the aftermath of the crisis
Throughout the 2000s, European countries have been broadly successful at attracting large numbers of highly-skilled individuals. The euro area crisis
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18 December 2014
The fall of real wages in Japan
A big question for the success or failure of the new economic policy strategy being implemented by Japanese Prime Minister Abe is the development in w
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17 December 2014
„Der Gasstreit geht weiter“
Interview mit Bruegel-Forscher Georg Zachmann über den Gaskonflikt zwischen der EU, Russland und der Ukraine
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17 December 2014
Europa sollte sich nicht vor ausländischen Übernahmen fürchten
Bruegel-Forscher Mario Mariniello zum wachsenden Protektionismus und der Rolle der EU-Kommission
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17 December 2014
Licht- und Schattenseiten einer Gemeinsamen Arbeitslosenversicherung
Die Bruegel-Forscher Grégory Claeys, Zsolt Darvas und Guntram B. Wolff gehen der Frage nach, wie die Verwerfungen am Arbeitsmarkt im Euroraum behoben
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17 December 2014
Europe should not fear foreign takeovers
Foreign takeovers are often a source of concern for national governments. Concerns might be of a strategic nature (for example over deals in the defen
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15 December 2014
Think tank transparency: Bruegel awarded five stars by Transparify
Transparify has rated Bruegel as one of the most transparent think tanks worldwide and in Europe, pointing to Bruegel’s “exemplary transparency”
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