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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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26 March 2013
Blogs review: Big Data, aggregates and individuals
What’s at stake: The Big Data enthusiasts compare it to a revolution. For the agnostic observer, it is interesting to move beyond this general and som
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26 March 2013
Capital controls will put the euro at risk
The currency in Nicosia will no longer be worth the same as it is in any other country, says Guntram Wolff.
Blog post
25 March 2013
The new Cyprus deal: victory of common sense
The new deal on Cyprus does not only have the right intentions, but averts the two major flaws of the previous deal: It fully protects
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25 March 2013
Capital controls on Cyprus seem to have been avoided (or not?)
As my colleague Zsolt Darvas has pointed out, the eurogroup agreement of last night looks pretty good given the circumstances. A number of very i
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24 March 2013
What comes after finance in Cyprus?
The prominent role of Cyprus's financial services is probably over anyway, irrespective of the actual content of the forthcoming agreement between the
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22 March 2013
Chypre : calculs, cafouillages et émotions
Une bonne intrigue combine classiquement le froid calcul des acteurs rationnels, la dose de cafouillage nécessaire au réalisme, et ce qu’il faut d’émo
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22 March 2013
Options for Cyprus
Cypriot government official and parliamentary members face major choices in the next few hours: the European Central Bank (ECB) concluded that it will
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22 March 2013
Effects of austerity revisited – how GDP surprised and why?
The debate about appropriate fiscal policy has been fluctuating since the onset of the financial crisis.
Blog post
22 March 2013
The Cyprus bailout controversy in German media and politics
We want to summarize reactions among politicians and German press views. The Eurogroup set up the details of a EUR 10 billion bailout package for Cypr
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21 March 2013
No contagion from Cyprus so far
The Cyprus drama has not destabilised the rest of the eruo area so far, despite the talks about a possible ‘Cyprexit’, i.e. an exit of Cyprus form the
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18 March 2013
Cyprus deal: the right intentions but major flaws
On Saturday morning, after a marathon meeting of the Eurogoup, it was decided to impose a one-time wealth tax on deposits in Cypriot banks: 6.75%
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14 March 2013
Press briefing on publication "Should non-euro area countries join the single supervisory mechanism?"
On the 13th of March, Bruegel fellows Zsolt Darvas and Guntram Wolff held an informal meeting with journalists to present their latest Policy Contri
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13 March 2013
Recession calls on European Leaders to increase public investment
The European Commission has rightly highlighted the need to adjust public finances in the South of Europe, in particular when market access is close t
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13 March 2013
Six lessons for Europe from the nationalization of SNS Reaal
Recently the Dutch government nationalized the Dutch financial conglomerate SNS Reaal. The intervention was the first use of the Intervention Act
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13 March 2013
Banking crisis, financial stability and State aid: The experience so far
Vice-President of European Commission, Joaquín Almunia, delivered this speech at Bruegel's event 'Banking crises, financial stability and state a
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12 March 2013
Chart of the week: Is external adjustment working in the euro area?
In the sixth year of the crisis of the euro area, it is time to review whether adjustment to external imbalances in the euro area is working. Current
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