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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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11 March 2013
Blogs review: The stock market recovery
What’s at stake: The strengthening of the U.S. economy was reflected last week by a positive jobs report with America adding 236,000 more jobs in
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08 March 2013
Has the European Central Bank transformed itself into a hedge fund?
Some observers have accused the European Central Bank (ECB) of having transformed itself into a hedge fund because of the purchases of government secu
Blog post
06 March 2013
Microsoft fined for non-compliance: a game-changer in antitrust settlements
The European Commission has crossed into new territory. For the first time, it has sanctioned a company for not abiding by an antitrust settlement: a
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05 March 2013
Lucrezia Reichlin elected Chair of the Scientific Council
Lucrezia Reichlin, Professor of Economics at London Business School, was elected Chair of Bruegel's Scientific Council on 4 March
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04 March 2013
Blogs review: The Minimum Wage debate
What’s at stake: In his State of the Union Address, US President Barack Obama resurrected a pledge to raise the minimum wage he had made during the 20
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01 March 2013
A new direction for euro-area macro policies
The debate on austerity in Europe has intensified after the publication of disappointing growth data for last year. The debate has been given further
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28 February 2013
The Euro Crisis: Mission Accomplished?*
High unemployment, bleak economic outlook, high public and private debts, dysfunctional banks, weak competitiveness, and an unfavorable external envir
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28 February 2013
Jean Pisani-Ferry appointed to the French Fiscal Council
Bruegel Director Jean Pisani-Ferry has been appointed to the French Fiscal Council. The Fiscal Council is a new body recently created following the ra
Blog post
27 February 2013
Is struggling Europe on the right track?
The latest European Commission outlook forecasts 2014 unemployment rates above 25 per cent in Greece and Spain, in the vicinity of 15 per cent in Irel
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27 February 2013
Electricity Infrastructure – more border crossings or a borderless Europe?
Enabling the seamless trade in electricity across borders would help to deliver on all three European energy policy targets – security, sustainability
Blog post
25 February 2013
Austerity needed to start, now we need a fiscal union
The main driver of public debt increases in the last 4 years has been high public deficits, not austerity. Budget consolidation is necessary to avoid
Blog post
25 February 2013
Towards further liberalisation of the capital account in China
In China, discussions on capital account liberalisation have recently intensified. The Chinese government plans to gradually liberalise certain capita
Blog post
25 February 2013
The implications of the weakening Yen*
The recent trend of the weakening Japanese yen reflects a major policy shift in Japan, following the formation of the government of prime minister Shi
Blog post
22 February 2013
The multiplier myth
Many international economists have recently claimed that fiscal multipliers are much larger now than in normal times. The economic recession in Europe
Blog post
21 February 2013
What Mr Rehn should tell France.
When he presents the forecasts on Friday, should Olli Rehn, the commission’s vice-president, coerce governments in France and other countries int
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21 February 2013
Competition policy trends in South Korea
Economists often talk about a strong correlation between market development and enforcement of competition policy rules. That is not surprising: compe
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