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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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20 February 2013
Conference call on publication 'From supervision to resolution: next steps on the road to European banking union'
On the 19th of February, Bruegel’s Nicolas Véron and Guntram Wolff held a conference call with representatives of the media to di
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18 February 2013
Basel III: Europe’s Interest Is to Comply
On February 14, European Commissioner Michel Barnier and Federal Reserve Governor Daniel Tarullo indicated their agreement to quickly give t
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15 February 2013
How to read the EU budget deal? I
Now that the European Council has approved the MFF 2014-2020 commentators are indulging on an evaluation of “who wins, who losses”, whether at stake a
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15 February 2013
Blogs review: Asset prices and monetary policy redux
What’s at stake: Federal Reserve Governor Jeremy Stein gave serious consideration to the idea that monetary policy has a role to play in managing
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14 February 2013
Same old Europe
The deal on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020, which will regulate the EU’s annual budget, is a missed opportunity. As in the past, the EU
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13 February 2013
How to read the EU budget deal? II
Structural and Cohesion Funds, if properly used, can represent an important instrument for economic growth. The European Council conclusions of 8 Febr
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12 February 2013
L’Europe en morceaux
Avec un David Cameron acharné à préserver son rabais et à dégraisser la bureaucratie bruxelloise et un François Hollande soucieux de sauvegarder
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12 February 2013
Good deal for Ireland, but no magic bullet
The promissory note deal announced last week by the Irish government and the Central Bank of Ireland will bring benefits to Ireland’s public finances
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11 February 2013
L’euro fort : fausses frayeurs et vrais dangers
Les dirigeants français, François Hollande en tête, s’alarment de la remontée de l’euro. Leurs homologues allemands rétorquent qu’il n’est pas suréval
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11 February 2013
The eurozone will muddle through (again)
At the last European Council summit of 2012, politicians decided to go ahead with the banking union while ending their reflections on fiscal union the
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11 February 2013
Bruegel's Franco-German roots
'I have not been an enthusiastic supporter of every French, German, or Franco-German initiative, but I must say that this one was worth supporting.'
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08 February 2013
Blogs review: The Monetary Regime and the drawbacks of NGDP targeting
What’s at stake: There has been much ink spilt (except maybe in the eurozone) over the last few years about the need to move away or at least com
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07 February 2013
Franco-German energy cooperation – from a joint declaration to measurable results
At the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Elysée treaty the Franco-German Council of ministers issued a joint declaration on guidelines
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06 February 2013
SNS Reaal expropriation: Should Senior bondholders carry the burden on future bank resolutions?
Last week the Dutch government announced the full expropriation of SNS Reaal, the 4th largest Dutch bank and decided to write-off shareholders an
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06 February 2013
Distressed Europe should not be bribed to reform
European leaders have started a discussion on German-inspired “contracts for competitiveness and growth”. To implement structural reforms in eurozone
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04 February 2013
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