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The EU can’t separate climate policy from foreign policy
This opinion piece was originally published in Rzeczpospolita, Domani, Le Monde and La Vanguardia. The European Union’s goal of climate neutrality by 2050 is not only a revolutionary exercise in...
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Form a climate club: United States, European Union and China
This article was originally published on Nature. Copyright remains with Nature at all times. The United States, the European Union and China together emit half of the world’s greenhouse gases. They...
View ArticleReducing mobility of SARS-CoV-2 variants to safeguard containment
When the coronavirus pandemic started in 2019/2020, a number of countries reacted early, closing down public life and reducing private contacts before contagion fully took off. Countries that failed to...
View ArticleThe great COVID-19 divergence: managing a sustainable and equitable recovery...
This Policy Contribution was prepared for and presented at the informal Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) meeting in Lisbon on 21-22 May 2021. You can read the version presented at...
View ArticleDigital European Economic Sovereignty? The Case of Semiconductors
The original paper is available on the European Parliament’s webpage. Copyright remains with the European Parliament at all times. The notion of European ‘strategic sovereignty’ is increasingly...
View ArticleInflation!? Germany, the euro area and the European Central Bank
Public inflation scare? An inflation scare has erupted – at least in some countries. Interest in the term ‘inflation’ as measured by Google searches has hit a high in the United States (Figure 1). In...
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Relaunching transatlantic cooperation with a carbon border adjustment mechanism
This piece was originally published by Le Monde and Domani. On June 15, President Joe Biden will join Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels for an important European Union–United States...
View ArticleThe Conference on the Future of Europe: vehicle for reform versus forum for...
The European Union after several delays opened the Conference on the Future of Europe on 9 May 2021. Its purpose, according to a March 2021 Joint Declaration from the presidents of the EU institutions,...
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A Global Deal for Our Pandemic Age
Read the full report of the G20 High Level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness and Response. The High Level Independent Panel was asked by the G20 in January...
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Increasing the global supply of essential medical supplies: Time for Europe...
Versions of this piece were originally published in Caixin, Capital, El País, Helsingin Sanomat, Il Sole 24 Ore, Le Grand Continent, Nikkei Veritas and Rzeczpospolita. The COVID-19 pandemic is nowhere...
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How to reconcile increased green public investment needs with fiscal...
Read the full piece published on VoxEU, a lead commentary in the VoxEU debate on euro area reform.
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How Europe can defeat Russia’s divide and rule strategy in the long term
This opinion was originally published in Capital, Het Financieele Dagblad, Helsingin Sanomat, Jornal de Negócios, Le Monde and Rzeczpospolita.
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The EU without Russian oil and gas
Read the full editorial as published in Intereconomics. Following the Russian invasion and brutal attack on Ukraine, the West and in particular the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and the EU...
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Cutting Putin’s energy rent: ‘smart sanctioning’ Russian oil and gas
This Letter to the Editor was originally published in Nature. Despite major sanctions on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, the European Union is still importing almost $1 billion’s worth of...
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What drives implementation of the European Union’s policy recommendations to...
Read the full article. With a specially prepared dataset, we investigate whether and why EU countries implement EU policy recommendations. We focus on recommendations outside the fiscal rules and...
View ArticleCutting Putin’s energy rent: ‘smart sanctioning’ Russian oil and gas
In the wake of the Russian aggression against Ukraine, major sanctions have been imposed by Western countries, most notably with the aim of limiting Russia’s access to hard international currency....
View ArticleA phase out of Russian oil may be less effective than a tariff at reducing...
The European Union’s plan to target Russian oil in the context of its latest sanctions package makes sense as a way to step up pressure on Moscow. Oil is a major source of hard currency for Russia, and...
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How to weaken Russian oil and gas strength
Read the full Letter published in Science. This piece was also published in longer form as a Bruegel Working Paper.
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A tariff on imports of fossil fuel from Russia
Read the full opinion as published in Welt and upcoming in Kathimerini and Rzeczpospolita.
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The Global Quest for Green Growth: An Economic Policy Perspective
Read the full piece as published on Sustainability. Economic growth has historically been the main driver of rising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To achieve steep emission reductions, the world...
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