Aim far, act now
Growth in the euro area needs to be revitalised. Reinhard Felke, Mirko Licchetta, Nicolas Philiponnet and Maarten Verwey argue that it is essential to boost investment and foster innovation
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Author: Op-ed
Asbestos: a time bomb that needs to be defused
Asbestos is responsible for 90,000 deaths annually in Europe. Tony Musu presents a clear case for why it is time for the EU to defuse the asbestos time bomb once and for all
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To become a geopolitical player the EU needs treaty change
Marek Dabrowski argues that the European Union will never become a serious geopolitical player without reducing national veto power
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The chicken-and-egg problem in the EU Digital Markets Act
Business users are needed to help create useful interfaces, while useful interfaces are needed to justify investment and entry by business users. Fiona Scott Morton considers possible solutions to this dilemma
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The West is in danger
Javier Milei provides a forthright rejection of corporatism and socialism, and injects a much-needed defence of Western liberal values into the discussion
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Making industrial policy work
The decarbonisation of the automotive industry is creating a skills shortage. Conor McCaffrey and Niclas Poitiers argue for EU member states to allow the EU to get more involved in skill policies
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A call for global collaboration
Ursula von der Leyen’s message at the WEF is that countries and businesses need to closely collaborate in facing the challenges of today and tomorrow
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Europe’s under-the-radar industrial policy: intervention in electricity pricing
Ben McWilliams, Giovanni Sgaravatti, Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachmann outline the trade-offs European governments must confront to meet the challenge of decarbonising their countries’ economies
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After USTR’s move, global governance of digital trade is fraught with unknowns
The US has dropped its support for unhindered international digital trade. Patrick Leblond argues that it now makes an e-commerce agreement at the WTO more likely
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Responsible innovation in disruptive digital and data technologies
Paul Samson, Constance de Leusse, Paul Fehlinger and Aaron Shull identify transformative technologies and argue that responsible innovation is essential because of their potential disruptive effects
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