The green transition and public finances
The need to mitigate climate change has never been more urgent. Stéphane Dees and Caterina Seghini discuss balancing climate mitigation and fiscal sustainability
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Europe
EU power-sector decarbonisation
Meeting Europe’s 2030 climate targets will require massive clean-electricity investment. Conall Heussaff and Georg Zachmann discuss the balance between efficient electricity system operation, investment incentives and social fairness
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Europe’s destiny
Europe now faces a clear choice. Ursula von der Leyen presents her Political Guidelines for the next European Commission 2024-2029 to the European Parliament
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The EU’s tariff war on Chinese EVs
Uri Dadush and Conor McCaffrey argue that the European Commission can take a better route than imposing countervailing duties on Chinese electric vehicles
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How to finance the EU’s decarbonisation plan
Europe needs to decarbonise. Ugnė Keliauskaitė, Ben McWilliams, Giovanni Sgaravatti and Simone Tagliapietra discuss the challenges of meeting EPBD targets and introducing ETS2 smoothly
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How the EU can counterbalance the US
The Inflation Reduction Act has sparked concern in the EU. Salvador Barrios, Jonathan Pycroft, Andrzej Stasio and Daniel Stöhlker argue that the EU’s own green funding initiatives can compete with the IRA
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Overcome divisions and confront threats
The challenges confronting the EU are substantial. Maria Demertzis, André Sapir and Jeromin Zettelmeyer recommend that the new Presidents of the European Commission, Council and Parliament promote growth and enhance cohesion
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Debt financing European air defence
Europe is vulnerable to missiles and air attacks. Armin Steinbach and Guntram Wolff argue the case for financing European air defence through issuance of EU debt
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Re-energising Europe’s global green reach
Giovanni Sgaravatti, Simone Tagliapietra and Cecilia Trasi argue that the EU’s green reach strategy will need to use a broad range of levers to build equitable partnerships that will help partners make deeper emissions cuts
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Harvesting windfall profits from Russian assets
Russia has huge assets in the EU. Armin Steinbach on the challenge of using these assets to craft a syndicated loan for Ukraine backed by G7 members that strikes a fair deal on burden sharing
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