EU-wide investment conditional on adherence to fiscal-structural plans
Age Bakker and Roel Beetsma provide concrete suggestions for the financial design and enforcement of an EU-wide investment fund
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Answering the call of history
In her State of the Union address, Ursula von der Leyen outlines the main priorities and flagship initiatives for the year to come, building on the EU’s successes and achievements of the past
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Rebooting the EUs Net Zero Industry Act
Simone Tagliapietra, Reinhilde Veugelers and Jeromin Zettelmeyer argue that the EU should reboot the proposal and refocus its objectives, improve its governance and add financial incentives to ensure implementation
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World War II: the unlearned lessons
WW II was as much a clash of cultures as it was a clash of arms. Robert Oulds argues that the culture war and national differences drove the conflict and influenced how the war was fought
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Can Europe make its space launch industry competitive?
Europe is falling behind in the global commercial space launch sector. Francesco Nicoli, Kamil Sekut, Giuseppe Porcaro argue that a new programme may not be enough to fix the shortcomings
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Why the digital euro might be dead on arrival
Cyril Monnet and Dirk Niepelt argue that in protecting the current banking model the ECB could be sacrificing the digital euro on the altar of banking as we know it
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Adapting the EU AI Act to deal with generative AI
J Scott Marcus writes that the European Union’s draft AI Act already needs to be revised to account for the opportunities and harms of generative AI
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Policymaking in an age of shifts and breaks
The world has experienced an unprecedented series of shocks. Christine Lagarde says clarity, flexibility and humility will be three key elements of robust policymaking against this backdrop
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The Listing Act: no more than a minor boost to EU equity markets
Streamlining of the company listing process is welcome, but more fundamental reform is needed to revive the EU’s flagging equity markets, Alexander Lehmann discusses
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Strengthening resilience in a changing geopolitical landscape
A series of shocks have dramatically changed the global landscape. Christine Lagarde argues that the CESEE economies have the resilience to flourish
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