Give a listen to Anunita Chandrasekar's first podcast at CER, with always-excellent @lscazzieri.bsky.social . Welcome Anunita!
Policy-makers are fixated on Trump’s proposal for across-the-board tariffs and his obsession with the US trade deficit with Europe. But is the threat of tariffs merely bluster? New policy brief from @aslak.bsky.social@zach-cer.bsky.socialhttps://buff.ly/3ZN2lnq
The conditionality regulation and the suspension of funding to Poland and Hungary were major steps towards protecting the rule of law. Yet, they have failed to ‘bite,’ argues @zecsaky.bsky.social@centreeuropeanref.bsky.social#RuleOfLawhttps://buff.ly/4exCAMC
China leads when it comes to clean energy manufacturing capacity. But there are big differences depending on the type of technology. In some categories Europe does pretty well. Excellent visual from Draghi Report.
The @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social assessment of Draghi's proposals 👇
@elisabettaco.bsky.social@lscazzieri.bsky.social@zach-cer.bsky.social@sandertordoir.bsky.social#CERPodcast#DraghiReport#podcast Listen here:
Elisabetta Cornago, Luigi Scazzieri, Sander Tordoir and Zach Meyers discuss Mario Draghi's report.
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/d... There is a remarkable degree of expert consensus on how to address the competitiveness, security, and energy crises confronting the EU. But implementing these reforms will require European leaders to overcome the inertia that prevails among member states.
Jean Pisani-Ferry worries that expert consensus on how to tackle the triple crisis facing the EU will not translate into action.
Western countries can easily afford more support for Ukraine www.ft.com/content/4448... The joint GDP of the EU and the UK is five times larger than Russia’s. Hence, the west can mobilise substantial resources to support Ukraine without its standard of living being more than marginally affected.
The US and its allies risk paying a higher longer-term price if they fail to repel Russian aggression
Kadri Simson: We must save Ukrainians from catastrophic winter energy shortages www.ft.com/content/7564... EU energy policy is also about securing energy supply to Ukraine.
A pre-emptive international effort is needed now to blunt the impact of Russia’s deliberate destruction of infrastructure