Germany’s foreign economic policy: four essential steps
Germany and the EU need to develop a strong and proactive agenda to manage foreign economic relations, which are essential for German and European prosperity. Germany’s foreign economic policy has barely got a mention in...
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A green fiscal pact: climate investment in times of budget consolidation
Paper prepared for the informal ECOFIN meeting of EU finance ministers and central bank governors in Ljubljana on 10/11 September 2021. Paper is available here...
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How much investment do we need to reach net zero?
To become climate neutral by mid-century, the European Union and other major economies must substantially reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during this decade. The EU aims to reduce its emissions by 55 percent ...
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Foreign Affairs: EU Can’t Separate Climate Policy From Foreign Policy
Published in Foreign Affairs,...
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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 shifting the continent’s ...
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The geopolitics of the European Green Deal
The Green Deal will redefine Europe’s global policy priorities; as such, it is a foreign policy development with profound geopolitical consequences. The pdf is here. A short version has been published in Foreign Affairs....
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Green transformation: a Polish perspective
In conversation with Michał Kurtyka, the Minister of Climate and Environment of Poland. Poland is sometimes characterised as the black sheep of EU climate policy: in 2019, more than 70 percent of the country’s electricit...
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What should Europe expect from American trade policy after the election?
A Joe Biden Administration would have to decide to what extent to unpick the major United States trade policy shifts of the last four years. A quick return to comprehensive trade talks with the European Union is unlikely...
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