‘It’s very unclear’ what Trump wants out of EU tariff negotiations
My interview for CNBC...
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The governance and funding of European rearmament
Europe must accelerate rearmament through deeper cooperation and innovative governance to counter Russia’s aggression and shifting US policies. Our policy presented at the informal ECOFIN meeting in Warsaw on 12 April (l...
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Defending Europe without the US: first estimates of what is needed
Study for Bruegel and Kiel Institute. Lot’s of press coverage, including FT, Politico, Economist, FAZ, Spiegel, Bloomberg, Le Monde, AFP, Les Echos, a video discussion on Deutsche Welle and many many others. Also r...
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Getting serious about European defence intergration: The European Defence Community precedent
a working paper published here....
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„Europa zeigt der Welt, dass der Freihandel nicht am Ende ist“
Mein Interview im Handelsblatt. Nach 25 Jahren steht das Mercosur-Handelsabkommen. Bruegel-Ökonom Guntram Wolff erklärt, warum der Deal so wichtig ist – und warum die EU die Kritik aus Frankreich ignorieren sollte. Link...
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Haushaltsstreit in der EU
Interview im Deutschlandfunk zur Haushaltspolitik in Europa, der Frage, wie ernst die Lage in Frankreich ist, und wie wieder mehr Wachstum und Investitionen geschaffen werden könne. https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/haushal...
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A European defence industrial strategy in a hostile world
Bruegel Policy Brief (here) Executive summary Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine has brought war back to Europe. Failing to stop Russia’s aggression would leave Europe at a critical disadvantage for decades, with a lon...
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Europe stands increasingly alone on defence production and needs to act
Oped published on Bruegel, Welt, Le Monde, Rzeczpospolita and others. Europe must rebuild its defence industry; reliance on the US is no longer tenable, whatever the outcome of the US presidential election Europeans migh...
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Less complacency, more investment: a European defence procurement strategy would be cheaper
Oped published in Handelsblatt, Corriere della Serra, Helsingin, Bruegel and others. Two and a half years into Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the question of armaments and the speed of military procurement a...
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Fit for war in decades: sluggish German rearmament versus surging Russian defence production
This article was first published for German newspaper FAZ (pdf). The English version was put out by Bruegel. Russia’s war against Ukraine is one of attrition (Vershinin, 2024), notwithstanding the daring Ukrainian operat...
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