A sober look at the case for common European Union debt
More EU debt will not lower public borrowing costs or deepen markets without fiscal-union features, permanent issuance and credible fiscal backstops
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This tracker maps the EU ETS through data on emissions, compliance, allowances, auction revenues, prices and installations
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How do AI, technology and contracting change the way companies and workers relate?
Extending CBAM to downstream products risks undermining its credibility as a climate policy tool
The current proposals to extend CBAM's coverage are more about trade protection than stopping carbon leakage
A plan for a World Trade Organization sectoral agreement on semiconductors
Trade weaponisation is straining WTO rules, but a semiconductor pact could show how to manage security risks
Beyond tariffs: why Europe and India must prioritise investment into manufacturing
Competing for inputs: how the European Union can improve critical raw materials supply security
EU critical raw materials projects fall short of self-sufficiency targets, making trade deals and targeted investment central to supply security
The battle for the AI stack: Nvidia versus Huawei, with Europe watching from the sidelines
Bruegel Annual Meetings | 2-3 September 2026
As Europe faces defining choices, the Bruegel Annual Meetings 2026 will explore the trade-offs shaping its future
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NRPPs could raise the EU added value of the 2028–34 budget, but reform conditions and decision-making must better reflect regional needs
How Europe should respond to the Iran gas shock – and how it shouldn’t
The European Union should act now to head off growing impacts from the Iran conflict on gas prices and availability
Hungary’s future
How Hungary’s historic election changes the EU and the economic outlook
The new global imbalances: why care, why now and what should be done?
This essay analyses the causes of, and remedies for, external imbalances, and what countries should do if they do not decline
From savings to sustainability: long-term investors and Europe’s green transition
How can institutional investors drive Europe’s green energy shift?
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