The ESM takes stock of the increased global geopolitical divergence as a matter-of-fact secular trend that Europe needs to wake up to and safeguard its economic and policy toolkit against. Well beyond the issue of trade tariffs, one might add.
After a process of almost 4 years, the negotiations on the reform of the EU’s fiscal rules have entered the very last phase: Trilogues ahead! Time is pressing, so let’s have a look at what is still open to change.
As demonstrated by farmers protests this week, subsidies are addictive and create inefficiency. Still, the biggest economic transformation since the industrialisation might not work without them.
The EU’s economic policy of the past few years is a story of twisted attempts to adjust its policies to the requirements of the real world within the rigid, ordoliberal framework of the EU Treaties. But as long as this framework remains in place, the E…
Welcome to Euractiv’s weekly Economy Brief. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. France’s political imbroglio over its immigration bill on Monday has resulted in an ambitious mechanism to grant one-year automatic visas to irregular workers b…
As finance ministers meet in Brussels to finalise a deal on the EU’s fiscal rules, Europe’s only hope is that they stop listening to the prophets of fake scarcity and allow more flexibility for investments.
Welcome to Euractiv’s weekly Economy Brief. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. The new European Citizens’ initiative, which seeks to implement a European wealth tax to support the green transition comes with a healthy dose of EU direct democracy…
Germany thought it could provide the necessary investments for the green transition, all the while adhering to its strict budget rules. It turned out it could not, and this should give everyone pause for thought about the EU’s own fiscal rules.
I grew up with the idea that a career was linear, progressive, just like the ladder it is often associated with. My father worked all his life in the same company, as did most of the people I looked up to when I was younger. Read more in Euractiv’s Eco…
EU finance ministers are optimistic that they have come closer to an agreement on fiscal rules. So what do we know about what they will look like, and what remains open for discussion?
The planned free trade agreement (FTA) between the EU and Australia fell apart over the weekend because the interests of red meat producers are politically stronger than the interests of important industries.
The EU often compares itself to the US, with European industry players using the EU’s apparent economic underperformance as an argument for business-friendly regulations, but such comparisons can also lead to misguided conclusions.
The EU’s reaction to the current inflationary episode shows that it still follows a macroeconomic paradigm that makes it unable to properly react to the climate crisis and will ultimately lead to economic and ecological misery.
In recent months, calls to complete the EU’s Capital Markets Union (CMU) have become more frequent, but it’s not always clear whether the CMU’s most recent supporters really want a more integrated financial market or whether they just use the vagueness…
Welcome to EURACTIV’s weekly Economy Brief. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. The EU is showing off its muscles by developing trade defence tools and ramping up its investigations and risk assessments. But whether those muscles are good for…
Welcome to EURACTIV’s weekly Economy Brief. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. Economists see the European approach to building climate-friendly industries as “superior” to the US subsidy spree. But politicians have other priorities …
While EU finance ministers are trying to find common ground on the new debt and deficit rules that should govern member state finances, their impact on public investment may have devastating consequences for growth, the green transition, and democracy …
Welcome to EURACTIV’s weekly Economy Brief. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. If her State of the Union speech is anything to go by, the competitiveness of European industry is Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s main worry for…
Welcome to EURACTIV’s weekly Economy Brief. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. With next year’s European elections closing in and conspiracy theories about the Digital Euro flying through the ether, the European Parliament is taking an ove…
While the EU economy mimicks the weather by cooling down a little more than would be comfortable (at least in Western Europe), various economic policy debates are certain to heat up this autumn.
As it becomes increasingly clear that the EU’s industrial policy lacks public money to back it up, the European Parliament has set its sights on revenues from the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) for the development and deployment of green technologies.
The EU’s discussions with Australia over “double pricing” of raw materials during the negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) point to a conflict of goals in the EU’s approach to ensuring its supply of critical raw materials.
