EU will face growing US protectionism under either Trump or Harris, analysts say

โ€œI think the best-case scenario [for Europe] is the Harris administration continuing protectionist policies as Biden did โ€“ with a friendly face,โ€ Niclas Poitiers, a research fellow at EU policy think-tank Bruegel, told Euractiv.

The eurozone economy is not dead (yet)

The Paris Olympics, sustained “revenge spending” on tourism and surprising strength in German domestic demand help offset a slump in manufacturing.

Business is yet to unlock the true value of protecting and restoring nature [Promoted content]

As COP16 nears its end, it should signal the start of European businesses reimagining their relationship with nature, both for environmental and financial value.

From Fossil Fuels to the Bioeconomy: The Case for Biobased Plastics [Promoted content]

Biobased plastics may not be the first thing that comes to mind when discussing the bioeconomy. However, detaching our economy from fossil fuels won’t happen if we don’t develop alternative sources of feedstock for plastics. Katarina Molin from Braskem…

Overcoming the barriers to Europeโ€™s leadership in medical innovation

Over the years, Europe’s share of global medicine R&D investments has dropped. However, with the new EU mandate, there is a chance to turn this around

The future is bright for beer โ€“ given the right policy framework

Beer plays an important role in Europeโ€™s economy, but excise burdens, production costs and the post-Covid environment are putting pressure on the sectorโ€™s ability to act as a motor for the whole economy.

The great switcheroo: How France overtook Italy as the EUโ€™s No. 1 budgetary basket caseย 

As Paris blows its long-earned fiscal credibility, Rome has started to look respectable in the eyes of the EU’s fiscal cops.

EPP plots to limit Socialist Riberaโ€™s economic powers

Spainโ€™s green ‘socialist heavyweight,’ Teresa Ribera, is in talks about a role in EU industrial policy, disconcerting center-right politicians.

Empowering the EUโ€™s road transport industry

The EUโ€™s road transport sector faces critical challenges. The IRU’s roadmap urges policymakers to enact supportive legislation to ensure the EU’s economic and environmental goals are met.

Europeโ€™s strategic autonomy at risk as EU economy lags far behind US, Hungarian top official warns

European policymakers must urgently enact measures to prevent the EU economy from becoming drastically smaller than that of the United States, a top Hungarian official warned on Wednesday (17 July).