Thursday, December 20, 2012

Time to stop the EIB’s carbon subsidies

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The European Investment Bank (EIB) is greener than it used to be – it now lends half its annual energy pot to energy efficiency and renewa...
Friday, November 30, 2012

Europe’s youth job crisis

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Youth unemployment rates in some EU countries are scandalously high. Many EU countries are hoping to copy the success of the German apprenti...
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Thursday, November 15, 2012

How to confront the carbon crunch

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Emissions of damaging carbon dioxide within the EU have fallen over the last two decades, but not primarily due to climate action policies. ...
Wednesday, November 07, 2012

Much ado about little: Britain and the EU budget

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As almost all European governments are cutting spending, it is hardly a surprise that the EU’s budget is under fire. The European Commission...
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Tuesday, November 06, 2012

Russia needs a plan for modernising its economy

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Russia’s economy is not performing badly. Thanks to the high oil price, economic growth is likely to stay at 4 per cent or a little less fo...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Will the euro crisis lead to the break-up of EU member-states?

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Last month over a million Catalonians marched for independence in Barcelona. Opinion polls say that support in the province for separation...
Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Alice in euroland: What political union for the single currency?

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"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, "it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less."  "The ...
Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Hollande, the Germans and political union

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Before becoming French president, Franҫois Hollande did not appear to take much interest in the EU. However, in his youth he was a protégé ...
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Friday, September 21, 2012

Time for a European Civil Liberties Union?

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Today's EU faces retreat on several fronts. One is a possible break-up of the euro with unknowable consequences for the single market an...
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Friday, August 31, 2012

How seriously can investors take Draghi’s assurances?

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ECB president, Mario Draghi, has repeatedly claimed that the central bank will do everything necessary to save the euro. Nothing has been ...
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