China's approach to AI governance and what it means for US-China coordination, AI safety and Europe's role

National spending flexibility in the next MFF risks leaving most of the European public goods gap unfunded, with financial instruments no substitute

Bruegel Deputy Director Simone Tagliapietra spoke at the informal meeting of EU energy ministers, in a session on innovation and market design

Western Balkan firms are adopting measures to reduce environmental impacts, but smaller local firms need support to comply with EU regulations

Non-remuneration of digital money acts as a distortionary tax, making EU bans on interest for e-money and stablecoins hard to defend

EU fiscal systems still favour linear production, as virgin extraction stays largely unpriced and labour-intensive repair is penalised

Clean technologies are reshaping Europe — its economy, its energy system and its industrial landscape. The Bruegel European Clean Tech Atlas maps this transformation — bringing together the best…

Dutch Central Bank chief Olaf Sleijpen and Jeromin Zettelmeyer on risks, rates and responses

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Trump’s deal with Denmark and Greenland maintains the status quo and makes independence for Greenland less likely

European automotive policy should prioritise affordable competitiveness over protectionism, using resilience criteria and temporary safeguards

European automotive policy should prioritise affordable competitiveness over protectionism, using resilience criteria and temporary safeguards

Rewatch this event of the Finance Focus series with Nicolas Veron and Tuija Taos

What are Europe’s priorities and how did Ursula Von der Leyen make the EU case?

EU defence funding is set to grow in the next spending cycle, making better accountability essential before final budget rules are agreed

European Union AI rules are built around pre-market risk assessment; more supervision and liability are also needed to deal with post-deployment harm

A special live episode of The Sound of Economics podcast on the State of the Union address

Though proliferation of AI models is essentially uncontrollable, the US is trying to force a split with China, pushing allies into a no-win bind

Europe’s AI compute gap will not close through capital alone, making faster permits, grid access and output-side sovereignty tools essential

China’s AI strategy pairs domestic control with global diffusion, aiming to lead innovation, standards and governance on its own terms

As the EU’s top trading partners fight, what are the lessons for the single market?

As global warming impacts are increasingly felt, the EU should turn climate adaptation from a national responsibility into a genuine European policy