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Simone Tagliapietra @tagliapietra.bsky.social · 21h
🇪🇺 At the invitation of the Irish Presidency, today in Dublin I addressed European energy ministers on the interplay between electrification and industrial competitiveness. Here are my kick-off remarks. www.bruegel.org/news/europes...
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Europe’s electrification and industrial competitiveness
Bruegel Deputy Director Simone Tagliapietra spoke at the informal meeting of EU energy ministers, in a session on innovation and market design
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Ben McWilliams @bmcwilliams.bsky.social · 3h
〽️ European batteries surpass 100 gigawatt hours How much is that? Equivalent to roughly 10 million household batteries or theoretically storing continental European power generation for 20 minutes. Utility-scale segment growing rapidly y-o-y european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org/s/PnOdfg
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Ben McWilliams @bmcwilliams.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Battery electric share of EU vehicle registrations continues to grow and break records. 28 percent of new registrations in August. Up 10 percentage points year-on-year. european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org/s/E2BN1A
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Simone Tagliapietra @tagliapietra.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
💯 European batteries on the rise! In 2025, stationary batteries exceeded 100 GWh - equivalent to roughly 10 million household batteries. Utility-scale batteries reached 19 GWh. ➡️ Explore battery data in our Bruegel European Clean Tech Tracker: european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org/s/PnOdfg
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 29/09/2026
🌱 How climate policies can speed up manufacturing decarbonisation in the Western Balkans Western Balkan firms are adopting measures to reduce environmental impacts, but smaller local firms need support to comply with EU regulations ✒️ @nina-vujanovic.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/6527dJK
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How climate policies can speed up manufacturing decarbonisation in the Western Balkans
Western Balkan firms are adopting measures to reduce environmental impacts, but smaller local firms need support to comply with EU regulations
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 28/09/2026
📲 Remunerating means of payment Non-remuneration of digital money acts as a distortionary tax, making EU bans on interest for e-money and stablecoins hard to defend. 🔗 Read the Working Paper and First Glance by Ulrich Bindseil 📑 Working Paper: buff.ly/Y6Ron0V #EconSky
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Remunerating means of payment
Non-remuneration of digital money acts as a distortionary tax, making EU bans on interest for e-money and stablecoins hard to defend
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Ben McWilliams @bmcwilliams.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
An unfortunate consequence of Brexit is that the UK stopped reporting data to Eurostat. We use DUKES to recreate Eurostat-style energy balances 👇 For 🇬🇧 - Electricity is 22 % final energy demand - Wind & bioenergy are fastest growing in FE supply european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org/s/AiSN7w
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 26/09/2026
📊 Chart of the week: Notified subsidies to automotive investment in the EU, by country and by origin of recipient company 📑 Read the new Policy Brief by Benjamin Bjerkan-Wade, Ignacio García Bercero, Antoine Mathieu Collin, @bmcwilliams.bsky.social & @tagliapietra.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/2pW3xbX
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 26/09/2026
❓What’s threatening financial stability? 🗣️ President of @dnb-nl.bsky.social Olaf Sleijpen in conversation with host @rebeccawire.bsky.social and @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social on risks, rates and responses 🔗 Listen to the podcast now: buff.ly/sIqfWmj
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 25/09/2026
🏦 Priorities and trade-offs for the next round of EU banking reform 🔃 📅 13 October 2026 | 13:00-14:30 CET @rebeccawire.bsky.social discusses EU banking reform with Paulina Dejmek Hack (@ec.europa.eu, DG FISMA), Marloes van Schaik (DNB) and @veron.bsky.social. 🔗Register: buff.ly/WYkC6DQ
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 25/09/2026
🪙 Tax policy considerations for the circular economy EU fiscal systems still favour linear production, as virgin extraction stays largely unpriced and labour-intensive repair is penalised 📖 Paper by @roeldom.bsky.social, @heathergrabbe.bsky.social & Costanza Greppi Maturana 🔗 buff.ly/bKpLbds
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Tax policy considerations for the circular economy
EU fiscal systems still favour linear production, as virgin extraction stays largely unpriced and labour-intensive repair is penalised
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Simone Tagliapietra @tagliapietra.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨 President Trump is mulling a US diesel export ban ahead of midterms elections: how would this affect Europe? Some numbers and reflections on the matter. @bruegel.org
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 25/09/2026
We've just had another summer of record droughts, heatwaves, and extraordinarily high fossil fuel energy prices - good news might seem scarce. But as Bruegel Affiliate Fellow @bmcwilliams.bsky.social entails, there IS a lot of good news about Europe's energy transition. 📺 Watch the full video
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The good news about Europe’s energy transition with Ben McWilliams | Euopean Clean Tech Atlas
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…
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Ben McWilliams @bmcwilliams.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Since start of summer, Ireland, Italy and the UK stand out for high wholesale electricity prices. Expensive gas still setting the price in more hours than neighbouring countries. european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org/s/Qm-ysQ
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Ben McWilliams @bmcwilliams.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The EU has asked China to voluntarily restrict exports of hybrid cars. A focus on hybrids is overdue. Since EU introduced tariffs on BEVs in October 2024, net imports of Chinese PHEVs alone have grown from neutral to €600 million monthly european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org/s/hIuMig
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 24/09/2026
❓ What’s threatening financial stability? 🎙️ In this episode of The Sound of Economics, host @rebeccawire.bsky.social discusses financial stability with @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social and Olaf Sleijpen @dnb-nl.bsky.social 👂 Listen to the podcast now: buff.ly/sIqfWmj
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What’s threatening financial stability?
Dutch Central Bank chief Olaf Sleijpen and Jeromin Zettelmeyer on risks, rates and responses
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 24/09/2026
🔎What shapes Bruegel’s research agenda? Behind every publication is a team of researchers working on the key economic policy challenges facing Europe. 📄 Explore the Research Programme 2026–2027: 🔗 buff.ly/8ANecos #EconSky
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Bruegel is the European think tank that specialises in economics
Our mission is to improve the quality of economic policy with open and fact-based research, analysis and debate.
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 23/09/2026
💻Artificial intelligence, jobs and growth in developing economies 📅6 October | 13:00-14:00 ⚙️A discussion of the WBG's World Development Report 2026 "The Promise of Artificial Intelligence", with @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social, @digitalmario.bsky.social and Gaurav Nayyar (WBG) 🔗Register buff.ly/T4ONP3V
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Simone Tagliapietra @tagliapietra.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
💡 EU imports of Chinese plug-in hybrid EVs are surging. PHEV imports are not covered by the EU's additional tariffs on Chinese battery electric vehicles, introduced in December 2024. The EU has now approached China, asking for a voluntary cap on hybrid exports.
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 23/09/2026
🗺️ Denmark’s diplomatic victory in Greenland Trump’s deal with Denmark and Greenland maintains the status quo and makes independence for Greenland less likely 📑 Read the First Glance by @jfkirkegaard.bsky.social 🖇️ buff.ly/v7caLdp
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Denmark’s diplomatic victory in Greenland
Trump’s deal with Denmark and Greenland maintains the status quo and makes independence for Greenland less likely
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 22/09/2026
🔔 UPDATED: Russian foreign trade tracker 📈 The latest update extends country-level data to August 2026, while the 38-country aggregate is available through June 2026. 🔗 buff.ly/Rogo4ro 🖊️ Anna Bahí, Madalena Barata Da Rocha and @zsoltdarvas.bsky.social #EconSky #trade #Russia
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 22/09/2026
📊Finance Focus: Will new live market data publication change Europe’s capital markets? 🗓️9 October 2026 | 15:00-16:00 [ONLINE ONLY] @veron.bsky.social and Eglantine Desautel (CEO, EuroCTP) discuss the lessons and next steps of new live market data accessibility #EconSky 🔗Register: buff.ly/LhE7xFk
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Ben McWilliams @bmcwilliams.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🆕 The European Union’s automotive sector needs a plan, not undue protection Faced with electrification, Chinese competition and stagnating domestic demand, the automotive sector attracts justified political attention. But the conversation is too centered around protecting incumbent industry 1/5
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Simone Tagliapietra @tagliapietra.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW🚨Automotive is at the very core of Europe's industrial policy concerns & efforts. The challenges are great, and China is only part of the issue. Defensive measures alone will not fix to the problem. Smarter industrial & trade policy actions are urgently required. www.bruegel.org/policy-brief...
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The European Union’s automotive sector needs a plan, not undue protection
European automotive policy should prioritise affordable competitiveness over protectionism, using resilience criteria and temporary safeguards
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 22/09/2026
🚘The European Union’s automotive sector needs a plan, not undue protection 📑 Read the new Policy Brief by Benjamin Bjerkan-Wade, Ignacio García Bercero, Antoine Mathieu Collin, @bmcwilliams.bsky.social & @tagliapietra.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/2pW3xbX
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The European Union’s automotive sector needs a plan, not undue protection
European automotive policy should prioritise affordable competitiveness over protectionism, using resilience criteria and temporary safeguards
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 21/09/2026
🌐💥Winning trade wars or securing trade peace? 📅8 October 2026 | 17:00-18:30 Speakers @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social, Tomas Baert, Chad Bown, Ignacio García Bercero, @soumayakeynes.ft.com, and Maria Martin-Prat discuss the global trading system amid geopolitical tensions #EconSky 🔗Join: buff.ly/tuey8An
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 20/09/2026
🔊State of the Union live📝 🗣️ @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social in conversation with host @rebeccawire.bsky.social, @eribakova.bsky.social and @tagliapietra.bsky.social on the State of the Union speech. 🔗 Listen to: buff.ly/1VVWF2b or watch: buff.ly/PDB3thu the full episode!
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 19/09/2026
🏛️Finance Focus: How will future banking crises be handled in the euro area? In case you missed it, rewatch @veron.bsky.social and Tuija Taos (Board Member, Single Resolution Board) discuss existing banking crisis response frameworks and EU banking union #EconSky 📽️ Rewatch: buff.ly/NE12HXc
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How will future banking crises be handled in the euro area?
Rewatch this event of the Finance Focus series with Nicolas Veron and Tuija Taos
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 18/09/2026
📊 Chart of the week: Defence-relevant funding, 2021-2027 vs 2028-2034 MFFs 📑 Read the Analysis by @javier-ospital.bsky.social and @guntramwolff.bsky.social 🖇️ buff.ly/bQkHhde #EconSky #Defence #MFF
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 18/09/2026
🛣️Moldova's accession path: a conversation with Prime Minister Vasile Tofan 🗓️05 October | 15:00-16:00 Moldova's PM Vasile Tofan and Senior Fellow @zsoltdarvas.bsky.social will discuss how EU integration can anchor and accelerate Moldova's economic transformation #EconSky 🔗Register: buff.ly/keEbUZ0
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 17/09/2026
🎙️ State of the Union live What are Europe’s priorities and how did Ursula Von der Leyen make the EU case? 🗣️Listen to the podcast discussion with @rebeccawire.bsky.social @eribakova.bsky.social @tagliapietra.bsky.social & @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social #EconSky
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State of the Union live
What are Europe’s priorities and how did Ursula Von der Leyen make the EU case?
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 17/09/2026
🛡️ Defence in the 2028-2034 EU budget With #defence spending set to increase in the next #MFF, it is essential to adapt accountability rules to match. 🔖 Read the Analysis by @javier-ospital.bsky.social and @guntramwolff.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/bQkHhde #EconSky
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More flexibility needs greater accountability: defence in the 2028-2034 EU budget
EU defence funding is set to grow in the next spending cycle, making better accountability essential before final budget rules are agreed
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 17/09/2026
LIVE NOW: The Sound of Economics Live: The State of the European Union 2026 Join us as @rebeccawire.bsky.social @eribakova.bsky.social @tagliapietra.bsky.social & @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social unpacks the SOTEU speech and ask questions online! ⏯️ Tune in now: www.bruegel.org/event/sound-...
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 16/09/2026
🚨 Europe still needs to do more to provide real AI reassurance European Union AI rules are built around pre-market risk assessment; more supervision and liability are also needed to deal with post-deployment harm 📑 Read the First Glance by @digitalmario.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/2gtrlYI
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Europe still needs to do more to provide real artificial intelligence reassurance
European Union AI rules are built around pre-market risk assessment; more supervision and liability are also needed to deal with post-deployment harm
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Ben McWilliams @bmcwilliams.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Europe's share of global patenting for wind and heat pump technologies is growing, whilst the share for nuclear is constant. For all other clean technologies, Europe's share in the global mix is declining. Part of an update to the @bruegel.org Clean Tech Tracker which now includes patents 👇
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 16/09/2026
Join our live discussion on the State of the European Union speech tomorrow 14:00-15:00 CEST: www.bruegel.org/event/sound-...
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The Sound of Economics Live: The State of the European Union 2026
A special live episode of The Sound of Economics podcast on the State of the Union address
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Simone Tagliapietra @tagliapietra.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
SOTEU speeches represent a good indicator of Europe's policy priorities. Here it is a quick overview of how priority areas have evolved since 2020. Tomorrow at 14:00-15:00 CET we will unpack the speech with Bruegel colleagues in a live podcast - link here: www.bruegel.org/event/sound-...
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Ben McWilliams @bmcwilliams.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Dutch government has lowered its winter gas storage target to 64%. For context, storages are at 52% today. A significant jump in daily filling would have been required to reach 80%, hence lower target should reduce price pressure.
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Ben McWilliams @bmcwilliams.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Over summer, we have revamped the @bruegel.org gas import tracker. Mostly data pipeline, so webpage should look similar. Weekly updates are now resuming (thursday mornings) & data are downloadable now from the charts directly. Page has imports, LNG flows and storage balances 👇
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 15/09/2026
🌐Ragnar Nurkse, Bretton Woods and the international economic order 📅30 Sep | 13:00-14:15 @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social, Jacques de Larosière, Ivo Maes, Ilaria Pasotti, Maive Rute, Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell discuss Bretton Woods and how to interpret current geopolitical tensions Register buff.ly/Bzew045
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Alicia Garcia Herrero 艾西亞 @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Sharing my Op-Ed for @bruegel.org: "Tough choices ahead as the #US pushes a global artificial-intelligence divide". 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. www.bruegel.org/first-glance...
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Tough choices ahead as the US pushes a global artificial-intelligence divide
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
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 12/09/2026
❓What the US-Canada trade war means for Europe As the EU’s top trading partners fight, what are the lessons for the single market? 🗣️ @philuck.bsky.social in conversation with @rebeccawire.bsky.social, Ignacio García Bercero & @jfkirkegaard.bsky.social 🔗 Listen to the podcast now: buff.ly/mIPeUfq
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 11/09/2026
📊 Chart of the week: Percentile rank of the 30-year yield level and six-month change, 2006-2026 (as of 28 August) 📑 Read the Analysis by Gene Frieda 🖇️ buff.ly/c6dTq8i
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 10/09/2026
💿️ How can Europe address its pressing AI compute infrastructure shortfall? Europe’s AI compute gap will not close through capital alone, making faster permits, grid access and output-side sovereignty tools essential ✍️ Read the Policy Brief by Bertin Martens & @tschenk.bsky.social #EconSky
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How can Europe address its pressing AI compute infrastructure shortfall?
Europe’s AI compute gap will not close through capital alone, making faster permits, grid access and output-side sovereignty tools essential
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 10/09/2026
💻 China’s AI goals and strategic choices for Europe China’s AI strategy pairs domestic control with global diffusion, aiming to lead innovation, standards and governance on its own terms 📑 Read the Analysis by @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social & Théo Storella 🔗https://buff.ly/M56vmTM
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China’s artificial intelligence goals and strategic choices for Europe
China’s AI strategy pairs domestic control with global diffusion, aiming to lead innovation, standards and governance on its own terms
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 09/09/2026
🚨 What the US-Canada trade war means for Europe 🗣️ In this episode of The Sound of Economics, @rebeccawire.bsky.social sits down with @philuck.bsky.social, Ignacio Garcia Bercero & @jfkirkegaard.bsky.social to discuss the trade war between the US & Canada. 🖇️ Listen to the podcast: buff.ly/mIPeUfq
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What the US-Canada trade war means for Europe
As the EU’s top trading partners fight, what are the lessons for the single market?
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 08/09/2026
🕰️ Europe’s climate-resilience moment has arrived As global warming impacts are increasingly felt, the EU should turn climate adaptation from a national responsibility into a genuine European policy ✒️ @tagliapietra.bsky.social & @guntramwolff.bsky.social #EconSky
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Europe’s climate-resilience moment has arrived
As global warming impacts are increasingly felt, the EU should turn climate adaptation from a national responsibility into a genuine European policy
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Simone Tagliapietra @tagliapietra.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
NEW 🚨 As global warming impacts are increasingly felt, the EU should turn climate adaptation from a national responsibility into a genuine European policy. With @guntramwolff.bsky.social www.bruegel.org/first-glance...
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Europe’s climate-resilience moment has arrived
As global warming impacts are increasingly felt, the EU should turn climate adaptation from a national responsibility into a genuine European policy
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 08/09/2026
❓️ What is driving the global rise in long-term interest rates? Rising bond yields are likely down to stronger investment demand, more supply of long-duration debt and less absorption by yield-insensitive investors 📑 Read the Analysis by Gene Frieda buff.ly/c6dTq8i #EconSky
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What is driving the global rise in long-term interest rates?
Rising bond yields are likely down to stronger investment demand, more supply of long-duration debt and less absorption by yield-insensitive investors
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 07/09/2026
⚖️ Tough choices ahead as the US pushes a global AI divide 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 📑 Read the First Glance by @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social buff.ly/BbZdwWL
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Tough choices ahead as the US pushes a global artificial-intelligence divide
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
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