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Arthur Leichthammer @aleichthammer.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

🧵 In the trade world, this week was a rather hectic one. The Turnberry outcome underline the fact that negotiations with Trump are not one-off events but an ongoing process. A fact that undermines the idea that this week has brought stability.

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Romy Hansum @romyha.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Not all absorption difficulties in cohesion policy are due to lacking administrative capacity: EU funds also face surprising non-demand from potential beneficiaries. My research shows that tackling unawareness, administrative burden and financial attractiveness could boost demand. More details here:

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Jacques Delors Centre @delorsberlin.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

We're happy to kick off today's hybrid discussion with Claudia Buch and Verena Ross, asking how the Savings and Investments Union can help financing Europe's future - opened by @hertieschool.bsky.social President @corneliawoll.bsky.social and moderated by JDC Co-Director @lindnerjs.bsky.social. #SIU

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Romy Hansum @romyha.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Excited to start as EU Fiscal and Investment Policy Fellow at the @delorsberlin.bsky.social ! From #MFF negotiations to new #EU #competitiveness priorities - I‘ll be working on the big budget questions facing Europe. Grateful to stay with the fantastic JDC team - now on the think tank side.

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Jacques Delors Centre @delorsberlin.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

📆 Europe’s savings could fuel its future, but they aren’t flowing where they’re needed most. We need a real Savings and Investment Union. But how do we get there? Join us next Tuesday at 4:30pm CET at the @hertieschool.bsky.social or online on Zoom to discuss 👉 www.delorscentre.eu/en/events-at...

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Matching savings and investments: The role of banks and capital markets in financing Europe’s f

We are delighted to invite you on Tuesday, 10 June 2025, for a high-level discussion featuring two key figures in financial sector supervision: Claudia Buch, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Euro...

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Jacques Delors Centre @delorsberlin.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Teil der geschlossenen Runde waren unter anderem @hertieschool.bsky.social Präsidentin @corneliawoll.bsky.social und JDC Co-Direktor @lindnerjs.bsky.social. Das Buch ist am 22. April 2025 auf französisch erschienen, weitere Informationen gibt es hier: www.vie-publique.fr/catalogue/29...

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Jacques Delors Centre @delorsberlin.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

" #Delors und #Kohl waren Visionäre. Beide waren Patrioten, die ihrem Land verpflichtet, aber zugleich wahre Europäer waren." So eröffnete Michael Borchard das heutige Kolloquium zur Vorstellung des Buches "Jacques Delors - Les paradoxes d'un homme d'État européen" in Berlin.

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Nils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Thrilled to have @romyha.bsky.social on board as the newest member of our think tank team! She’ll be covering all things EU budget, fiscal policy, and investment. Strongly recommend hitting that follow button!

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Karthik Sankaran @rajakorman.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

You know I once had an actual job that involved making finance dad jokes?

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Luise Quaritsch @luisequaritsch.eurosky.social · 15/05/2025

Yesterday, Ursula von der Leyen lost her ‚Pfizergate‘ case over the non-disclosure of text messages with the Pfizer CEO during the pandemic before the Court of Justice. 1/🧵 curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

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CURIA - Documents

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Thu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Aus europapolitischer Sicht sind die Zurückweisungen an den Grenzen nicht nur ein Problem, weil die Regierung damit europäische Nachbarn vor den Kopf stößt. Sondern auch weil sie den Vorrang des Europarechts, einen Grundpfeiler der EU, in Frage stellt. Kurzer Thread:

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Arthur Leichthammer @aleichthammer.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

🧵 In my new policy brief, I argue that Chinese overcapacities threaten economically vital, employment-intensive, and strategic EU industries. Trump may worsen the trend, but the threat exists regardless of what Washington decides on any given day: www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicat...

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Not a Flood but a Fault Line

Chinese industrial overcapacities pose a structural threat to Europe’s industrial competitiveness, particularly in strategically important sectors such as clean tech, machinery, and chemicals.

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Nils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Next week, European Commission Executive Vice President Teresa Ribera joins us at the @delorsberlin.bsky.social to talk EU industrial policy, competitiveness, and decarbonization. If there was ever a moment to have this debate in Berlin, it’s now. Don't miss it! www.delorscentre.eu/en/events-at...

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Towards a Clean Industrial Deal: Can the EU Transform and Compete?

Teresa Ribera, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, will explore what it will take to implement an effective and future-proof industrial strategy for Europe.

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Thu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Es gibt zwar keine Regierung zu Ostern wie mal von Merz angekündigt, dafür aber unsere Analyse, was der Koalitionsvertrag europapolitisch zu bieten hat - ob bei Wirtschaft, Klima, Migration oder EU-Reformen. Mit @jannikjansen.bsky.social & @lindnerjs.bsky.social: www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...

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The German coalition agreement: What’s in it for Europe?

Jannik Jansen, Johannes Lindner and Thu Nguyen analyse what the coalition agreement between the CDU/CSU and SPD says on key EU policy areas and what can be expected fromby the next German government o...

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Nils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Here we go: France is already signaling it won’t stick to EU fiscal rules because of the trade war. And with the Commission already bending over backwards to invent flexibility for defense spending, it’s going to be a real challenge to push back on this one. 1/2 www.politico.eu/article/fran...

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France risks missing deficit target because of Trump’s trade war, economy minister says

PARIS —The trade war with the United States might prevent France from bringing down its sky-high budget deficit, French Economy and Finance Minister Eric Lombard said on Friday. “Tax revenues…

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Important and interesting work on EU regional cohesion policies and how they need to be reformed.

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Nils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Yesterday, the Commission proposed piling a whole heap of new goals—from competitiveness to defense—onto the EU’s regional policy. Since that’s pretty much the opposite of what @valentinlang.bsky.social, @danbischof.bsky.social, and I argued in a recent paper, a quick recap of our main points:

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Luise Quaritsch @luisequaritsch.eurosky.social · 27/03/2025

Elon Musk uses X as his personal megaphone to spread disinformation and amplify far-right political actors across Europe. In a new policy brief, I explore what the EU can do about this: 🧵 1/ www.delorscentre.eu/de/publikati...

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Wie die EU die Integrität des demokratischen Online-Diskurses schützen kann

Elon Musk hat seine Plattform X als Megafon benutzt, um die rechtsextreme AfD bei den deutschen Wahlen zu unterstützen, Desinformationen in ganz Europa zu verbreiten und Unruhen in Großbrittanien anzu...

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Jacques Delors Centre @delorsberlin.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

A few impressions from today's workshop on the #Schuldenbremse & European fiscal integration at @dgap.org, co-organised by the Jacques Delors Centre. Many thanks to the keynote speakers Franziska Brantner, Jörg Kukies and Nathanael Liminski, all other contributors as well as the #DGAP team!

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Jacques Delors Centre @delorsberlin.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

"[Die neue Bundesregierung] muss bereit sein, in den Verhandlungen über die Banken- und die Kapitalmarktunion auch bisherige rote Linien zu überspringen“, betont unser Co-Direktor @lindnerjs.bsky.social im heutigen @sz-dossier.de Platz der Republik 👉 www.sz-dossier.de/newsletters/... #SIU

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Platz der Republik: Danyal Bayaz über offene Fragen des Finanzpakets | SZ Dossier

Merz nimmt eine Billionen-Hypothek auf, Trump bestimmt Europas Agenda, Im Prinzip immer gern, Post von Freunden, Tiefgang: Die offenen Fragen des Finanzpakets

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Jacques Delors Centre @delorsberlin.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

🇭🇺 Die EU kann die Sabotagepolitik von Viktor #Orbán nicht länger weglächeln, schreibt Thu Nguyen (@onethuthree.bsky.social) in einem Gastbeitrag auf @zeit.de. Selbst ein Entzug des Stimmrechts darf kein Tabu mehr sein. Drei Ideen, um mit dem Problem #Ungarn umzugehen 👉 www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2...

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Viktor Orbán: Europa muss endlich sein Orbán-Problem lösen

Die EU kann die Sabotagepolitik von Ungarns Premier Viktor Orbán nicht länger weglächeln. Selbst ein Entzug des Stimmrechts darf kein Tabu mehr sein. Drei Ideen

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Thu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Ich durfte heute im @zeit.de Nachrichten-Podcast „Was jetzt?“ darüber sprechen, wie die EU endlich ihr Orbán-Problem lösen muss: www.zeit.de/politik/2025...

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Nachrichtenpodcast: Die EU und ihr Ungarnproblem

Ungarn blockiert immer wieder Ukrainehilfen und europäische Verteidigungsmaßnahmen. Was die EU dagegen tun könnte. Und: Elon Musk bringt Tesla in Schwierigkeiten.

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Sebastian Mack @sebastianmack.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

After the wake-up calls by Enrico Letta and Mario Draghi, the European Commission's Communication on the Savings and Investments Union is a massive letdown. Where's the big bang Europe needs to tackle its challenges head-on? #SIU commission.europa.eu/news/savings...

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Savings and investments union: better financial opportunities for EU citizens and businesses

Savings and investments union supports a more integrated EU financial system that channels savings into productive investments. Find out more.

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Philipp Jäger @ph-jaeg.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Busy day for COM, with defence package (ec.europa.eu/commission/p...), Savings and Investment Union strategy (ec.europa.eu/commission/p...) and now the Steel and Metal Action Plan presented - one of multiple sector plans, which are the work horses for implementing the Clean Industrial Deal. So far,

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Commission unveils the White Paper for European Defence and the ReArm Europe Plan/Readiness 2030

Today, the Commission and the High Representative have presented a White Paper for European Defence – Readiness 2030.

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Nils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The Commission has pulled back the curtain on its plan to let member states ramp up defense spending within the EU fiscal rules. It’s a fix—which is good—but it’s also a quick and pretty rough one. And it could come back to bite the EU on multiple fronts. Quick thoughts:

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Thu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The EU Commission just unveiled its ReArm Europe Plan, including a new loan-based instrument "Security Action for Europe" (SAFE) of €150 billion. Interestingly, with SAFE, the Commission seems to try and combine two pandemic-era EU instruments into one: SURE and RRF. Quick thread:

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Johannes Lindner @lindnerjs.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

A strong message of optimism on Europe's ability to move forward together - by the #Eurogroup President and Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe at our event today. Many thanks for sharing your insights and coming to JDC/Hertie School @delorsberlin.bsky.social @hertieschool.bsky.social

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Philipp Jäger @ph-jaeg.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Union und SPD wollen die Strom-Netzentgelte auf Staatskosten allgemein senken - eine teure Maßnahme, die die wirklichen Probleme der Industrie nicht löst. M.E. muss die GroKo Erleichterungen gezielter gewähren, stärkere Dekarbonisierungsanreize setzen und die EU von Anfang mitdenken. 🧵

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Nils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Brilliant piece by @sandertordoir.bsky.social! Europe’s industrial prowess is a huge asset for both productivity and defense—but only if the EU ensures its upcoming industrial policy push leads to real joint strategies. Here are two quick thoughts on how to make that happen:

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Nils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

To help Germany finally snap out its macroeconomic hibernation, the planned changers to the debt brake must help plug the country’s huge investments needs. Early results in the coalition talks now show that there’s a real risk that the incoming government could still squander this. 1/X

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Nils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

I think this is about as good and balanced an outcome as one could hope for right now. The next step is nailing down the specifics of a real structural reform.

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Nils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

One takeaway from DE's massive budget announcements yesterday: it’s now clear that EU fiscal rules will have to be adapted to the reality of structurally higher spending needs. It's either that or we keep pulling national escape clauses until the rulebook is little more than an empty shell.

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Thu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

The Trump administration is putting Europe’s unity to a test. Everyone seems to agree that preserving it will be key - but what does it mean? For @sieps.bsky.social, I was asked to reflect on the concept of ‘unity’ in an essay now out: sieps.se/en/publicati...

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Nils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

The EU’s security landscape has shifted—radically and for good. The real yardstick for any solution now —be it fiscal rule reforms or common borrowing—isn’t whether it buys a few months of breathing room. It’s whether it helps the EU adapt to this new reality in a lasting way.

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Johannes Lindner @lindnerjs.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

After the disturbing scenes at the White House last night: this is the hour of Europe. We have to act together! All three Jacques Delors institutes/centre have made this point strongly in our recent text: www.delorscentre.eu/en/about/new... 🇺🇦🇪🇺

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One month into Trump: Europe’s hour

A text by the Directors of the Jacques Delors Institutes / Centre: Sylvie Matelly (Paris), Johannes Lindner (Berlin), Geneviève Pons (Bruxelles) and by Enrico Letta, Pascal Lamy and Etienne Davignon w...

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Nils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

The EU’s Clean Industrial Deal is out. While the communication is mostly a grab bag of announcements for future legislative proposals, it still marks a real shift in how the EU approaches industrial policy—and, for the most part, a positive one. Three key takeaways: ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

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Thu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Two additional remarks on risks ahead: 1) CDU/SPD only viable coalition. If coalition talks fail or SPD members vote against agreement, there is no alternative 2) CDU/SPD/Greens are 6 seats short of 2/3 maj. for debt brake reform or special fund to ramp up defence spending. Might become major issue

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Johannes Lindner @lindnerjs.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

A timely analysis - by @nilsredeker.bsky.social and @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social - on how to allow for a ramping up national defence spending while keeping credible EU fiscal rules

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Johannes Lindner @lindnerjs.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Important contribution by my colleagues Philipp Jäger and Nils Redeker in view of the upcoming clean industrial deal plans - see the paper and the thread below

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Nils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Some early leaks on the Commission’s Clean Industrial Deal are making the rounds. There’s plenty of the usual Brussels prose, and we’ll have to wait until next week to judge the full package—but for now, three things seem to be heading in the right direction.

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Johannes Lindner @lindnerjs.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

"Building such a defensive and dissuasive strategy is now an existential issue. It needs to rest on 4 pillars: a clear, bold objective, the means to deliver it, decisions at the EU level, and a decisive stance against those within the Union who decline to follow." www.delorscentre.eu/en/about/new...

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One month into Trump: Europe’s hour

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Johannes Lindner @lindnerjs.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Eine neu Erfahrung - unser Podcast auch mit Kamera. Hat Spaß gemacht! Wer die Folge noch nicht gehört hat, kann sie jetzt auch anschauen.

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Johannes Lindner @lindnerjs.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Empfehlung zum Hören über das Wochenende: @onethuthree.bsky.social und ich sprechen über die Bundestagswahl und Europa.

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Thu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Neue Podcastaufnahme mit @lindnerjs.bsky.social zur Bundestagswahl und Europa - mit einem Update: ab diesem Jahr gibt es EU to go nicht nur aufs Ohr sondern auch fürs Auge. Stay tuned!

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Jacques Delors Centre @delorsberlin.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

„Die EU ist regulativer Riese und ein budgetärer Zwerg. Ich würde davor warnen, die Effizienzgewinne zu überschätzen und damit die Frage nach der Förderhöhe zu überdecken“, so @lindnerjs.bsky.social im heutigen @tspbackground.bsky.social zum #EU-Haushalt 👉 background.tagesspiegel.de/energie-und-...

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EU-Kommission pocht auf Wettbewerbsfonds

Die Brüsseler Führungsriege skizziert ihren Ansatz für den nächsten EU-Haushalt: Hunderte Förderprogramme sollen in einem Superfonds aufgehen und strategische Technologien unterstützen. Fachleute befü...

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Arthur Leichthammer @aleichthammer.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

🧵 Dancing in a storm of tariff announcements: Following Trump's initial focus on Canada, Mexico, and China, the EU is posed to be next. None of this is surprising. That doesn't mean the EU is ready for it - let's unpack what has happened, is likely to happen, and what that means for Europe.

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Johannes Lindner @lindnerjs.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Great to be teaching again (first session of the "Economic and Financial Governance of the EU"). Always impressed by the Hertie students @hertieschool.bsky.social Looking forward to the next sessions.

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Johannes Lindner @lindnerjs.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I agree - two noteworthy messages in today’s Communication: (i) a warning to MS - this time it needs to be different and (ii) COM will push the idea of RRF-style national plans and the streamlining of investment instruments. Leaders will have their first orientation debate at the summit in March...

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Thu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

1/ CDU ("Ja zu einem starken Europa"): starker Fokus auf Subsidiarität und Wirtschaft. Europa nur dort, wo es Mehrwert für alle schafft, "entbehrliche Aufgaben" sollen entfallen Wichtige Themen: Wirtschaft, Handlungsfähigkeit, EU-Erweiterung

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