Reposted by Philipp JägerStanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026SO YOU'VE WRITTEN A BIG REPORT and you want us to care about it. Please, if you are targetting journalists etc, do these few very simple things. - include a date - make it easy to navigate (no fancy animation stuff) - single column! - charts should link to data - contact info of relevant authors 914737
Reposted by Philipp JägerNils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Gestern hat Friedrich Merz gemeinsam mit anderem Staats- und Regierungschef gefordert, der Vorschlag zum nächsten EU-Haushalt müsse um „mehrere Hundert Milliarden“ gekürzt werden. Durch die deutsche Debatte geistern dabei wieder ein paar Mondzahlen. Daher nochmal der Versuch einer Einordnung. 35935
Reposted by Philipp JägerNils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Was bei den Diskussionen hier zum Reformpaket nicht untergehen sollte: Die Bundesregierung stellt sich in der EU-Industriepolitik gerade grundsätzlich neu auf. Neuer Handelsschutz gegen China; EU Präferenz in strategischen Sektoren und Joint Venture Regeln für chinesische Investitionen 1/2 2167
Philipp Jäger @ph-jaeg.bsky.social · 22/06/2026New paper out on the Industrial Accelerator Act - Nils has the key take-aways in the thread below. The mechanism in the IAA has potential - but with its proposed operationalisation, the IAA risks becoming a paper tiger: new administrative burdens, limited economic effect. How to fix that? See 👇 092
Reposted by Philipp JägerNils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 22/06/2026This summer, the EU plans to finally get serious about Chinese industrial policy. The Buy European rules in the Industrial Accelerator Act could be a key part of the answer. The catch: in their current form, they may do more harm than good. @ph-jaeg.bsky.social and I have some ideas to fix them. 1179
Reposted by Philipp JägerThu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Great to see Sweden, Austria, Estonia, Finland, Germany and NL pushing for stronger rule of law conditionality in next MFF, as reported by FT. Especially good to see their proposal to introduce reverse QMV for sanctions, which I also argued for in this JDC paper: www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati... 15213
Reposted by Philipp JägerJannik Jansen @jannikjansen.bsky.social · 12/05/2026For years, Europe assumed foreign investment would naturally generate industrial upgrading. The Industrial Accelerator Act marks a shift. @aleichthammer.bsky.social & I argue its FDI conditionality targets a real issue, but is currently too weak to solve it 🧵 www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...delorscentre.euSelective Conditionality: The EU’s Emerging Approach to Foreign Investment 12211
Reposted by Philipp JägerThu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 07/05/2026German Foreign Minister Wadephul gave a keynote speech on the EU yesterday titled "Boldly shaping the future of Europe", with several proposals for institutional reform: www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/newsroom/... Quick thread on the main points:auswaertiges-amt.deRede von Außenminister Johann Wadephul auf der XIII. Adenauer Konferenz - „Mutig die Zukunft Europas gestalten“Kohle und Stahl, zwei Roh- und Werkstoffe, die über Jahrhunderte sowohl Auslöser als auch Grundlage für Krieg in Europa waren. Sie bildeten 1950 das Fundament eines der erfolgreichsten&... 2159
Reposted by Philipp JägerThu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Die @szde.bsky.social berichtet heute Morgen über mein neues Papier zum Vorschlag der EU-Kommission, EU-Gelder im neuen mehrjährigen Haushalt stärker an die Rechtsstaatlichkeit zu knüpfen: www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/unga... 1168
Philipp Jäger @ph-jaeg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Wow - beyond the change discussed in the first thread, it seems like the Commission is proposing a major change for subsidising electricity for industry: indirect emission cost (Strompreiskompensation) & CISAF electricity price relief (Industriestrompreis) could be used jointly for up to 50%! (1/3) 164
Philipp Jäger @ph-jaeg.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Subsidies on full throttle? The EU Commission is about to change state aid rules yet again, given the energy crisis. One interesting component: electricity prices for energy-intensive industries can be subsidised even more. This impacts subsidies like Germany's "Industriestrompreis": (1/5) 1156
Reposted by Philipp JägerDer (europäische) Föderalist @foederalist.eu · 13/04/2026Europas Industrie steht unter Druck. Hohe Energiepreise und ein fragmentierter Welthandel setzen Branchen wie Automobil, Chemie, Stahl und Maschinenbau zu. Bringt der von der EU‑Kommission vorgeschlagene Industrial Accelerator Act Lösungen? #EUtogo -Podcast mit THU NGUYEN und PHILIPP JÄGERfoederalist.euEU to go – Made in Europe: Rettungsanker für die Industrie?Ein Blog über die Demokratie in Europa 131
Philipp Jäger @ph-jaeg.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Marlene's new paper explains expertly how the proposed Scale-Up fund can help address two major challenges: investments in European scale-ups need to be larger than what the current private Venture Capital funds can offer - and they need to go into high-risk, high-reward, high-spillover businesses. 050
Philipp Jäger @ph-jaeg.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Wer sich für Buy European interessiert und wissen möchte, was der Industrial Accelerator Act für die Industrie leisten kann --> Erklärungen & Einschätzungen in der neuen Podcast-Folge👇 & stay tuned - bald kommt auch ein JDC Policy Brief zum Thema 083
Reposted by Philipp JägerNicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 16/03/2026From my point of view, the scoop by @dpa is real and consequential: It shows that the EPP does not only vote together with the far-right (which everyone in Brussels knows now) but is actively coordinating with them. This included physical meetings and online coordination with ECR, PfE and ESN. 1122
Reposted by Philipp JägerNils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 04/03/2026After months of wrangling and an epic list of delays, the Commission has finally released its Industrial Accelerator Act. This could turn into one of the EU’s most consequential industrial policy files in years - and the proposal is honestly not a bad place to start. Some quick thoughts: 413760
Philipp Jäger @ph-jaeg.bsky.social · 20/02/2026The Industrial Accelerator Act, aimed to boost energy-intensive industries and clean tech, faces another delay. Meanwhile, energy-intensive industry continues to struggle. I looked into the data. First, overall poor performance espc. for the chemical industry - although a small recent uptick (1/3) 1135
Reposted by Philipp JägerNils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Tomorrow’s summit is a chance for EU leaders to stop chasing the wrong fixes — and finally sketch a response that matches the scale of Europe’s economic challenge. Here, lucasguttenberg.bsky.social, @sandertordoir.bsky.social and I lay out what that could look like. www.politico.eu/article/euro...politico.euEurope is chasing the wrong fix for its growth crisisThe continent’s old growth model no longer works in today’s world. And EU leaders need a plan that matches the scale of this shift. 54720
Reposted by Philipp JägerJan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 03/02/2026"The point is not that what progressives do must never be criticized; the point is that the relentless drive to find fault with both sides equally results in a sense of (false) equivalence among those taking cues from supposedly trustworthy centrists."theguardian.comBeware of ‘anti-woke’ liberals: they attacked the left and helped Trump win | Jan-Werner MüllerSo-called ‘reactionary centrist’ pundits proclaimed that there was a global ‘vibe shift’ in favor of the right. They were wrong 713245
Reposted by Philipp JägerCentre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Thank you to @elisabettaco.bsky.social, Alexandr Hobza, @tpellerincarlin.bsky.social & @ph-jaeg.bsky.social for speaking at @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social/ @bst-europe.bsky.social/ @delorsberlin.bsky.social event on 'Shaping the right policies for Europe's clean tech industry' in Brussels yesterday. 0114
Reposted by Philipp JägerMarlene Schörner @marleneschoerner.bsky.social · 23/01/2026You may have missed it amidst the chaos of the last few days, but there is a new high-level EU report in town: A Franco-German task force led by Jörg Kukies and Christian Noyer presented recommendations to tackle the scale-up financing gap. Here is what it says and why you should care about it. 24917
Reposted by Philipp JägerPhilipp Jäger @ph-jaeg.bsky.social · 19/12/2025End of year reflections on EU climate policy: it’s really not looking good for the Green Deal. @jannikjansen.bsky.social and I wrote a short piece on why we're far from "staying the course" - and why that's a strategic mistake for Europe (1/12) tinyurl.com/jdc-green-dealdelorscentre.euEurope is hollowing out its Green Deal, leaving a vacuum of political 23621
Reposted by Philipp JägerFederica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Excellent thoughts and notes, but recall that in 2025 there is not really such a thing as a “center” in EU politics — here we are really talking about the political right rowing back on climate ambition due to fear of being eaten by the far rights. 1299
Philipp Jäger @ph-jaeg.bsky.social · 19/12/2025End of year reflections on EU climate policy: it’s really not looking good for the Green Deal. @jannikjansen.bsky.social and I wrote a short piece on why we're far from "staying the course" - and why that's a strategic mistake for Europe (1/12) tinyurl.com/jdc-green-dealdelorscentre.euEurope is hollowing out its Green Deal, leaving a vacuum of political 23621
Reposted by Philipp JägerMarlene Schörner @marleneschoerner.bsky.social · 18/12/2025The proposed "28th Regime" is hoped to remove bureaucratic, legal, and financial hurdles that hold back small, innovative EU companies. However, crucial questions remain wide open. In my new policy brief, I analyse the main options and relevant trade-offs. 1/🧵 www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...delorscentre.euRegime change instead of business as usual: A pan-European corporate law to unlock cross-border 1115
Reposted by Philipp JägerArthur Leichthammer @aleichthammer.bsky.social · 19/12/20251/ This year revealed how the EU's critical raw materials dependence has become an economic security vulnerability. ReSourceEU is the EU’s most serious attempt yet to remedy this. To end the year, I dive into what it does and whether it can shift the trajectory: www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...delorscentre.euThe EU's critical raw materials predicament: ReSourceEU to the Rescue?The EU’s dependence on highly concentrated critical raw material (CRM) supply chains, above all on China, has emerged as a central economic security vulnerability. 12212
Reposted by Philipp JägerJacques Delors Centre @delorsberlin.bsky.social · 18/12/2025📣 #NewPaper: In her new Policy Brief, our fellow @marleneschoerner.bsky.social discusses the proposed #28thRegime as an alternative to national legal frameworks and identifies crucial features to support innovative companies in the EU.👉 www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati... #NewPaper #EU #CorporateLawdelorscentre.euRegime change instead of business as usual: A pan-European corporate law to unlock cross-border 053
Reposted by Philipp JägerLucas Guttenberg @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Is Germany again dragging its feet and undermining a "simple" solution to the Ukraine financing problem, instead pushing the ubercomplex reparations loan? It's a tempting eurocrisis reflex that if only there were a will in Berlin, there would be a better way. But there isn't. Here is why: 411650
Philipp Jäger @ph-jaeg.bsky.social · 15/12/2025How do the German government's clean competitiveness policies fit with the agenda in Brussels? I shared a few thoughts in this short interview with Clean Energy Wire on the priorities of the German coalition, and what they imply for the EU's initiatives scheduled for 2026👇 0136
Reposted by Philipp JägerLuise Quaritsch @luisequaritsch.eurosky.social · 12/12/2025The Commission’s new Democracy Shield🛡️raised high expectations but proposes mostly additions to existing frameworks rather than attempt innovation. 👇In my new policy brief out today, I analyse the Commission’s newest democracy strategy. 1/🧵 www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...delorscentre.euThe European Democracy Shield – Papering over the cracksProtecting European democracy requires consistent commitment to democratic values both at EU and at national level – not just the creation of additional strategies. 11514
Philipp Jäger @ph-jaeg.bsky.social · 10/12/2025EU clean tech is under pressure: in the US, the phaseout of green subsidies dampens EU exports and Trump's tariffs re-direct trade, while Chinese over-capacities create very tough price competition. Our new policy brief shows how these drivers interact - and what the EU should do in response (1/4) 1128
Reposted by Philipp JägerLucas Resende Carvalho @lucas-res-car.bsky.social · 09/12/2025New Policy Brief! A joint publication of @bst-europe.bsky.social , @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social , and @delorsberlin.bsky.social. We analyze how recent shifts in US trade and industrial policy are changing the prospects for Europe’s clean tech industry, which is getting squeezed from two sides: 12113
Reposted by Philipp JägerJacques Delors Centre @delorsberlin.bsky.social · 09/12/2025📣 #NewPaper: Lucas Resende Carvalho, @elisabettaco.bsky.social, @etiennehoera.d-64.social and @ph-jaeg.bsky.social explain what an effective EU policy strategy for #CleanTech caught between Trump's tariffs and subsidised Chinese competition should look like. 👉 www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...delorscentre.euBetween a rock and a hard place: Europe’s clean tech industryThe second Trump administration has made a U-turn on industrial policy designed to support decarbonisation, while making a protectionist trade policy its hallmark. 041
Philipp Jäger @ph-jaeg.bsky.social · 19/11/2025The German industrial electricity subsidy - the Industriestrompreis - is shaping up: the ministry just published implementation details. This interactive chart shows the maximum relief - also for other member states, considering the indirect emission cost subsidy: delors-data.eu/IES/ (1/3) 1235
Reposted by Philipp JägerNils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Im EU-Parlament wurde letzte Woche erstmals ein relevantes Gesetz mit den Stimmen der extremen Rechten beschlossen. Das ist ein guter Anlass, sich diese Woche dieses unheimlich kluge Gespräch zwischen @tabouchadi.bsky.social und @emcke.bsky.social anzuhören. www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/podc...sueddeutsche.deSZ-Podcast: Tarik Abou-Chadi über Rechtspopulismus und die Fehler der DemokratenHaben SPD und CDU mit ihrer Rhetorik den Aufstieg der AfD begünstigt? Abou-Chadi sagt: Ja. Warum, erklärt er im Podcast. 02612
Reposted by Philipp JägerJacques Delors Centre @delorsberlin.bsky.social · 12/11/2025#COP30: "Climate policies are being watered down across the board. Decarbonizing industry, transport, and heating needs a mix of sticks and carrots, i.e., subsidies and carbon prices." @ph-jaeg.bsky.social on the EU carbon market via @anadoluajansicom.bsky.social. 👉 www.aa.com.tr/en/environme... 011
Reposted by Philipp JägerThu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 10/11/2025EPP leader Manfred Weber just gave a very good keynote speech on the future of Europe in Berlin tonight, putting forward seven principles for a stronger EU. Quick thread: 34215
Reposted by Philipp JägerLuise Quaritsch @luisequaritsch.eurosky.social · 10/11/2025The Commission is set to finally unveil the Democracy Shield 🛡️on 12 November! Here is what it will look like and what details will matter. 🧵 1249
Philipp Jäger @ph-jaeg.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Industriepolitik ist oft kompliziert. In der Automobilbranche dagegen ist - nüchtern betrachtet - erfrischend klar, welche industriepolitischen Maßnahmen DE & die EU brauchen. Lucas, Sander und Nils haben prägnant analysiert, was nur Lobbylärm ist, und wo die wirklichen Probleme liegen. 👇 1111
Reposted by Philipp JägerNils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 23/10/2025The car crisis tops today’s EU summit but leaders keep staring at the wrong problem The issue isn’t the 2035 engine ban - it’s demand falling off a cliff today With @sandertordoir.bsky.social and @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social, we show why flipping regs won’t help - and what the EU can do instead. 14307108
Philipp Jäger @ph-jaeg.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Für diejenigen, die die Argumente zum Industriestrompreis im Thread unten lieber kompakt und auf deutsch lesen möchten: Jan Diesteldorf hat in der Süddeutschen meinen Policy Brief aufgegriffen: www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/i...sueddeutsche.deDeutschland: Warum der Industriestrompreis nur wenig hilftDie deutsche Bundesregierung plant Subventionen für den Industriestrompreis, um energieintensive Industrien zu unterstützen. 0112
Reposted by Philipp JägerOlivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Excellent investigation in (direct) subsidy schemes mulled over in European capitals. It’s a bad idea. Pursuing dependence on the status quo is a losing strategy. @greens-efa.eu paper says we need strategic investments and choices, instead of blank check handouts. www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/p...greens-efa.euThe EU Clean Industrial DealWe firmly believe in a forward-looking industrial policy using every tool possible to develop new industries while accompanying the transformation of existing industrial sectors in Europe towards a cl... 021
Reposted by Philipp JägerAdrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Long thread. Worth your time. There are several real quandaries around how best to support energy-intensive industries, which ones to support and for how long. 083
Philipp Jäger @ph-jaeg.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Should other EU countries copy Germany's Industriestrompreis? Germany is set to introduce this controversial subsidy soon, which will lower electricity prices for industry. 🧵on whether it is a model to follow & what it means for other EU countries, based on data in new policy brief (1/23) 43210
Reposted by Philipp JägerJenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 20/10/20251. To opinions! Solar is the cheapest source of bulk electricity in many countries, and the quickest to deploy, and now you couldn't stop it being built if you wanted to. The limits to PV build in most places are grid access, permitting, and sometimes installation labour. 425571
Reposted by Philipp JägerSander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 10/10/2025For the non-German speakers good take from Deutsche Welle on German autos with some arguments from my side. amp.dw.com/en/german-ch...amp.dw.comGerman chancellor hosts auto summit as carmakers bleed jobs – DW – 10/09/2025German automakers won fresh incentives to revive demand for electric vehicles during crunch talks with Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Berlin is under pressure to act as German sales slump while Chinese ri... 2237
Philipp Jäger @ph-jaeg.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Green Public Procurement (GPP) is supposed to be one of the pillars of the EU's new clean industry strategy - but it's not exactly progressing quickly. Today, a COM representative said “it is difficult to say now in which direction we will go and even what options we will assess" (1/3)bruegel.orgTowards a Green Procurement Union: trade-offs and strategic choicesIs it possible to go green through procurement without compromising on cost or control? 152
Philipp Jäger @ph-jaeg.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Great new big-picture OpEd by my colleagues @onethuthree.bsky.social and @jannikjansen.bsky.social on the “European way”, and how the EU can maintain its political agency. 062
Reposted by Philipp JägerJacques Delors Centre @delorsberlin.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Jetzt anmelden für unser nächstes EU to go am 19.9. zu "Reif für Reformen - Was muss Europas Haushalt jetzt leisten?" Mit @lindnerjs.bsky.social, @nilsredeker.bsky.social und @romyha.bsky.social. www.delorscentre.eu/de/veranstal...delorscentre.euEU to go. Reif für ReformenBevor der Arbeitstag beginnt, gibt es wieder einen komprimierten Input zu einem aktuellen EU-Thema. Starten Sie mit uns, frischen Croissants und Kaffee in den Tag. Nur in Präsenz, die Plätze sind begr... 073
Philipp Jäger @ph-jaeg.bsky.social · 03/09/2025The Bruegel Clean Tech Tracker has a facelift and some additional data - great work by @bmcwilliams.bsky.social and others at @bruegel.org 162