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Does rule of law conditionality work? The EU suspended significant funds to Poland & Hungary, equaling ~1/6 of their GDP.

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#Trump’s actions and rhetoric are a direct threat to the economic and security interests of the US’s European partners – including the UK. @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @cerianbond.bsky.social Read here: https://buff.ly/4aTo0hk

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To dissuade the US from #tariffs, the EU should target businesses close to the administration, such as Musk’s X, Tesla and SpaceX. 🇪🇺 🇺🇸 New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @aslak.bsky.social Read here: https://buff.ly/4ifTsZB

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“The EU and India are lagging behind China in the development of AI, this could be a fruitful area of co-operation,” according to Anunita Chandrasekar from the @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social

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“The British defence industrial sector is still strong,” says @cerianbond.bsky.social “It makes sense to include Britain in what the EU is doing to cope with a world in which you basically can’t be certain that the Americans would turn up if you were attacked.”

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The 'Fair and Reciprocal Tariffs' may be Trump’s most damaging economic proposal yet. The EU must take a firm stance to dissuade him. 🇪🇺 🇺🇸 New insight by @aslak.bsky.social Read here: https://buff.ly/4ifTsZB

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Applications are now open for the 12th Clara Marina O’Donnell fellowship, full details below. Start date: October 2025 for six months Pay: London Living Wage Applications in by: 11/04/25 https://buff.ly/3vV64SZ

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Eine Lösung wie im Coronafonds hätte den Vorteil, dass die EU Gegenleistungen verlangen könnte, sodass die Europäer ihre Ausgaben besser koordinieren und so die Effizienz der Militärausgaben verbessern, sagt der Ökonom @sandertordoir.bsky.social https://buff.ly/41xg7uW

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“I am not sure how quickly the Deal can drive down energy prices,” said @elisabettaco.bsky.social of the CER. Cornago notes that the “quick solution” of slashing energy taxes was already done in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

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The election of #KeirStarmer’s government in the UK and its commitment to reset relations with the EU has offered the CER opportunities to help reshape that relationship. New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social annual report 2024 Read here:

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The EU can become a #cleantech powerhouse as the US rolls back green subsidies & cedes ground to China. Brussels should target industrial support more carefully than Biden’s broad subsidies, substantial financial commitments are needed. 🆕 @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social policy brief buff.ly/3QoalFM

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According to a study by the think-tank @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social published in mid-January, "China's macroeconomic imbalances now directly infringe on German industrial interests." https://buff.ly/4idvONt

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"This isn't a headwind for German carmaking. It's a full-on storm," said @sandertordoir.bsky.social chief economist at the think-tank @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social

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There is a significant risk that #Trump will make a bad deal with Putin over the heads of Ukraine and European countries. @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @cerianbond.bsky.social Read here: https://buff.ly/4aTo0hk

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Thank you to @cerianbond.bsky.social , @ferber.bsky.social , @christineheuer.bsky.social , @mgmessmer.bsky.social & Christoph Meyer for speaking at ourCER/HSF hybrid discussion on 'Implications of the German election for the UK' yesterday. Watch the video of the event here:

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The EU’s #cleantech advantages may wither from multiple challenges that businesses cannot overcome autonomously: high energy prices, China’s surging clean tech exports, and Trump’s looming tariffs. New CER policy brief by @sandertordoir.bsky.social and @elisabettaco.bsky.social buff.ly/3QoalFM

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@cerianbond.bsky.social señala en un reciente artículo del CER que el aprendizaje de la primera legislatura de Trump por parte de los europeos es que podría “no hacer siempre exactamente lo que decía que quería, pero sus amenazas debían tomarse en serio”.

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@sandertordoir.bsky.social legde uit hoe Chinese, door de staat gesubsidieerde concurrentie de Duitse industrie ondermijnt. Duitsland heeft de problemen ook aan zichzelf te wijten, vertelde Tordoir: het lijdt aan een „een antitechnologie- en antikapitaalhouding”.

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The @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social has an important role to play in providing information and arguments about the EU in the UK – and vice versa. European governments and opinion-formers know much less about the UK than they used to. 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 New CER annual report 2024 Read here: buff.ly/413f9oN

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„Europa bouwt de beste windturbines ter wereld. Dat is goed voor onze energie-onafhankelijkheid. Er zitten magneten in die we ook nodig hebben voor militaire radarsystemen.” Het is een sector die levensvatbaar is, zegt @sandertordoir.bsky.social https://buff.ly/4k5tlGJ

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Most #cleantech plants in the EU are in the ‘big four’ economies – France, Germany, Italy & Spain. A common EU fund for industrial policy could alleviate intra-EU subsidy races and limit distortions to the single market. 🆕 @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social policy brief - read here: buff.ly/3QoalFM

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Europe should do more to help #Ukraine, but ultimately EU membership will not be an effective deterrent against Russia; only NATO membership can supply that. 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social podcast. Listen here: https://buff.ly/3Xc0pCK

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The meeting’s host at the @cerianbond.bsky.social responded — reasonably, I thought — that it was the consequences of the US president’s behaviour rather than its possible causes that should most trouble us: Trump truly is the Kremlin’s most useful idiot.

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🎙️ Ukrainians will not be impressed by Trump’s efforts to get his hands on half of Ukraine’s mineral wealth and other assets. Iuliia Osmolovska & @cerianbond.bsky.social discuss the Trump administration’s approach to Ukraine, Russia & negotiations.🎙️ #CERpodcast Listen here: https://buff.ly/3Xc0pCK

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@antonspisak.bsky.social associate fellow, @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social finds that UK ‘trade openness’ — the share of GDP from trade — has declined by 3.5% since 2019. At the same time, trade openness across the EU has grown by 3% over the same period.

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Applications are now open for the 12th Clara Marina O’Donnell fellowship, full details below. Start date: October 2025 for six months Pay: London Living Wage Applications in by: 11/04/25 https://buff.ly/3vV64SZ

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Global trade in clean tech is growing rapidly, but there is one key exception: China is reducing its imports of low-carbon tech, even as its exports are surging. 🆕 @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social paper by @sandertordoir.bsky.social & @elisabettaco.bsky.social Read here: http://buff.ly/3QoalFM

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🎙️ Three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Iuliia Osmolovska @globsec.bsky.social tells @cerianbond.bsky.social that many Ukrainians want a negotiated end to fighting, but not at the expense of concessions to Russia. 🎙️ New CER podcast. Listen here: https://buff.ly/3Xc0pCK

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«Ce qu’elle tente de faire, c’est de rapprocher la position de Donald Trump de celle de l’Europe, c’est-à-dire de chercher à construire une négociation qui ne soit pas catastrophique pour l’Ukraine, analyse @lscazzieri.bsky.social du @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social buff.ly/3X6Xf3a

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The date for the EU-UK reset summit is now set for May 19, but as things stand expectations for the reboot of the relationship are fairly low — as the well-connected director of the @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social Charles Grant sets out elegantly in a timely essay here. buff.ly/4hNfaEm

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#Starmer and his ministers will find it a hard slog to get their reset with the EU. But at the start of 2025 I am cautiously optimistic that they will make some progress, writes Charles Grant in the @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social 2024 annual report essay. Read here: buff.ly/413f9oN

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[Policy Brief] #EUIndustry: How to build and fund a better #EU green industrial policy, by Sander Tordoir & Elisabetta Cornago | @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social

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Die EU, der ESM und die Europäische Investitionsbank sind mit einem „Triple A“-Rating bewertet. Der Chefökonom der Denkfabrik @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social , @sandertordoir.bsky.social empfiehlt das Auflegen einer Anleihe im Volumen von 500 Milliarden Euro für die Aufrüstung.

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@sandertordoir.bsky.social chief economist at the @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social makes the case that any increase in military spending by nations around the continent will be an onerous project, with the issuing of bonds seen by the CER as one method to achieve this goal.

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The EU is stronger in clean tech than commonly assumed. The bloc leads in production of specialised machinery such as wind turbines and hydro energy machinery. 🆕 @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social policy brief by @sandertordoir.bsky.social and @elisabettaco.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/3QoalFM

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“Some of the most shameful comments uttered by a president in my lifetime,” @cerianbond.bsky.social wrote online. “Trump is siding with the aggressor, blaming the victim. In the Kremlin they must be jumping for joy.”

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Thank you to Iuliia Osmolovska @globsec.bsky.social and General Sir Richard Shirreff for joining us today to discuss 'What future for Ukraine?', chaired by @cerianbond.bsky.social Watch the video of the event here: www.cer.eu/events/hybri...

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The EU's share of global exports in low carbon technologies has been growing more slowly than China’s but it remains well ahead of the US’. New CER policy brief by @sandertordoir.bsky.social & @elisabettaco.bsky.social Kindly supported by @boelleu.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/3QoalFM

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📅 Join us online: 24 Feb 2025 for our hybrid discussion on 'Implications of the German election for the UK' Speakers: @ferber.bsky.social @christineheuer.bsky.social @mgmessmer.bsky.social & Christoph Meyer Chair: @cerianbond.bsky.social Email [email protected] for further info

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Deutschland’s Wirtschaftsmodell – sparen, während andere konsumieren – ist [jetzt] eine Sackgasse. Das zeigen Brad Setser & @sandertordoir.bsky.social in ihrem neuen Papier schonungslos auf. buff.ly/3CLC3Jp

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The EU should revamp its industrial policy for clean technologies not to cede its advantages in clean tech manufacturing to China as Trump's America backtracks from decarbonisation goals. New CER policy brief by @sandertordoir.bsky.social & @elisabettaco.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/3QoalFM

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India, as the world’s fifth-largest economy and most populous nation, has ambitious plans to boost manufacturing and exports while engaging globally through multilateral partnerships, says Anunita Chandrasekar at @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social https://buff.ly/4i6oEur

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