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Belarus: a test for Europe’s foreign policy?

The recent forced landing of an internal EU flight to arrest opposition activist Roman Protasevich is the latest escalation by a President who is consolidating power in the wake of unrest following the disputed results of the 2020 presidential election. The EU and...

Banks in a net-zero Europe

Europe’s climate law, agreed in April, will have knock-on effects through a wide range of sector-specific legislation, with the intention of delivering on European Union states’ collective commitment to emission reduction targets and a net-zero economy in 2050....

What Swiss voters expect to happen next, after EU talks fail

What Swiss voters expect to happen next, after EU talks fail

This article was originally published in German by DeFacto. Switzerland’s bilateral relationship with the European Union has been the subject of intense debate for years. In 2014, the two sides began negotiations on the terms of an institutional framework agreement...

The UK’s security and trade relationship with China

On May 26th, 2021 Bruegel’s Senior fellow Alicia García-Herrero presented testimony before the International Relations and Defence Committee at the House of Lords, British Parliament on the UK’s security and trade relationship with China. To view the video testimony,...

Europe must fix its fiscal rules

Europe must fix its fiscal rules

This opinion piece was originally published in the Financial Times, the Money Review section of Kathemerini is forthcoming in El Economista. Last spring, as the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic began to bite, the European Commission suspended the stability...

Towards a global corporate tax?

The idea of a global corporate tax has been floating around for decades, but a US proposal for a 15% of a global minimum tax rate means the proposal is now a serious possibility. This would affect both direct and indirect taxation, broader tax policy issues, and tax...