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What the European Semester does and does not do
When governments of EU Member States decide what to spend, they do so within the limits...
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Why climate costs keep mounting: A blind spot in Europe’s public finances
Heat-related deaths, extreme flooding, droughts… Combating climate change requires substantial upfront investments. However, Europe’s public finances...
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Europe cannot sacrifice financial regulation to Trump’s economic warfare
Decades of progress on financial regulation in Europe could be lost to a regulatory ‘race to...
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On the Capital Markets Union. A conversation with Finance Watch’s Chief Economist, Thierry Philipponnat
This conversation between the Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour (AK Europa) and Finance Watch’s Chief Economist...
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The cost of action and the cost of inaction: genuinely incorporating the environment into the budget debate
The budget debate must move beyond outdated fiscal constraints and address the cost of action versus...
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The trillion-euro problem: how to meet Europe’s investment needs
Mario Draghi’s report calls for an additional EUR 800 billion per year for green, digital, and...
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The environment sacrificed on the altar of EU fiscal rules
The ongoing EU budgetary discussions are centred around debt reduction, largely due to the European Commission’s...
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It’s time to fix EU fiscal rules
The EU fiscal rules should be reformed to reflect the fact that public debt is not...
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