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The fiscal framework is at risk of unravelling in the face of the heightened geopolitical tensions since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. To prevent progressive erosion of the framework, the European Commission and EU countries should consider a focused ‘reform of the reform’ to realign it with its original goal: ensuring public debt sustainability based on a risk-based methodology with a limited role for rigid numerical targets.

In designing a new industrial policy, the European Commission should reflect on the troubles of the Swedish battery maker.

At the 2024 forum (17-30 August 2024), Bruegel participated as a Track Reporting Partner covering the finance and economy track.

In this Policy Brief, we assess the investment needed to achieve the 2030 climate goal and climate neutrality by 2050.

A modest experiment shows that a specialised Brussels policy audience broadly agrees with Mario Draghi’s report on EU competitiveness.

Free carbon allowances for EU industrial companies are being phased out, but inconsistencies remain.

Ireland’s massive tax windfall highlights once again the pressing need for reform of profit allocation rules.

In her instructions to the incoming EU competition commissioner, Ursula von der Leyen equivocates on the issue of national champions

Central banks should take a macro approach to managing system-wide risks stemming from the climate transition.