Simone Tagliapietra

1 month ago | bruegel.org | Rebecca Christie |Georg Zachmann |Simone Tagliapietra |Alexander Roth

In this episode of The Sound of Economics, host Rebecca Christie discusses Ireland's economy with Eamon Gilmore, former Foreign Minister, and Patrick Honohan, former Governor of the Irish Central Bank. They explore Ireland’s recovery from the global financial crisis and current political outlook, alongside issues such as public debt, low interest rates, and rebuilding national confidence.

Dec 11, 2024 | bruegel.org | Jean Pisani-Ferry |Simone Tagliapietra |Ugnė Keliauskaitė |Ben McWilliams

The crisis at Northvolt, a Swedish battery maker that in November filed for Chapter 11 protection against creditors in the United States, is a warning for the European Union over the future direction of its industrial policy. After its founding in 2017, Northvolt – a partner in the flagship EU industrial policy initiative the European Battery Alliance – became a symbol of the EU’s clean-tech ambitions and its goal of creating a competitive, homegrown battery value chain.

Dec 5, 2024 | bruegel.org | Georg Zachmann |Jean Pisani-Ferry |Simone Tagliapietra

Join us for an event exploring how the circular economy can drive Europe’s competitiveness and economic security. The event will feature a presentation of the recent Bruegel paper A European circular single market for economic security and competitiveness, by Heather Grabbe, one of the authors. The paper argues that the circular economy would be a fast, secure and cost-effective route to achieving the EU’s goals of economic security and strategic autonomy.

Dec 5, 2024 | bruegel.org | Georg Zachmann |Simone Tagliapietra |Ben McWilliams |Ugnė Keliauskaitė

The international process for coordinating the fight against global warming is in trouble. The United States is likely to withdraw again from the Paris Agreement on climate change, pushing multilateralism and the rules-based order deeper into crisis. Global emissions continue to rise. Developed countries are more directly feeling the short-term cost of decarbonisation policies. The main hope remains technology that cuts the cost of decarbonisation, making compromise easier.

Dec 2, 2024 | bruegel.org | Simone Tagliapietra |Cecilia Trasi |Michael Delgado |Yeric Garcia

An investment strategy to keep the European Green Deal on track Language English First glance Trump’s return should not be seen as a threat to EU decarbonisation, but as a rallying cry to unite and push forward more strongly Analysis This analysis compares the state of play in solar capacity in both the US and Europe investment decarbonisation climate change energy Opinion piece The European Union must implement a new Clean Industrial Deal that promotes decarbonization alongside sustainable...