After months of wrangling and an epic list of delays, the Commission has finally released its Industrial Accelerator Act.
This could turn into one of the EU’s most consequential industrial policy files in years - and the proposal is honestly not a bad place to start.
Some quick thoughts:
IAA (finally) out
FDI conditions are lex China pure, covering investments >100m from countries with >40% global production share in
i) batteries
ii) EVs
iii) solar
iv) critical raw materials
Ich durfte heute einen Gastbeitrag für den Tagesspiegel beisteuern: es geht um Macrons verbleibende Macht in seinem letzten Amtsjahr, und wo er noch etwas bewegen kann.
Spoiler: Vieles ist noch möglich, aber bei Weitem nicht mehr alles.
Details im Artikel:
www.tagesspiegel.de/internationa...
Tomorrow’s summit is a chance for EU leaders to stop chasing the wrong fixes — and finally sketch a response that matches the scale of Europe’s economic challenge.
Here, lucasguttenberg.bsky.social, @sandertordoir.bsky.social and I lay out what that could look like.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
For the FES, I wrote a short brief about how mainstream party strategies have fueled far-right success. They move toward more anti-immigration positions to win voters back. This does not work, but shifts public opinion to the right. Parties then react to shifts in public opinion. A vicious cycle.
Great intervention by @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social on reactionary centrism, anti-wokeness, and the tendency to interpret the success of the right as backlash instead of as its own political project
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
You may have missed it amidst the chaos of the last few days, but there is a new high-level EU report in town: A Franco-German task force led by Jörg Kukies and Christian Noyer presented recommendations to tackle the scale-up financing gap.
Here is what it says and why you should care about it.
🧵 Trump’s Greenland brinkmanship puts the EU’s Anti-Coercion Instrument back on the table. Few cases fit economic coercion more cleanly.
But the ACI is often misunderstood. It’s not a bazooka, but a slow-loading cannon, able to fire anything from heavy shells to hot air. Here’s how it works ⬇️
📰 Issue 33:2 out! 👉 Special Issue: European Democracy in Action? The 2024 European Parliament Elections, guest edited by @sarahobolt.bsky.social, Sebastian-Adrian Popa, and Wouter van der Brug
Read the whole issue: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpp20/3...
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Europe’s failure to condemn Trump’s illegal aggression in Venezuela isn’t just wrong – it’s stupid. My piece @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
📣 #NewPaper: Quietly hollowing out the #GreenDeal by weakening policies meant to deliver on climate targets undermines Europe's #competitiveness, energy security and global credibility, write @jannikjansen.bsky.social & @ph-jaeg.bsky.social in a new #OpEd. 👉 www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...
End of year reflections on EU climate policy: it’s really not looking good for the Green Deal.
@jannikjansen.bsky.social and I wrote a short piece on why we're far from "staying the course" - and why that's a strategic mistake for Europe (1/12)
tinyurl.com/jdc-green-deal
🎧 Kritischer Rohstoff für die Ohren: Zum Wochenende bespricht @onethuthree.bsky.social in einer neuen Folge des EU to go-Podcast mit @aleichthammer.bsky.social die wirtschaftlichen Abhängigkeiten der #EU und das Potential der #ReSourceEU Initiative. Jetzt reinhören 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/72Ih...
1/ This year revealed how the EU's critical raw materials dependence has become an economic security vulnerability. ReSourceEU is the EU’s most serious attempt yet to remedy this. To end the year, I dive into what it does and whether it can shift the trajectory: www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...
Lots to criticise in yesterday’s cars package - but one point deserves credit.
The COM plans to limit support for corporate cars to EVs and tie it to European preferences. Exactly what @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social, @sandertordoir.bsky.social, and I called for and a genuinely meaningful step forward
Ob ihr mit dem Auto kommt, per Rad oder Bahn: Wir freuen uns auf euch, beim letzten EU to go-Frühstück des Jahre. Heute nehmen @nilsredeker.bsky.social und @jannikjansen.bsky.social das neue EU-Autopaket unter die Lupe und diskutieren über die Zukunft der Autoindustrie. Bis gleich!
How do the German government's clean competitiveness policies fit with the agenda in Brussels?
I shared a few thoughts in this short interview with Clean Energy Wire on the priorities of the German coalition, and what they imply for the EU's initiatives scheduled for 2026👇
The Commission’s new Democracy Shield🛡️raised high expectations but proposes mostly additions to existing frameworks rather than attempt innovation.
👇In my new policy brief out today, I analyse the Commission’s newest democracy strategy. 1/🧵
www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...
🥐 Das letzte EU to go-Frühstück des Jahres steht an! Am Mi., 17.12. um 8:30 Uhr geht es um das EU-Autopaket und die europäische Autoindustrie. Mit dabei: Unser Co-Direktor @nilsredeker.bsky.social & Senior Policy Fellow @jannikjansen.bsky.social. Jetzt anmelden 👉 www.delorscentre.eu/en/events-at...
EU clean tech is under pressure: in the US, the phaseout of green subsidies dampens EU exports and Trump's tariffs re-direct trade, while Chinese over-capacities create very tough price competition.
Our new policy brief shows how these drivers interact - and what the EU should do in response (1/4)
I think the reinterpretation of the ECHR they seek has been clarified elsewhere: less protection for "the wrong people" (sic!), incl. a limitation of the scope of protection under art. 8 (right to private and family life) and art. 3 (prohibition of torture and degrading treatment).
It's dystopian.
New Policy Brief! A joint publication of @bst-europe.bsky.social , @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social , and @delorsberlin.bsky.social.
We analyze how recent shifts in US trade and industrial policy are changing the prospects for Europe’s clean tech industry, which is getting squeezed from two sides:
Find out what has been discussed at our public online panel next Wednesday (10 Dec) at 2 pm - register here: www.delorscentre.eu/en/events-at...
White smoke from Berlin: the coalition has agreed to tie new car purchase incentives to European preference rules - and work to align them across the EU.
A very smart move as @sandertordoir.bsky.social, @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social and I have argued here:
www.delorscentre.eu/fileadmin/2_...
Im EU-Parlament wurde letzte Woche erstmals ein relevantes Gesetz mit den Stimmen der extremen Rechten beschlossen.
Das ist ein guter Anlass, sich diese Woche dieses unheimlich kluge Gespräch zwischen @tabouchadi.bsky.social und @emcke.bsky.social anzuhören.
www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/podc...
Once a leader on climate action, the EU has given in to the right’s green-bashing. From deforestation to carbon pricing, vital policies are being watered down in the name of ‘competitiveness’. But Europe is shooting itself in the foot. My piece @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Die EVP hat heute im Europaparlament das wichtige Omnibus-Gesetz mit den Rechtsaußen-Fraktionen beschlossen. Abgeordnete der CDU/CSU haben heute, sehenden Auges und mit Ansage, mit Abgeordneten der AfD abgestimmt.
Damit ist die Brandmauer im EU-Parlament eingerissen.
Great primer on today's breakdown of the cordon sanitaire in the EP including the prehistory of the vote and its implications.
