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Belgium must aim for a strong government
The corona crisis makes it clear that we need a decisive government. In Belgium this is not obvious, but it is a necessity. This commentary was first published in De […]
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Mainstreaming the Just Transition in the EU
The European Commission’s proposal for a ‘Just Transition Mechanism’ has rapidly become a contentious aspect of the European Green Deal. The mechanism supports the EU’s goal of achieving climate neutrality […]
Beyond Corona: Getting EU Economic Security Right
The corona crisis, the US-China great power competition and lacklustre international rules vividly demonstrate the vulnerability of economic interdependence. Interdependence is a power struggle, not a mutual aid society. For […]
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How will the coronavirus epidemic impact the European Union?
Conversation with Sven Biscop and Jo Coelmont These blog articles were first published in Centre for Geopolitics. Read the full text below.
The EU’s Just Transition: three challenges and how to overcome them
The EU’s ‘Just Transition Mechanism’ proposal has become highly contentious, bringing up issues of redistribution between countries. It faces three main challenges: overcoming a focus on national allocations; expanding the […]
What could a geoeconomic EU look like in 2020?
The need for the EU to respond and position itself in the deepening geoeconomic competition between the Great Powers has initiated a policy reorientation that is slowly attempting to break […]