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Will North Macedonia jeopardise its EU accession process?

North Macedonia, one of the six Western Balkans EU hopefuls, inched closer towards membership of the European Union after accession talks were launched in July 2020. But the country’s newly elected president, hailing from the…

EU Elections: The influence of Eastern Europe on Brussels politics,

The struggle to put a price on climate change

Fossil fuel intensive industries will soon have to pay for their greenhouse emissions, according to the new Europe-wide carbon emissions trading scheme (ETS2). However, the design of ETS2 puts most of the financial burden on…

Net Zero Industry Act and the future of green industrial strategy

EU countries generally agree that green technologies are a crucial piece of the puzzle to meet climate targets and stay competitive in the renewable energy market. They agree less on how to boost their competitiveness…

Farmers take centre stage in parties’ EU election campaigns

After years of neglect in the public debate, agriculture has become a hot topic at the EU level in the past year, with issues like food inflation, farmers’ protests, and climate change impact on crops.…

Letta’s tech insights: Taking a dive into the report

EU election insights: Polls, projections, and political dynamics

With slightly more than a month to go till the European parliamentary elections, surveyors from our polling partner Europe Elects, are focusing on the performance of the political groups, the seats they may get in…

Elections in focus: The vote

The EU’s economic destiny, according to the Letta report

In today’s episode of Today in the EU, we decrypt the core messages of the 147-page long report by former Italian prime minister Enrico Letta that all EU institutions have been waiting for. Letta’s analysis of the…

Summit with focus on Iran’s attack and EU’s competitiveness

In this episode of our ‘Today in the EU’ podcast, we’re looking into this week’s EU summit and the pressing topics on the agenda. EU leaders are meeting in Brussels on 17-18 April for an…

Unpacking the EU’s crackdown on Big Tech

Does the EU need to go further in competition policy for tech?

This week we talk to Max von Thun, Europe Director at the Open Markets Institute about competition policy. Amid a barrage of measures and investigations on digital competition in recent weeks, the think tank co-authored…