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Independent and non-doctrinal international economics think-tank with a mission to improve economic policy.

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NEW🚨EU energy markets will be high on the agenda of EU leaders at the upcoming European Council in March. In this new paper, we propose 3 steps to improve the efficiency of the EU energy system:
🖥️ Open data
🔌 Integrate network planning
📚Alignment of national plans

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Better coordination for a more efficient European energy system
EU energy efficiency hinges on open data, integrated grid planning and aligned national plans as electrification raises the cost of fragmentation
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February 16, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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⚡ Better coordination for a more efficient European energy system

🔌 What changes are needed to the EU's energy system?

📑 Read the Policy Brief by @aroth.bsky.social, @tagliapietra.bsky.social and @gzachmann.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/8ntqQ7R
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February 16, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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We were delighted to co-host a conference on “Security in Europe” to mark 20 years of @bruegel.org yesterday, which concluded with a conversation between the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Bruegel Director, chaired by Dr Martelli @angmarte.bsky.social 🪖 🇪🇺
February 12, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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🎙️Nature as equity 🌿
⁉️ How can public money and financial markets work together to protect the environment?

🔊 @estellecantillon.bsky.social in conversation with @rebeccawire.bsky.social
and @heathergrabbe.bsky.social

👂️Listen to the podcast: buff.ly/c3uwiEb
February 15, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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🌿From savings to sustainability: long-term investors and Europe’s green transition
🗓️26 February 2026 13:00-14:00

How can institutional investors drive Europe’s green energy shift? W/ @guntramwolff.bsky.social, Nathalie Lhayani, @smerler.bsky.social & Carolin Nerlich

🔗 Sign up: buff.ly/5mMeZIF
February 14, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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🎬 That’s a wrap!

Bruegel convened a timely discussion on Europe’s defence, and what this means for growth, innovation & competitiveness. Organised with @lse-ei.bsky.social.

Closing fireside chat: @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social with Rachel Reeves.
Recording here: buff.ly/9Uct11S
February 13, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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🚆See you in Berlin!
📅25 February 2026 14:30-18:30

As part of Bruegel’s 20th anniversary celebrations, our next event: Upholding Europe’s sovereignty: strong defence, integrated markets and renewed growth, is jointly organised with the German Federal Ministry of Finance.

🔗 Info: buff.ly/ieII0lI
February 13, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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📊 Chart of the week: Clean tech jobs per 1,000 people

⬆️ In the last 10 years, jobs in clean technology value chains have doubled. What's next?

🖋️ @mariejuge.bsky.social, @keliauskaite.bsky.social, @bmcwilliams.bsky.social, Roberto Rossini and @tagliapietra.bsky.social
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February 13, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Encouraging words from @RachelReeves on ambitions for UK-EU:

“Economic gravity is reality … we are up for doing deals with India, US and other countries but half our trade is with the EU” … We are up for deeper alignment for more integration with the EU … including financial services.”

We agree:
February 11, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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One million Europeans are employed in clean tech value chains. Including batteries, bioenergy, geothermal, hydro, heat pumps, solar and wind. Jobs are doubled compared with 2010.

The data are not available, but EV and nuclear jobs would push this even higher.
February 11, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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📣 JUST ANNOUNCED

🗣️ UK Chancellor Rt Hon Rachel Reeves will participate in a fireside chat with Bruegel Director @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social, closing Bruegel's 20th anniversary event today in London. Organised with @lse-ei.bsky.social.
🔴 WATCH LIVE

🔗 Info and registration:
Security in Europe: how will it affect growth and competitiveness?
Bruegel’s 20th anniversary event in London, jointly organised with the LSE European Institute
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February 11, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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🌿Nature as equity
❓️How can public money and financial markets work together to protect the environment?

🎙️ In this episode of The Sound of Economics, @rebeccawire.bsky.social sits down with Bruegel’s @heathergrabbe.bsky.social & @estellecantillon.bsky.social

🔗 Listen now: buff.ly/c3uwiEb
Nature as equity
How can public money and financial markets work together to protect the environment?
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February 11, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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💪 One million Europeans work in clean tech jobs. That is 2 jobs per 1,000 people and twice the level of 2010.

But clean tech employment varies across countries - Lithuania leads with 5.4 jobs per 1,000 people.

Find out more in our European Clean Tech Tracker (link in the comments).
February 11, 2026 at 9:50 AM
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🏭 ‘Made with Europe’ not ‘Made in Europe’ should guide EU industrial policy

💡 Read the First Glance by Ignacio García Bercero,
@bmcwilliams.bsky.social, @niclaspoitiers.bsky.social and @tagliapietra.bsky.social

🔗 www.bruegel.org/first-glance...
#EconSky
February 10, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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📊 AI adoption in the financial sector: the experience so far [ONLINE ONLY]
🗓️ 19 February 2026 14:00-15:00 (CEST)

Join @veron.bsky.social & Marie Brière (Amundi Investment Institute & Institut Louis Bachelier) for a discussion on AI adoption in the financial sector.

🔗 Online only: buff.ly/UKxU0A5
February 10, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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Our latest newsletter in #Zhonghua Mundus series by @bruegel.org: " #Europe needs a broader #trade-defence toolkit against a mounting #China shock".

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ZhōngHuá Mundus | Europe needs a broader trade-defence toolkit against a mounting China shock
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February 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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🪙 Tax, sovereignty and the EU

💥How will Europe manage the collision of money, politics and global reform?

🔊 @roeldom.bsky.social in conversation with @rebeccawire.bsky.social and Pascal Saint-Amans

👂️Listen to the podcast: buff.ly/zftOMme
February 7, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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Updated @bruegel.org European gas import data for week 5, 2026
I spoke with @nytimes.com about Europe’s growing reliance on US gas
📰 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/b...
📊 Download January LNG data: www.bruegel.org/dataset/euro...
February 6, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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If you wonder how US & global trade responds to Trump's tariffs ... my colleagues @zsoltdarvas.bsky.social and Marie-Sophie Lappe have the dataset for you @bruegel.org

Among many figures, I find striking that advanced economy trade as % of GDP is retreating back to COVID-19 levels
February 6, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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📊 Chart of the week: Year-on-year changes in trade, US imports

🌐 How have global trade flows reacted to US tariff hikes?

🖋️ Read the Analysis by @zsoltdarvas.bsky.social and Marie-Sophie Lappe
🔗 buff.ly/aK8KdLH

✨ Based on data from the authors' NEW Bruegel Dataset.
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#EconSky
February 6, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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🚆See you in London!
📅11 February 2026 15:30-18:30 (CET)

As part of Bruegel’s 20th anniversary celebrations, we are pleased to announce our next event "Security in Europe: how will it affect growth and competitiveness?", jointly organised with the @lse-ei.bsky.social

🔗 Info: buff.ly/JbVZYC6
February 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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💰 Tax, sovereignty and the EU

❓️How will Europe manage the collision of money, sovereignty and global reform?

🎙️ In this episode of The Sound of Economics, @rebeccawire.bsky.social sits down with Bruegel’s Pascal Saint-Amans & @roeldom.bsky.social to talk taxes.

🔗 Listen now: buff.ly/zftOMme
Tax, sovereignty and the EU
How will Europe manage the collision of money, sovereignty and global reform?
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February 4, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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Join us next week to celebrate @bruegel.org's 20th anniversary with a special half-day conference on security in Europe, and how it will affect growth and competitiveness.

🗓️ Wednesday 11 February
🕥 2.30-5.30pm

👉🎟️ Book your place now: www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...
Come celebrate Bruegel's 20th anniversary with us!
YouTube video by LSE European Institute
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February 4, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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🔔 UPDATED: Russian foreign trade tracker

📊 Partial update up to December 2025. Data for the aggregate of the 38 countries is available up to November 2025.

🔗 Stay tuned for more updates: buff.ly/AEwKbDg

🖊️ Madalena Barata Da Rocha, @zsoltdarvas.bsky.social and Marie-Sophie Lappe
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February 4, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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bmcwilliams.bsky.social
The close of 2025 brings yet another EV registration record: almost one-in-four new cars sold in the EU were fully electric in December.

End of year spikes are common as policies end and support schemes phase out. It will be interesting to see January data when available.
February 3, 2026 at 3:43 PM