Leon Martini
leonmartini.bsky.social
Leon Martini
@leonmartini.bsky.social
on leave from @pik-potsdam.bsky.social, learning @ec.europa.eu
views my own
climate policy & politics, industrial policy, political economy
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Economist:

"EU increased tariffs on Chinese BEVs in 2024

the idea: raise prices and imports will fall.

A study published by the Kiel Institute, estimated that higher levies would cause Chinese car exports to plunge by 25%.

After more than a year, that forecast is wrong."

#alwaysbecharging
December 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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After 16 hours of negotiations, EU leaders failed to agree on using frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine or to transition trade from the US to South America.

Both developments have Giorgia Meloni's fingerprints all over them

But they were able to agree joint borrowing to get some money to Ukraine
EU summit ends with no frozen assets and no Mercosur deal
It's Meloni's Europe, and we're just living in it. The Italian prime minister last night killed two potentially powerful European instruments, damaging the EU's credibility.
davekeating.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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"The so-called Deutschlandfonds, which will be anchored in state development bank KfW, ... seeded with about €30bn in public money and loan guarantees."

Textbook derisking to ensure infrastructure will pay off for US private equity. Genius move by SPD finance ministry.
www.ft.com/content/52c7...
December 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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China hat sich in einem halben Jahrzehnt vom Importeur von Autos zum massiven Exporteur gewandelt. Aber im Autoland Nr. 1 führen wir die wirtschaftspolitische Debatte immer noch so, als wäre unser Hauptproblem zu viel Regulierung aller Art.
December 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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We editors @voelkerrechtsblog.org do our best to nurture a caring, open, & diverse intellectual community around international law. Our work is done gratis, but we still need money to pay for things like cloud storage. This money is in short supply; maybe you can help: voelkerrechtsblog.org/donate/
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December 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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December 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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I have long thought the EU simplification fervour was a side show.

Happy to see Jeromin Zettelmeyer and Erik Nielsen forcefully agree.

Where’s the overwhelming evidence that EU red tape is thé key barrier to economic growth in the EU or Germany?

1/
December 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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„Ein hocheffizienter Verbrenner ist ein Verbrenner, der hocheffizient ist.“ (2/2)
December 1, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Contrary to some confused commentary, hidden trade barriers in the EU single market are nowhere near a 45% tariff.

The good news: Europe has integrated remarkably well.

The bad news: it also means there are fewer low-hanging fruits left to boost intra-EU trade. cepr.org/voxeu/column...
No, the EU does not impose a 45% tariff on itself
A recent paper which has gathered significant attention estimates a 45% tariff equivalent of intra-EU border costs. This column argues that this estimate is likely too high and depends on the particular dataset used and specific estimation choices. Therefore, it also vastly overstates the barriers that are akin to tariffs and could be lowered as a result of European Commission policy decisions. Instead, it argues that there are more urgent reforms with larger potential benefits, such as boosting EU innovation capacity and R&D spending.
cepr.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Yes. Sales of hydrogen-fueled trucks have collapsed by 2/3, even in China.
November 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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#BMW bekommt rund 273 Millionen Euro staatliche Förderung zur Entwicklung eines #Wasserstoff- Antriebs.

Der Bund trägt davon rund 191 Millionen, Bayern rund 82 Millionen Euro.

Wer entscheidet sowas?

www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/u...
BMW erhält Millionenförderung für Autos mit Wasserstoffantrieb
Als einziger deutscher Hersteller setzt BMW auf Wasserstoff als Antriebstechnologie. Vom Staat gibt es dafür mehr als 270 Millionen Euro Förderung. Noch muss die Technologie allerdings einige Hürden n...
www.tagesschau.de
November 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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To all those BEV market share number crunchers, @leraffl.bsky.social, @troelschristensen.bsky.social, @electricfelix.bsky.social, this rather surprised me today: In Sept. 2025, 392k cars rolled of the assembly lines in Germany - the BEV share was 44,2 % (!)

Source: www.vda.de/de/aktuelles...
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Cost estimates for new gas power plants just keep rising! www.utilitydive.com/news/gas-pow... 🔌💡
November 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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In our new 2025 edition of the Rhodium Climate Outlook, if current trends in policy and technology development continue, we project a likely (67% confidence) range of 2.3–3.4°C of temperature rise and an avg outcome of 2.8°C by 2100. The probability of limiting warming below 2°C remains below 5%.
November 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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this could be us aber wir hatten die bahnreform von 1994
Autumn Railway Journey (2023)
Art Print: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ryot...
November 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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War selten so froh über eine Zeile.

www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
October 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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🇬🇧 A decade of UK electricity transformation

📉 A 110 TWh drop in fossil fuel output (equivalent to one-third 2014 demand)

🟢 50% met by growth in renewables
🔴 50% met by reduction in electricity demand

european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org/overview/dep...
October 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Contrast and compare. This is street light charging solutions in two different European capitals, but by the same company.

Weird, why such a massive box in one, and just a plug in the other?
October 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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EUCO conclusions on the 2040 climate target and ETS-2. It is now up to the environment ministers to agree on a specific number (most likely net 90%) and the next steps at the ENVI Council on November 4.
October 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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#Berlin makes losses in the millions on its ... residential parking permits. Because the price of about €10 per year is lower than the costs to the administration (which is about €42). www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/koste...
Kosten für Verwaltung sind viel höher als Einnahmen: Berlin macht Millionenverlust mit Anwohnerparkausweisen
Bei jedem neu ausgestellten Anwohnerparkausweis zahlt das Land drauf – und zwar immer mehr. Auch, weil der Preis seit 2008 nicht erhöht wurde. Bringt das angekündigte Parkkonzept der CDU bald die Wend...
www.tagesspiegel.de
October 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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NEW – IEA: Renewables have cut fossil-fuel imports for more than 100 countries | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @iea.org

Read here: buff.ly/moV7Tge
October 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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1/ Rund um den #Autogipfel wird wieder über Elektromobilität und das Verbrenner-Aus diskutiert. Hier kommen hier ein paar Fakten zum Stand der Dinge - und ein bisschen Meinung. 🧵
October 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Clean tech employment data are hard to estimate but crucial to understand.

Thanks to work by @prognos.com we include them in our Tracker tinyurl.com/bdm3e96n

👉 One stand-out message. The EU mid-2010s tariffs on solar panels hurt employment. Solar jobs are in installation not manufacturing.
October 6, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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EU annual coal imports are about 10x larger than the aggregate of the key critical raw materials tabled by Eurostat (on this nice page: ec.europa.eu/eurostat/sta...)
September 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM