Elisabetta Cornago
@elisabettaco.bsky.social
Economist. Assistant director at the Centre for European Reform, Brussels. Working on EU climate & energy policy. Previously OECD, IEA, Université Libre de Bruxelles.
How has the far right in the European Parliament impacted EU climate policy so far? great work by my colleague @zecsaky.bsky.social
The main finding is that the increased far right presence in the EP is starting to impact policy. But it's happening primarily through influencing the mainstream, that is, the EPP. For more, read the paper here: www.cer.eu/insights/far...
The far right’s impact on the EU’s climate agenda
The far right is stronger than ever in the European Parliament. And climate policy has become a testing ground for its influence.
www.cer.eu
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
How has the far right in the European Parliament impacted EU climate policy so far? great work by my colleague @zecsaky.bsky.social
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We talk so much about the rise of the far right -- it's time to look at how that is translating into policy change. That's what I did in this insight, focusing on climate policy and the green agenda 👇
The #farright has often voted with the majority on #climate. This, however, does not mean that it voted in favour of climate-friendly policies – rather the opposite.
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @zecsaky.bsky.social
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New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @zecsaky.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/7rqeFaO
November 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
We talk so much about the rise of the far right -- it's time to look at how that is translating into policy change. That's what I did in this insight, focusing on climate policy and the green agenda 👇
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It's been a rough year for European trade policy. The deal with the US, disputes with China and an overall sense of a worsening economic climate. My latest piece tries to draw out some lessons for Europe www.cer.eu/insights/thr...
Three hard lessons for European trade
Global trade policy is now dominated by great power politics, putting Europe under pressure. The EU will have to accommodate the US, confront China and derisk from both.
www.cer.eu
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
It's been a rough year for European trade policy. The deal with the US, disputes with China and an overall sense of a worsening economic climate. My latest piece tries to draw out some lessons for Europe www.cer.eu/insights/thr...
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Taking a look at EU enlargement reports, rule of law & democracy still remains an area where candidates are lagging. I made this chart last year to show how prepared each country is based on the reports' assessments... www.cer.eu/insights/enl...
November 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Taking a look at EU enlargement reports, rule of law & democracy still remains an area where candidates are lagging. I made this chart last year to show how prepared each country is based on the reports' assessments... www.cer.eu/insights/enl...
The sun is shining in Brussels on this enlargement day! ☀️🗒️The Commission is presenting today enlargement progress reports on EU candidate countries. A good occasion for a thread on my recent work on the implications of enlargement on EU climate and energy agenda:
November 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The sun is shining in Brussels on this enlargement day! ☀️🗒️The Commission is presenting today enlargement progress reports on EU candidate countries. A good occasion for a thread on my recent work on the implications of enlargement on EU climate and energy agenda:
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Does the rise of populism have economic roots, and more protectionist and anti-immigration policies help? Quick thread on my latest piece here
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October 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Does the rise of populism have economic roots, and more protectionist and anti-immigration policies help? Quick thread on my latest piece here
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Lack of market integration and poor interconnections mean that #electricity prices vary wildly in the EU.
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social policy brief by @aslak.bsky.social, @elisabettaco.bsky.social, @zach-meyers.bsky.social & @sandertordoir.bsky.social
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New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social policy brief by @aslak.bsky.social, @elisabettaco.bsky.social, @zach-meyers.bsky.social & @sandertordoir.bsky.social
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October 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Lack of market integration and poor interconnections mean that #electricity prices vary wildly in the EU.
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social policy brief by @aslak.bsky.social, @elisabettaco.bsky.social, @zach-meyers.bsky.social & @sandertordoir.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/Rb9hOiI
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social policy brief by @aslak.bsky.social, @elisabettaco.bsky.social, @zach-meyers.bsky.social & @sandertordoir.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/Rb9hOiI
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As it prepares for another wave of enlargement, bringing in candidate countries from the Western Balkans and Eastern Europe, Brussels faces a critical challenge: how to expand while maintaining its climate ambitions, writes @elisabettaco.bsky.social for @encompasseurope.bsky.social
Europe’s climate future calls for smart enlargement
As it prepares for another wave of enlargement, bringing in candidate countries from the Western Balkans and Eastern Europe, Brussels faces a critical challenge: how to expand while…
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October 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
As it prepares for another wave of enlargement, bringing in candidate countries from the Western Balkans and Eastern Europe, Brussels faces a critical challenge: how to expand while maintaining its climate ambitions, writes @elisabettaco.bsky.social for @encompasseurope.bsky.social
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#Czechia’s elections mark a populist shift, but Babiš now faces a hard path to form a government. The further he’s pulled to the right, the greater the risk of EU fragmentation.
Quick @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social reaction from @zecsaky.bsky.social
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Quick @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social reaction from @zecsaky.bsky.social
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CER quick reaction: The Czech elections
Czechia’s elections mark a populist shift, but Babiš faces a hard path to form a government. The further he’s pulled to the right, the greater the risk of EU fragmentation.
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October 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
#Czechia’s elections mark a populist shift, but Babiš now faces a hard path to form a government. The further he’s pulled to the right, the greater the risk of EU fragmentation.
Quick @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social reaction from @zecsaky.bsky.social
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The US is pursuing "energy dominance" and forcing allies to buy US oil and gas. And, yet, China is beating the US on energy exports.
Surprised? Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Surprised? Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
October 6, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The US is pursuing "energy dominance" and forcing allies to buy US oil and gas. And, yet, China is beating the US on energy exports.
Surprised? Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Surprised? Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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@aslak.bsky.social, @elisabettaco.bsky.social and @sandertordoir.bsky.social discuss where the EU stands one year after the landmark #Draghi report in the latest #CERpodcast.
Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/OQj4J9S
Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/OQj4J9S
September 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
@aslak.bsky.social, @elisabettaco.bsky.social and @sandertordoir.bsky.social discuss where the EU stands one year after the landmark #Draghi report in the latest #CERpodcast.
Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/OQj4J9S
Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/OQj4J9S
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📅 JOIN US - 29/9/25 - Brussels: @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social/ Kreab breakfast on 'The European agrifood sector: Sustainability, competitiveness and global trade' with @christophehansen.bsky.social
Email: [email protected] for info and registration
Email: [email protected] for info and registration
September 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
📅 JOIN US - 29/9/25 - Brussels: @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social/ Kreab breakfast on 'The European agrifood sector: Sustainability, competitiveness and global trade' with @christophehansen.bsky.social
Email: [email protected] for info and registration
Email: [email protected] for info and registration
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🎙️ Where does the EU stand one year after the #Draghi report?
@aslak.bsky.social, @elisabettaco.bsky.social and @sandertordoir.bsky.social discussed this and much more on the latest episode of the #CERpodcast.🎙️
Listen here:
@aslak.bsky.social, @elisabettaco.bsky.social and @sandertordoir.bsky.social discussed this and much more on the latest episode of the #CERpodcast.🎙️
Listen here:
CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: One year after the Draghi report
Aslak Berg, Elisabetta Cornago and Sander Tordoir discuss where the EU stands one year after the landmark Draghi report.
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September 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🎙️ Where does the EU stand one year after the #Draghi report?
@aslak.bsky.social, @elisabettaco.bsky.social and @sandertordoir.bsky.social discussed this and much more on the latest episode of the #CERpodcast.🎙️
Listen here:
@aslak.bsky.social, @elisabettaco.bsky.social and @sandertordoir.bsky.social discussed this and much more on the latest episode of the #CERpodcast.🎙️
Listen here:
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@centreeuropeanref.bsky.social is looking for a technology fellow to join its research team.
Please see the #job description and details on how to apply below 👇
LAST WEEK for applications - deadline 19/09/25
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Please see the #job description and details on how to apply below 👇
LAST WEEK for applications - deadline 19/09/25
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September 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
@centreeuropeanref.bsky.social is looking for a technology fellow to join its research team.
Please see the #job description and details on how to apply below 👇
LAST WEEK for applications - deadline 19/09/25
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Please see the #job description and details on how to apply below 👇
LAST WEEK for applications - deadline 19/09/25
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It was a pleasure to dissect the energy and climate bits in Ursula von der Leyen's State of the EU speech with @kirataylor.bsky.social.
My main points 🧵
My main points 🧵
❗ Amid a tense geopolitical and trade situation, climate and energy took a less prominent role in the State of the EU than previously. But there were still concrete pointers and hints as to what to expect. Elisabetta Cornago joined me on The Jolt to dig into them
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Climate and energy overshadowed in State of the EU address
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira looks at what yesterday’s State of the European Union speech reveals about the future of EU climate and energy policy, plus new statistics on solar in Central Euro...
foresightmedia.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
It was a pleasure to dissect the energy and climate bits in Ursula von der Leyen's State of the EU speech with @kirataylor.bsky.social.
My main points 🧵
My main points 🧵
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The EU long championed the idea of "responsibility to protect": that bystander countries should act to prevent atrocities such as genocide happening elsewhere.
It instructed its diplomats on what to watch for and what to do.
So what went wrong?
My piece:
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
It instructed its diplomats on what to watch for and what to do.
So what went wrong?
My piece:
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
Why is EU deadlocked on Israeli sanctions over Gaza?
A group of former EU ambassadors and senior staff have begun pressuring member states to take national action
www.irishtimes.com
September 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The EU long championed the idea of "responsibility to protect": that bystander countries should act to prevent atrocities such as genocide happening elsewhere.
It instructed its diplomats on what to watch for and what to do.
So what went wrong?
My piece:
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
It instructed its diplomats on what to watch for and what to do.
So what went wrong?
My piece:
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
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A great opportunity to join our excellent team. If you've come back from your summer holidays feeling that you want a new challenge, this job at @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social could be just what you're looking for.
@centreeuropeanref.bsky.social is looking for a technology fellow to join its research team.
Please see the #job description and details on how to apply below 👇
Deadline for applications 19/09/25
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Please see the #job description and details on how to apply below 👇
Deadline for applications 19/09/25
buff.ly/jGjPGCY
August 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
A great opportunity to join our excellent team. If you've come back from your summer holidays feeling that you want a new challenge, this job at @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social could be just what you're looking for.
"In 1st-best world of free trade and market competition, the dynamism of the US approach should win every time. In the current 2nd-best world of protectionism and economic statecraft, China’s planned approach still carries significant costs, but the benefits are also easier to discern."
China Came Ready for This Trade Fight, and the US Has a Lot to Learn
US dynamism gave it an edge in a free-trade world, but China has spent decades planning for the new reality.
www.bloomberg.com
August 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"In 1st-best world of free trade and market competition, the dynamism of the US approach should win every time. In the current 2nd-best world of protectionism and economic statecraft, China’s planned approach still carries significant costs, but the benefits are also easier to discern."
Great article: "the fires we’re seeing are the result of decades of rural exodus and the absence of forest management". And: "Prevention ... means creating diverse landscapes, felling trees to create fire breaks, and developing a rural policy that ensures farmers and shepherds can make a living."
Hot take: The catastrophic wildfires in Spain and Portugal are less a symbol of climate change and more a sign that governments are failing to invest in prevention.
www.politico.eu/article/wild...
www.politico.eu/article/wild...
Wildfires are preventable. So why does the Iberian Peninsula keep burning?
Governments can’t use climate change as an excuse for failing to take preventive measures, scientists say.
www.politico.eu
August 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Great article: "the fires we’re seeing are the result of decades of rural exodus and the absence of forest management". And: "Prevention ... means creating diverse landscapes, felling trees to create fire breaks, and developing a rural policy that ensures farmers and shepherds can make a living."
It seems that in MAGA America, some clean techs - linear generators, geothermal energy, fuel cells, nuclear power - are more appealing than others: "A new wave of clean-energy innovation is building. Donald Trump’s attacks on wind and solar will not stop it" www.economist.com/business/202...
A new wave of clean-energy innovation is building
Donald Trump’s attacks on wind and solar will not stop it
www.economist.com
August 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It seems that in MAGA America, some clean techs - linear generators, geothermal energy, fuel cells, nuclear power - are more appealing than others: "A new wave of clean-energy innovation is building. Donald Trump’s attacks on wind and solar will not stop it" www.economist.com/business/202...
The CER economics team is hiring a tech expert.
If you EU tech policy is your bread and butter, and you want to shape the debate from a leading European think tank, apply and join us!
Deadline: September 19.
If you EU tech policy is your bread and butter, and you want to shape the debate from a leading European think tank, apply and join us!
Deadline: September 19.
@centreeuropeanref.bsky.social is looking for a technology fellow to join its research team.
Please see the #job description and details on how to apply below 👇
Deadline for applications 19/09/25
buff.ly/jGjPGCY
Please see the #job description and details on how to apply below 👇
Deadline for applications 19/09/25
buff.ly/jGjPGCY
August 12, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The CER economics team is hiring a tech expert.
If you EU tech policy is your bread and butter, and you want to shape the debate from a leading European think tank, apply and join us!
Deadline: September 19.
If you EU tech policy is your bread and butter, and you want to shape the debate from a leading European think tank, apply and join us!
Deadline: September 19.
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Since 1990, carbon intensity of industry in EU candidate countries has come down, but in 2022 it remains well above the EU-27 average in most candidate countries.
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @elisabettaco.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/Y8tFQy9
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @elisabettaco.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/Y8tFQy9
July 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Since 1990, carbon intensity of industry in EU candidate countries has come down, but in 2022 it remains well above the EU-27 average in most candidate countries.
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @elisabettaco.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/Y8tFQy9
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @elisabettaco.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/Y8tFQy9
Great story from Nepal electrifying its car fleet. Also file under: Chinese EVs as a source of geopolitical might. The Country Where 76% of Cars Sold Are Electric www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/b...
The Country Where 76% of Cars Sold Are Electric
www.nytimes.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Great story from Nepal electrifying its car fleet. Also file under: Chinese EVs as a source of geopolitical might. The Country Where 76% of Cars Sold Are Electric www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/b...
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Coal-reliant power generation makes the power industry the main source of greenhouse gas emissions in the vast majority of EU candidate countries.
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @elisabettaco.bsky.social
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New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @elisabettaco.bsky.social
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July 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Coal-reliant power generation makes the power industry the main source of greenhouse gas emissions in the vast majority of EU candidate countries.
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @elisabettaco.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/Y8tFQy9
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @elisabettaco.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/Y8tFQy9
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Implementing a gradually increasing national or regional carbon price in candidate countries would be a stepping stone towards joining the EU #ETS.
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @elisabettaco.bsky.social
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New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @elisabettaco.bsky.social
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July 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Implementing a gradually increasing national or regional carbon price in candidate countries would be a stepping stone towards joining the EU #ETS.
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @elisabettaco.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/Y8tFQy9
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @elisabettaco.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/Y8tFQy9