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De overgang van de ene valuta naar een andere is geen eenvoudig proces. Het vergt voorlichting, prijzen en systemen moeten worden aangepast, en er moeten nieuwe munten en bankbiljetten komen. En dat is nog lang niet alles. Hoe zou een euro-exit eruit zien voor landen met een sterke of juist een zwakke economie?
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The European Commission “Recommendation on Energy Storage” provides the strongest push for the deployment of energy storage until now. It contains concrete recommendations to help facilitate the fast and broad deployment of energy storage.
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The drop in energy prices has greatly improved Spain’s economic outlook. Government support measures and the European pandemic recovery fund will also support domestic demand. Yet the economy continues to suffer from high inflation and significantly interest rates.
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The eurozone economy benefits from the fall in energy prices, generous government subsidies and high job security. Yet inflation continues to be high and we foresee interest rates to stay elevated for longer, which hurts private demand.
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The European offshore wind supply chain faces different challenges that could hamper the EU and its member states’ efforts to reach their offshore wind targets. The European wind industry, particularly turbine manufacturers, are struggling due to slow permitting, increased cost inflation of raw materials and logistics, dependency on imports of raw materials, growing demand for larger turbines, and competition from China.
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The eurozone labor market, post-pandemic, is coming off the boil. But labor shortages are likely to persist for some time to come, allowing workers to exert their newfound bargaining powers at the micro level to press for higher wages.
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Europa werkt te weinig aan strategische autonomie. Wij laten zien dat de economische gevolgen van een vergaande de-industrialisatie van Europa fors zijn, groter dan volgens traditionele modellen. Strategisch beleid op Europees niveau is cruciaal.
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The UK is still working, producing and consuming less than it did in late-2019, yet still bumps up against capacity constraints. The weakness on the supply side of the British economy is an urgent concern that caps growth and adds to inflation.
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Using a satellite model, we analyze the economic impact of European deindustrialization and find substantial adverse effects on the exchange rate, GDP, and unemployment.
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The current EU offshore wind energy target for 2030 is 60 GW. However, the individual member states are more ambitious, with the sum of their national offshore wind energy targets currently at 107 GW, by far outweighing the EU target.
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The passenger electric vehicle car is taking off in the EU thanks to extensive decarbonization policies. We analyze the role of GDP per capita, available charging infrastructure, and governmental incentives in achieving the EU 2030 targets.
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The establishment of a loss and damage compensation could no longer be delayed. Factors impeding progress were overcome. COP27 agreed on a new loss and damage fund.
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Human well-being, our economies, and the ability to reach our climate goals are heavily dependent on biodiversity. Yet, economic activities continue to cause massive damage to nature. The UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s 15th conference, COP15, presents a timely opportunity to set targets to reverse the global loss of biodiversity and ecosystems as part of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.
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Italy’s new government has the thankless task to balance fiscal support amid the energy crisis and keeping public finances in check. Unless energy prices and bond yields come down significantly, debt affordability challenges could materialise soon.
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Over the past 18 months, the Eurozone has witnessed the sharpest rise in inflation since its inception. But the inflation wave also stands out from a longer, post-World War II perspective. What has received less attention, though, is the huge variation in inflation rates across member states.
