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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
📊 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.
🔍 buff.ly/8IdSm6n
#EconSky
February 6, 2026 at 9:01 AM
🚆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
💰 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
🔔 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
#EconSky
February 4, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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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
🚆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 3, 2026 at 12:00 PM
💲 In 2025, the US hiked its tariffs. What happened next?

📊 Examine the repercussions of the US' tariffs for goods-trade flows between major economies with Bruegel's new Dataset, compiled by @zsoltdarvas.bsky.social and Marie-Sophie Lappe.

🔗 buff.ly/8IdSm6n
#EconSky
February 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM
📣 LAST CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

🎤 Looking for experience in events and communications? Join Bruegel's Communications team as our newest Events and Communications Intern!

💡 Interested? Apply here: buff.ly/zgIvoQs
February 2, 2026 at 4:31 PM
⬆️ Defining the new strategic direction for European Union trade policy

After a turbulent January of trade-developments, what lessons must the EU take to inform its approach to trade?

💡 Read the First Glance by Ignacio Garcia Bercero
🔗 buff.ly/Ak3S2Ci
February 2, 2026 at 3:07 PM
📈 European and Chinese exports kept growing despite the 2025 Trump trade shock

💡 Using data from their NEW dataset, @zsoltdarvas.bsky.social and Marie-Sophie Lappe examine global trade adjustments to US tariff hikes.

🔍 Analysis: buff.ly/aK8KdLH
📊 NEW dataset: buff.ly/8IdSm6n
#EconSky
February 2, 2026 at 8:00 AM
🎙️ All about CBAM, the cross-border carbon levy ⚡

The EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism is live! What happens next? #EconSky

🔊 Ignacio Garcia Bercero in conversation with @rebeccawire.bsky.social and @bmcwilliams.bsky.social

👂Listen to the podcast:
All about CBAM, the cross-border carbon levy
The EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism is live! What happens next?
buff.ly
February 1, 2026 at 12:01 PM
📼 Events of the week!

Miss them live? Catch up on this week's public events! All recordings are available on Bruegel's site (links below).
January 31, 2026 at 12:00 PM
📊 Chart of the week: Share of zombie firms, percent

🔴 How will ‘involution’ in #China end?

🖋️ Read the working paper by @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social and Jianwei Xu
🔗 buff.ly/KrYzxWe
#EconSky
January 30, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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🚨 Upcoming public event

Join us as we celebrate @bruegel.org 's 20th anniversary with a high-level conference on “Security in Europe: how will it affect growth and competitiveness?”

📍11 Feb, 2.30pm

Register at: www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...
LSE European Institute Events
2.30pm Wednesday 11 February | Registration Required | Free hybrid public event at the LSE
www.lse.ac.uk
January 29, 2026 at 2:16 PM
🎬 Bruegel movie night: Jean Monnet, l'aventurier de l'Europe
🗓️3 February 2026 18:00-20:00

Documentary screening of "Jean Monnet, l'aventurier de l'Europe". W/ Jean-Marc Lieberherr, @veron.bsky.social & @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social

THIS IS EVENT IS FOR SELECT INVITEES ONLY

🔗 Info: buff.ly/zzbPnJt
January 29, 2026 at 12:00 PM
📣 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

🎤 Looking for experience in events and communications? Join Bruegel's Communications team as our newest Events and Communications Intern!

💡 Interested? Apply here: buff.ly/My2vAXL
January 29, 2026 at 9:01 AM
🔴 LIVE NOW: The Future of AI in Europe
🕔 17:00-18:15 CET

Join us for this event which will discuss how Europe can implement AI in a way that maximizes economic and societal benefits.

🔗 Watch live: buff.ly/46Uotv6
January 28, 2026 at 4:17 PM
💢 Growth without profits: how will ‘involution’ in #China end?

Will China's efforts to address the problems of its involution strategy go far enough, or will unproductive 'zombie firms' cling to survival?

📑 Read the paper by @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social and Jianwei Xu
🔗 buff.ly/KrYzxWe
#EconSky
January 28, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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Earlier this month, the EUs carbon border adjustment mechanism finally began full operations. With @rebeccawire.bsky.social and Ignacio Garcia Bercero @bruegel.org we discussed what that means.

When will companies start paying? Who will be hit the hardest?

www.bruegel.org/podcast/all-...
All about CBAM, the cross-border carbon levy
The EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism is live! What happens next?
www.bruegel.org
January 28, 2026 at 2:00 PM
⚡All about CBAM, the cross-border carbon levy

🗣️ In this episode of The Sound of Economics @rebeccawire.bsky.social, Ignacio Garcia Bercero & @bmcwilliams.bsky.social discuss the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism and what comes next.

👂Listen to the conversation:
All about CBAM, the cross-border carbon levy
The EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism is live! What happens next?
buff.ly
January 28, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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☀️ Good news! Renewables keep pushing fossil fuels out of the EU electricity mix.

In 2025, wind and solar power was 291 TWh higher than in 2021. The fossil fuel share went down by 257 TWh.

You can explore the data in our Bruegel European Clean Tech Tracker: european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org
January 27, 2026 at 3:15 PM