Rens van Tilburg
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Green finance and economics
key principles for establishing a European Future of Defence Architecture and a framework for its financing cepr.org/voxeu/column...
European defence governance and financing
In a context of shifting US commitments, external threats, and global competition over trade, technology, critical minerals, talent, and intellectual property, Europe’s lack of defence capabilities leaves it vulnerable to economic and foreign policy pressure. This column outlines key principles for establishing a European Future of Defence Architecture and a framework for its financing.
cepr.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
key principles for establishing a European Future of Defence Architecture and a framework for its financing cepr.org/voxeu/column...
The most important thing Europeans need is to panic. Europe is facing its own Deluge — a sudden pincer movement by hostile great powers that threatens to reduce it to a collection of small vassal states. www.noahpinion.blog/p/europe-is-...
Europe is under siege
Menaced by Russia and China, abandoned by America.
www.noahpinion.blog
December 8, 2025 at 7:40 AM
The most important thing Europeans need is to panic. Europe is facing its own Deluge — a sudden pincer movement by hostile great powers that threatens to reduce it to a collection of small vassal states. www.noahpinion.blog/p/europe-is-...
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The @ecb.europa.eu can help shield Europe from fossil fuel price shocks AND support the climate at the same time! 🌳📈
Through green refinancing operations (cheaper loans for banks funding green projects), both the economy and the climate can win.
🔗 Read WWF’s new study: tinyurl.com/4ezx9tva
Through green refinancing operations (cheaper loans for banks funding green projects), both the economy and the climate can win.
🔗 Read WWF’s new study: tinyurl.com/4ezx9tva
December 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Tata deal kost niet 'slechts' eenmalig 2 miljard, maar tot 2040 jaarlijkse nog eens 375 tot 580 miljoen euro esb.nu/tata-deal-tr...
Tata-deal trekt overheid in subsidiefuik van honderden miljoenen per jaar - ESB
Afgelopen september heeft minister Hermans een intentieverklaring met Tata Steel getekend. Daarin is een maximale subsidie van twee miljard euro toegezegd om de staalproductie te verduurzamen. In dez...
esb.nu
December 4, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Tata deal kost niet 'slechts' eenmalig 2 miljard, maar tot 2040 jaarlijkse nog eens 375 tot 580 miljoen euro esb.nu/tata-deal-tr...
Just this past weekend, Mr. Trump posted a lengthy social media message : I AM THE AFFORDABILITY PRESIDENT. TALK LOUDLY AND PROUDLY!”
December 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Just this past weekend, Mr. Trump posted a lengthy social media message : I AM THE AFFORDABILITY PRESIDENT. TALK LOUDLY AND PROUDLY!”
President Trump on the cost-of-living pains being felt by Americans, declaring that affordability “doesn’t mean anything to anybody” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Trump Calls Affordability a ‘Con Job’ as His Edge on the Economy Slips
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM
President Trump on the cost-of-living pains being felt by Americans, declaring that affordability “doesn’t mean anything to anybody” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Mark Sanders: Het is dan ook niet het einde van de mensheid, maar het einde van onze menselijkheid die mij het meest zorgen baart www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Opinie | Een nieuwe mens in een nieuwe wereld: zo moeten we omgaan met de klimaatcrisis
Klimaatcrisis: Hoe moeten we omgaan met de opwarming van de aarde? Die vraag legde oprichter van Beste-ID Jos Baijens aan honderd wetenschappers, ondernemers en andere denkers voor. NRC selecteerde ne...
www.nrc.nl
December 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Mark Sanders: Het is dan ook niet het einde van de mensheid, maar het einde van onze menselijkheid die mij het meest zorgen baart www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Something tells me this will only help to get this message across
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Something tells me this will only help to get this message across
Angstaanjagende blik in hoofd van de tech bazen open.spotify.com/episode/6giB...
The Gilded Rage of Tech Billionaires w/ Jacob Silverman
open.spotify.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Angstaanjagende blik in hoofd van de tech bazen open.spotify.com/episode/6giB...
Energy independence and competitiveness increasingly drive the EU energy transition: In 2024, solar photovoltaics (PV) were, on average, 41% cheaper than the lowest-cost fossil fuel alternatives, while onshore wind projects were 53% cheaper www.irena.org/News/pressre...
91% of New Renewable Projects Now Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels Alternatives
Renewables maintain their cost leadership in global power markets, IRENA’s new report on Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2024 confirms.
www.irena.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Energy independence and competitiveness increasingly drive the EU energy transition: In 2024, solar photovoltaics (PV) were, on average, 41% cheaper than the lowest-cost fossil fuel alternatives, while onshore wind projects were 53% cheaper www.irena.org/News/pressre...
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In the history of modern capitalism, decaying world hegemons have always turned into 'junior partners' of their rising challengers - the Dutch to the English, the English to the US - and Xi now basically suggests to Trump 'You cannot beat us, why not join us?'
November 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM
In the history of modern capitalism, decaying world hegemons have always turned into 'junior partners' of their rising challengers - the Dutch to the English, the English to the US - and Xi now basically suggests to Trump 'You cannot beat us, why not join us?'
Oh jee, moeten we weer kiezen?
October 31, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Oh jee, moeten we weer kiezen?
meanwhile in sudan www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieDx...
Yale report finds evidence of RSF mass killings in Sudan’s el-Fasher
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM
meanwhile in sudan www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieDx...
zeker een paadje, als @vvdonline.bsky.social inziet dat (radicale/veilige) groei niet kan zonder EU-aanpak
My take on the Dutch election result - kicker quote in a good piece by Barbara Moens on the road ahead.
It should be obvious after the events of the last few weeks that D66 managing to form a new, stable Dutch government is important for Europe's economy and strategic autonomy.
It should be obvious after the events of the last few weeks that D66 managing to form a new, stable Dutch government is important for Europe's economy and strategic autonomy.
October 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
zeker een paadje, als @vvdonline.bsky.social inziet dat (radicale/veilige) groei niet kan zonder EU-aanpak
Een uitermate stabiel land...
Maar vergis je niet. Kiezerswisselingen tussen partijen betekent niet dat de opvattingen van kiezers wezenlijk veranderen. Eerder NKO-onderzoek laat zien dat die opvallend stabiel zijn. Dominantie van culturele thema's en 'normalisering' uiterst rechts draagt bij aan rechtsere partijkeuze /8
October 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Een uitermate stabiel land...
stop subsidising energy-intensive production stages that actually should move to where cheaper clean energy sources are becoming available at scale www.bruegel.org/first-glance...
One year on from Draghi, where does EU energy policy stand?
Progress has been made on EU energy integration to underpin competitiveness, but much more remains to be done
www.bruegel.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
stop subsidising energy-intensive production stages that actually should move to where cheaper clean energy sources are becoming available at scale www.bruegel.org/first-glance...
The main measure has been the so-called Clean Industry State Aid Framework (CISAF). However, this carries the risk of fostering a subsidy race among EU member states, leading to single market fragmentation – the opposite of what Europe needs www.bruegel.org/first-glance...
Europe’s Clean Industrial Deal: four priorities to fulfil its promise
The Clean Industrial Deal presents an opportunity for Europe, but quick action is needed on four priorities to deliver its goals
www.bruegel.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The main measure has been the so-called Clean Industry State Aid Framework (CISAF). However, this carries the risk of fostering a subsidy race among EU member states, leading to single market fragmentation – the opposite of what Europe needs www.bruegel.org/first-glance...
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Great thread by Nils on our new paper.
Joint work - Germany, France and the other member-states can either do a coordinated demand push for EU built cars or descent into a chaos of regulatory roll-backs and bailouts.
It really is hang together or separately for European cars.
Joint work - Germany, France and the other member-states can either do a coordinated demand push for EU built cars or descent into a chaos of regulatory roll-backs and bailouts.
It really is hang together or separately for European cars.
The car crisis tops today’s EU summit but leaders keep staring at the wrong problem
The issue isn’t the 2035 engine ban - it’s demand falling off a cliff today
With @sandertordoir.bsky.social and @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social, we show why flipping regs won’t help - and what the EU can do instead.
The issue isn’t the 2035 engine ban - it’s demand falling off a cliff today
With @sandertordoir.bsky.social and @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social, we show why flipping regs won’t help - and what the EU can do instead.
October 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Great thread by Nils on our new paper.
Joint work - Germany, France and the other member-states can either do a coordinated demand push for EU built cars or descent into a chaos of regulatory roll-backs and bailouts.
It really is hang together or separately for European cars.
Joint work - Germany, France and the other member-states can either do a coordinated demand push for EU built cars or descent into a chaos of regulatory roll-backs and bailouts.
It really is hang together or separately for European cars.
Agree that EU response should be to stimulate its own electric cars, rather than protect its fossil ones as theindustry seems to demand
Germany laid the foundation for a Franco-German bargain by putting its EV subsidies back on - 5 to 12.
Berlin should copy Frances eco-bonus conditionality, filtering out Chinese cars from further subsidy
Then extend the logic to corporate car directive so Europe steers demand into premium cars too
Berlin should copy Frances eco-bonus conditionality, filtering out Chinese cars from further subsidy
Then extend the logic to corporate car directive so Europe steers demand into premium cars too
New paper out with a blueprint for a proper European industrial policy in the automotive sector.
The urgent issue is to offset geopolitical demand shocks - coordinated EV subsidies of the big four (FR FR ES IT) could cover 70% of the EU market.
Will tweet more later :)
The urgent issue is to offset geopolitical demand shocks - coordinated EV subsidies of the big four (FR FR ES IT) could cover 70% of the EU market.
Will tweet more later :)
October 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Agree that EU response should be to stimulate its own electric cars, rather than protect its fossil ones as theindustry seems to demand
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Germany laid the foundation for a Franco-German bargain by putting its EV subsidies back on - 5 to 12.
Berlin should copy Frances eco-bonus conditionality, filtering out Chinese cars from further subsidy
Then extend the logic to corporate car directive so Europe steers demand into premium cars too
Berlin should copy Frances eco-bonus conditionality, filtering out Chinese cars from further subsidy
Then extend the logic to corporate car directive so Europe steers demand into premium cars too
New paper out with a blueprint for a proper European industrial policy in the automotive sector.
The urgent issue is to offset geopolitical demand shocks - coordinated EV subsidies of the big four (FR FR ES IT) could cover 70% of the EU market.
Will tweet more later :)
The urgent issue is to offset geopolitical demand shocks - coordinated EV subsidies of the big four (FR FR ES IT) could cover 70% of the EU market.
Will tweet more later :)
In a new paper @nilsredeker.bsky.social, @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social & @sandertordoir.bsky.social propose co-ordinating consumer subsidies for EVs with a #buy-European clause, extending it to corporate fleets & signing reciprocal EV-subsidy agreements with EU allies.
Read here: buff.ly/qCCQdcG
Read here: buff.ly/qCCQdcG
October 23, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Germany laid the foundation for a Franco-German bargain by putting its EV subsidies back on - 5 to 12.
Berlin should copy Frances eco-bonus conditionality, filtering out Chinese cars from further subsidy
Then extend the logic to corporate car directive so Europe steers demand into premium cars too
Berlin should copy Frances eco-bonus conditionality, filtering out Chinese cars from further subsidy
Then extend the logic to corporate car directive so Europe steers demand into premium cars too
In the US investment is concentrated in a small number of large factories, ranging from $30 to $65 billion. In Europe, most spending occurs at the national level, projects are typically between €2 and €3 billion www.meetingrimini.org/en/turn-skep...
www.meetingrimini.org
October 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
In the US investment is concentrated in a small number of large factories, ranging from $30 to $65 billion. In Europe, most spending occurs at the national level, projects are typically between €2 and €3 billion www.meetingrimini.org/en/turn-skep...
"It is hard to argue that a deadline 10 years away is the driving factor behind Germany losing half of its net car exports in the last four years, There's clearly something else going on here, and that's China. So there needs to be an industrial and trade policy response." www.cer.eu/in-the-press...
www.cer.eu
October 17, 2025 at 7:04 AM
"It is hard to argue that a deadline 10 years away is the driving factor behind Germany losing half of its net car exports in the last four years, There's clearly something else going on here, and that's China. So there needs to be an industrial and trade policy response." www.cer.eu/in-the-press...
Volle bak bij presentatie boek van Thomas Bollen in Tivoli
October 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Volle bak bij presentatie boek van Thomas Bollen in Tivoli
Chinese officials have vigorously opposed European Union tariffs on electric vehicles from China, and some experts saw the export controls as a fresh expression of Beijing’s pique www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/b...
Cars to Fighter Jets: China’s New Export Curbs May Level a Heavy Blow Worldwide
www.nytimes.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Chinese officials have vigorously opposed European Union tariffs on electric vehicles from China, and some experts saw the export controls as a fresh expression of Beijing’s pique www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/b...
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Ik wacht op het CIDI dat gaat klagen over antisemitisme?
Het is dat ze geen watermeloen-button droegen, anders werd dit misschien wel antisemitisch genoemd.
October 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Ik wacht op het CIDI dat gaat klagen over antisemitisme?