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The EU Emissions Trading System – saving the climate or a Titanic in the making?
by Johannes Nitschke - 16 May 2012Expectations were high in Brussels climate policy circles that the Danes would use their Presidency of the EU to push for ambitious goals when it comes to renewable energy. After all, Denmark is known to be one of the biggest...
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The End of Northern Austerity
by Hans Kribbe - 11 May 2012Today François Hollande talks about leading Europe out of the era of austerity and into an era of growth.
Tomorrow he will need to explain what he means and, crucially, win the backing of his EU partners.
It is unlikely he’ll be able to.
Hollande wants...
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A Cloud over Brussels
by Beatrice Flammini - 02 May 2012Brussels is abuzz with talk of clouds. Be it the dark ones hanging over the Eurozone, or the disappearance of them, seemingly heralding the beginning of spring, or, more interestingly, the “computing cloud”.
It seems 2012 is “the year of the cloud” in...
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Is France on track to become a difficult partner for Europe?
by Bernard Volker - 23 April 2012The French voted yesterday to elect their tenth President of the Fifth Republic after a lacklustre campaign marked by the economic crisis and the rise of the “anti-Sarkozy” and “anti-Europe” camps.
And the results are not exactly what the polls had been...
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‘Made in France’ - a key presidential campaign topic or just political marketing?
by Stéphanie Meillier - 16 February 2012In the midst of an economic crisis heightened by a chilly outlook for the euro and further EU integration, the ‘Made in France’ label made a comeback at the start of our cold winter, as if to warm up the French ahead of the presidential campaign.
Highly publicised...