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Germany's brief moment in the sun

Essay by Simon Tilford
27 June 2011

Four years ago, Germany was widely seen as the sick man of Europe, beset by weak economic growth, a fast-ageing population and a pervasive sense of angst about the future.
Financial regulation: Britain the perennial outlier?

Insight by Philip Whyte
20 June 2011

Back in 2007, when the Labour government had abolished the business cycle and the City of London was booming, British policy-makers liked to vaunt the merits of ‘light touch’ regulation.
Thorium: How to save Europe's nuclear revival

Policy brief by Stephen Tindale
15 June 2011

The EU should continue to support nuclear power. Existing technologies should generally be used. But thorium liquid fuel reactors – which cannot melt down – should be an exception.
Carbon capture and storage: EU advancing, but not fast enough

Report by Stephen Tindale
03 June 2011

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is an essential low-carbon bridge technology, to be used in the several decades it will take before Europe can be totally reliant on renewable energy.
Trio leadership: The need to liberalise the European defence market

Report by Clara Marina O'Donnell
03 June 2011

Over the last year, renewed defence spending cuts in many EU member-states have increased the need for closer EU defence co-operation. European governments have long acknowledged that significant savings could be gained through more common procurement in defence, joint logistics and common ownership of the most expensive military capabilities.
EU ministers tackle defence austerity

Insight by Tomas Valasek
01 June 2011

How do you do more with less? The EU defence ministers agreed last week that the way to limit the impact of the economic crisis on their defence budgets lies in more co-operation.
Issue 78 June/July 2011

27 May 2011
Eurozone debt crisis: To restructure or not?
By Philip Whyte
The politics of European justice
By Hugo Brady
Palestinian reconciliation is an opportunity for peace
By Clara Marina O'Donnell
Financial regulation: Will British euroscepticism collide with European populism?

Insight by Philip Whyte
21 May 2011

When EU finance ministers met in Brussels on 18 May, many observers expected sparks to fly. The reason? This was the first EU meeting that Britain’s newly-elected government would attend.