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Updated @bruegel.org European gas import data for week 9, 2026
📊 download data: www.bruegel.org/dataset/euro...

🧩 [ONLINE EVENT] Is the global financial system fragmenting?
🗓️ 18 March 2026 15:00-16:00 CET

Join us for another event of Finance Focus series! @veron.bsky.social and Alfred Schipke will discuss shifts in the global financial system. #EconSky

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The case for a European Union digital enforcement authority The European Union's digital rulebook could be better enforced by delegating some of the European Commission's powers to an independent agency

💻️The case for a European Union digital enforcement authority🏣

The European Union's digital rulebook could be better enforced by delegating some of the European Commission's powers to an independent agency, argues @digitalmario.bsky.social

🔗Read the Policy Brief: buff.ly/5jw93UG #EconSky

🚆Hello Luxembourg!
📅18 March 2026 14:40-16:00

As part of Bruegel’s 20th anniversary celebrations, we are pleased to announce our next event “Can we save Europe?”, organised within the framework of the Journée de l'Économie in Luxembourg!

🔗 Check the programme: buff.ly/1C3SDSh

Reforming European defence procurement to boost military innovation and startups European defence procurement practices must evolve to embrace innovative startups and small firms, in order to meet modern battlefield needs

🪖Reforming European defence procurement to boost military innovation and startups

European defence procurement practices must evolve to embrace innovative startups and small firms, in order to meet modern battlefield needs.

🖋️Ethan Kapstein, Javier Ospital @guntramwolff.bsky.social #EconSky

‘Made with Europe’ not ‘Made in Europe’ should guide EU industrial policy The European Union should not go down the path of local-content requirements to protect industry but should remain open to international cooperation

In its final version, the proposed Industrial Accelerator Act has abandoned the pure "Made in Europe" approach, opening it up to third countries (what we like to call "Made with Europe"). This is a welcome step, aligning EU industrial and trade policies as it should

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❗Europe and the Iran war

❓️What does the conflict mean for inflation, oil prices, the economy and Ukraine?

@guntramwolff.bsky.social in conversation with host @rebeccawire.bsky.social, @eribakova.bsky.social & @tagliapietra.bsky.social.

Listen now: buff.ly/Tdad2bI
#EconSky

🔔 UPDATED: Global trade tracker

US trade balance in December 2025 shows a higher deficit compared to previous months. Its approximately -4.1% to GDP deficit is similar to the values observed in 2013-2019 and 2023-2024.

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🖋️ @zsoltdarvas.bsky.social & Marie-Sophie Lappe

‘Made with Europe’ not ‘Made in Europe’ should guide EU industrial policy The European Union should not go down the path of local-content requirements to protect industry but should remain open to international cooperation

Today, the European Commission presents its IAA. Ignacio Garcia Bercero, @bmcwilliams.bsky.social, @niclaspoitiers.bsky.social & @tagliapietra.bsky.social argue that ‘Made with Europe’ not ‘Made in Europe’ should guide EU industrial policy'.

Catch up by reading the First Glance:

🗺️ The making of a French battery belt: Battery manufacturing investment has been concentrating in the Hauts-de-France region.

Find out more about the geography of European clean tech and stay tuned for updates in our Bruegel European Clean Tech Tracker: european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org

🇫🇷 The making of a French battery belt in the Hauts-de-France region

Taiwanese firm ProLogium has just broken ground on a €5.2 billion solid-state battery manufacturing facility in Dunkirk

Two European companies, Verkor and ACC, operate €1 bn and €850 mln facilities nearby with plans to expand

🔔 UPDATED: Russian foreign trade tracker

📊 Partial update up to Jan 2026. Data for aggregate of 38 countries up to Dec 2025.
🔍️ Highlight: US sanctions taking effect for Indian mineral fuel imports

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🖊️ Madalena Barata Da Rocha, @zsoltdarvas.bsky.social Marie-Sophie Lappe #EconSky

❗ CALL FOR APPLICATIONS!⁠
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Bruegel is looking for:⁠
1️⃣ Research Assistants on all areas of economic research.⁠
2️⃣ a Research Assistant on Energy and Climate.⁠
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Deadline for applications: Sunday 8th March 2026, 23:59 CET

🔗 Apply here: www.bruegel.org/careers

Europe and the Iran war What does the conflict mean for inflation, oil prices, the economy and Ukraine?

🎙️ NEW PODCAST: Europe and the Iran war 🪖

@rebeccawire.bsky.social, @eribakova.bsky.social, @tagliapietra.bsky.social and @guntramwolff.bsky.social discuss what the conflict means for inflation, oil prices, the economy and Ukraine. #EconSky

🔗 Listen to the podcast: www.bruegel.org/podcast/euro...

🪖How will the Iran conflict hit European energy markets? 🛢️

Policymakers should plan for a potentially prolonged standoff in the Middle East, while doubling down – not backtracking – on the energy transition, argues @tagliapietra.bsky.social

🔗Read the First Glance: buff.ly/tV4SfXw

How will the Iran conflict hit European energy markets? Policymakers should plan for a potentially prolonged standoff in the Middle East, while doubling down – not backtracking – on the energy transition

NEW 🚨 How will the Iran conflict hit European energy markets? And how should we react? In this piece, I argue that EU policymakers should plan for a potentially prolonged standoff in the Middle East, while doubling down – not backtracking – on the energy transition.

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Holding the line on the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism Exempting fertilisers from CBAM would achieve little while risking climate progress

Six years of negotiations and within six weeks of implementation calls are out to dismantle CBAM, namely by removing fertilisers.

Agree with my colleagues that the Commission must resist this.

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This event is postponed until a later date due to force majeure

💥Where can Europe be independent?

🔊Margrethe Vestager in conversation with @rebeccawire.bsky.social and @dittebrasso.bsky.social

👂Listen to the podcast now: buff.ly/Q2ke8aK

📊 Chart of the week: EU nitrogen fertiliser prices

Exempting fertilisers from CBAM would achieve little while risking climate progress, argue @kclausing.bsky.social, Ignacio García Bercero, @mpereboom.bsky.social & @cwolfram.bsky.social

🔗Read the First Glance: buff.ly/HdgPdrT
#EconSky

International support to Ukraine is insufficient and declining After four years of war, the Western aid strategy to Ukraine must be rethought

International support to Ukraine is insufficient and declining⁠
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After four years of war, the Western aid strategy to Ukraine must be rethought, argues Marek Dabrowski.⁠
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🔗 Read the First Glance: www.bruegel.org/first-glance...
#EconSky

W/ Guntram Wolff, Stuart Cox, Nathalie Lhayani, @smerler.bsky.social, Carolin Nerlich and Philip Uschev.

From savings to sustainability: long-term investors and Europe’s green transition How can institutional investors drive Europe’s green energy shift?

🔴 LIVE NOW: From savings to sustainability: long-term investors and Europe’s green transition
🕘 13:00-14:00 CET

How can institutional investors drive Europe’s green energy shift?

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Explore our European Clean Tech tracker: european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org/s/RwxTVw

Holding the line on the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism Exempting fertilisers from CBAM would achieve little while risking climate progress

New piece out @bruegel.org with Ignacio García Bercero, @mpereboom.bsky.social, and @cwolfram.bsky.social.

In which we describe why exempting fertilizer from the EU's CBAM will do little to nothing for farmers, while weakening an important climate policy tool.

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❓How can India and the EU join forces to tackle global challenges
🗓️3 March 2026 09:15-10:30 (CET)
📽️ LIVESTREAM ONLY

Join the conversation with Suman Bery, Shyam Saran, @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu & @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social, jointly organised with India International Centre.

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💡 LIVE NOW: Upholding Europe’s sovereignty: strong defence, integrated markets and renewed growth
🔗 Watch here: buff.ly/XKn6FiF

This event is jointly organised with the @bmf-bund.de

Where can Europe be independent? Vestager and Brasso Sorensen discuss competitiveness, tech and the EU

❓Where can Europe be independent?

🎙️In this episode of The Sound of Economics, host @rebeccawire.bsky.social, Margrethe Vestager and @dittebrasso.bsky.social discuss competitiveness, tech and the EU

👂 Listen to the conversation now: buff.ly/Q2ke8aK

Holding the line on the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism Exempting fertilisers from CBAM would achieve little while risking climate progress

CBAM backsliding would provide only minimal price relief to farmers, while hurting the prospects of EU fertiliser producers, argue @kclausing.bsky.social, Ignacio García Bercero, @mpereboom.bsky.social & @cwolfram.bsky.social

🔗 buff.ly/HdgPdrT
#EconSky

Explore our European Clean Tech Tracker: european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org/s/RwxTVw