Budgetary discipline is central to the stability of the euro and the financial and macroeconomic stability of the EU. The EU Commission's draft for reforming the EU's economic governance framework should actually be a coherent set of rules for this. However, the Commission's new proposals unfortunately fall well short of expectations.
By Experts Table.Briefings
A year of war in Ukraine has destroyed the country's nature. Ruslan Hrechanyk, Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine, talks in an interview with Claire Stam about the ecological consequences of the war, financial burdens and legal consequences.
By Claire Stam
Never before has the West imposed such comprehensive sanctions on a country as on Russia – and yet the regime has major loopholes. The EU and its allies now want to focus more on the military sector and increase pressure on states and companies that undermine the punitive measures.
By Till Hoppe
The gas crisis seems to be over for the time being. But whether the easing of tensions will last depends on many conditions. The most important variable: Will the lower prices be enough for industrial production in the EU to pick up again? British researchers, meanwhile, consider China's influence to be surprisingly small.
By Manuel Berkel
