Future economic governance in the EU should combine two elements, the two authors from the think tank Centre for European Policy (cep) in Paris demand: a simplification of the Stability Pact via a spending rule and a permanent central investment capacity.
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The EU Medical Device Regulation (MDR) has been in force since May 2021. The aim of the MDR is to harmonize the requirements for medical devices throughout Europe and to increase safety. The MedTech industry fully shares this goal, says Marc Pierre Möll from the German Medical Technology Association (BVMed). However, the system is not yet practical.
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Rising inflation rates have rapidly become a global problem. But they don't seem to be hitting Asia. Carmen Reinhart, chief economist at the World Bank Group, and Clemens Graf von Luckner, economist at the World Bank, discuss the drivers and effects of inflation.
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The Trade and Technology Council (TTC) must address urgent problems in transatlantic cooperation. But this is only a test run for closer cooperation, and it must prove itself in very concrete fields, according to guest author Andrea G. Rodríguez.
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In addition to the climate crisis, species extinction also poses an existential threat to humans, and the conservation status of nature continues to deteriorate. Even before the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in May, the EU wants to launch a renaturation law. Jutta Paulus, MEP and environmental expert of the Green Party, calls for a shift from voluntary commitments to more politically binding measures.
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A quiet revolution is taking place in EU economic policy coordination: The new Recovery and Resilience Facility gives the Commission an edge and more leverage, according to Nils Redeker and Thu Nguyen.
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One of the main reasons for the market dominance of large technology companies is the fact that they are currently able to hide more detailed financial and operational information from regulatory scrutiny. To counteract this, a more proactive regulatory agenda is needed, as well as improved 10-K reporting, analyze Mariana Mazzucato and Ilan Strauss.
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The reform of the Common Agricultural Policy is anything but a success story, writes Martin Haeusling. Now it is up to the member states to implement a fairer and greener agricultural policy via their strategic plans. However, the Greens' CAP shadow rapporteur in the EU Parliament expects a race for the softest environmental requirements.
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Transport, climate protection, international security: No area of our society can do without technologies and platforms in space, writes Elodie Viau. At today's launch of the European Space Conference, she provides an insight into the work of ESA's Telecommunications Integrated Applications Directorate.
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The European Central Bank has been in hazardous waters for years, endangering its political independence and compromising on its goals, as Jürgen Stark, Thomas Mayer, and Gunther Schnabl write.
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