Pride and pettiness are often greater than pragmatism in elite relations.

(iii) she sounded rather hopeful that the Hamiltonian transition initiated in 2020 with NGEU would carry on in the next mandate with this clever expression “nécessité fait loi”.

I hate this genre of tweet because it frames lack of European growth as an intentional tradeoff for welfare instead of a recent macro policy failure, thereby excusing it

As if having a better subway network is the reason the German economy hasn’t grown in 5 years. Ridiculous

By insisting on a universal right to hold their conference wherever in the world they want, regardless of local wishes, the NatCon crowd are displaying the typical arrogance of liberal cosmopolitan 'anywheres' when faced with the laws and customs of particular cultures

Germany should really listen to what Draghi just said today.

The US thought that limiting the World Bank's loan growth was opening space for private market finance.

It actually ended up creating space for Chinese policy lending (which was China's main de facto form of reserve diversification)

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So a cheeky observation. Germany just doesn't issue enough debt to satisfy demand for core eurozone bonds.

So when someone starts screaming 'why is there no market discipline on France?' you can just tell them that the best fix may be...

...a higher German deficit.

There is now a bit of pushback against concerns about Chinese overcapacity. That is in part because the notion of overcapacity is itself poorly defined (capacity v domestic demand, v global demand or v the demand needed for decarbonization)

But there is a real issue imo

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Today we start a new inquiry into the development of certain wind parks in 🇪🇸, 🇬🇷, 🇫🇷 , 🇷🇴 & 🇧🇬.

We are concerned that certain wind manufacturers may benefit from unfair foreign subsidies.

Fair 🇪🇺💨 energy market is key for our #competitiveness .

Wow that quote has it all! The social dimension of technocratic self aggrendisement as a class, the psychological ease and comfort provided by taking that identity and to the resentment of politics pars pro toto for democracy and the fellow citizens. Amazing and reflection worthy

Unsere Sektion Zürich lädt ein: Wir diskutieren über die Europa-Initiative und die EU-Wirtschaftspolitik mit Sanija Ameti (@operationlibero) und János Allenbach-Ammann (@Table_Media_) 🇪🇺

📅 Do 11. April, 19:45
📍 Café Boy, Zürich

➡️ europa.ch/event/generalv…

#WirEuropäerInnen

How not to do #TechJournalism
Even if meant as a joke it‘s a dangerous combo of arrogance and ignorance to not dig into tech issues given the massive importance of this sector. Imagine the WSJ going, yeah the FED Chair said something about interest, but I‘m not interested

Exactly - US crisis response
policy has on balance been better than Europe’s in 2011-2013 and again today.

Antonio Angelucci, MP of the League, is about to buy AGI, the second largest Italian news agency

AGI is currently owned by ENI, the energy company controlled by the Ministry of Finance, led by Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti, deputy secretary of the League

#BelPaese

The EU Commission quite likes that new tool in its toolshed: Two more investigations based on the Foreign Subsidies Regulation.

The promise of feudal security: 'Surrender control over your digital life so that we, the wise, giant corporation, can ensure that you aren't tricked into catastrophic blunders that expose you to harm':

locusmag.com/2021/01/cory-d…

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IMF: Germany near the bottom in public investment...
Debt brake could be eased by around 1 percent of GDP while still allowing public debt to decline as a share of GDP.

Getting lonely for opponents of a reform.
bit.ly/49eHmv5

If you're having a bad IT day, bear in mind the dozens of Icelandic people accidentally signed up to run for president thanks to a tech glitch.

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Enrico Letta will join the College of Commissioners in two weeks to discuss his report. The Former Italian PM aims to land a high-level job in the next mandate, but what could that be? Based on some early indiscretions, he could be tasked with overseeing Ukraine's reconstruction.

À propos Stahl Gerlafingen: Vor knapp zwei Jahren hatten wir in einem Beitrag in der Republik vor der neuen Ausrichtung der EU-Handelspolitik gewarnt.

Der letzte Satz: « Es ist eine Frage der Zeit, bis die Schweiz dies zu spüren bekommt. » republik.ch/2022/05/03/die…