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Białowieża Forest: An unexpected venue for the Commission’s case against Poland0
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 02/12/2017
Poland has become the prime example of recurring nationalism in the midst of Europe, fueling frictions between EU lawmakers and national leaders. But besides the pending disputes over constitutional changes and migration laws, the European Court of Justice ruling on the Białowieża Forest can define the course for the future relationship.
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The answer to our most pressing environmental problems lies beneath our feet0
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 26/11/2017
Soil is our most underappreciated, undervalued and yet most essential natural resource. Adopting restorative soil practices plays a key role in tackling many of the major challenges humanity faces today; food insecurity, climate change and biodiversity conservation.
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Pan-European pension schemes – a way to close the pension gap0
- Op-ed, Social and Economic Policy
- 22/11/2017
The Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) is a Commission-led proposal to close the pension gap in a cost-effective way. Its benefits would eventually spread across multiple fronts: improving the sustainability of pension systems, strengthening the current fiscal and macroeconomic framework, unlocking long-term investment, and contributing to deeper economic integration.
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Why the Commission President is wrong to go wide but not deep0
- EU Governance and Politics, Op-ed
- 19/11/2017
In his annual address to the European Parliament, European Commission’s President Jean-Claude Juncker set out a blueprint for his final two years in office, covering a wide range of policy areas. On his call for deeper and more inclusive integration for all Member States, I say we are rolling the ball back to the starting point: the avant-garde option remains the only plausible route to closer political unity in the continent.
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Carbon Capture and Storage – another British blunder?0
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 05/11/2017
In 2012, the British Government opened Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Commercialisation competition with a budget of £1billion to support the UK’s first commercial scale CCS projects. However, with the unexpected withdrawal of the funding in 2015, Norway has since developed a strategy aimed at realising a full-scale CCS chain by 2022. Is this yet another British blunder?
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Brexit and the single market: Norway or No way0
- EU Governance and Politics, International Trade, Op-ed
- 24/10/2017
After recent declarations by Theresa May and David Davis, the UK’s conservative government seems to be convinced that a “hard” Brexit is the best option for the country. Discussions with the EU over the UK’s participation in the single market seem to have been halted and the Norwegian European model rejected. This is terrible news for UK trade and especially for the services sector which is the UK’s most important trading sector, with a trade surplus equating to 5% of the national income (about $138 billion).
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