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Economic researchers from various countries have called on the EU to view the energy crisis following the Russian attack on Ukraine as a wake-up call and to strive for better cooperation in Europe. “Not only can switching to non-fossil energy sources reduce strategic dependency: if done correctly, it can also lower electricity prices and help the EU and its member states achieve their climate targets. Further integration of the European electricity markets and gas grids is essential in order to better balance out regional shortages,” they write in new EconPol Policy Report.

From the earliest announcement of the European Green Deal, the current EU political cycle has been defined by an unprecedented acceleration in the scale and pace of climate policy. Under difficult conditions that sometimes tested the ability to engage stakeholders, including various external shocks, the EU has put forward and largely passed an unprecedented legislative agenda, which was meant to have, and is having, deep impacts on the EU economy and society at large.

The European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition (ERCST) and EconPol Europe are pleased to invite you to the launch of their report on “Climate Change Policy Priorities in the Next EU Political Cycle”. This initiative is designed to identify and examine core issues and provide recommendations for EU Institutions in the development and implementation of climate change policies post-2024 EU elections.

Russia is circumventing sanctions to obtain Western goods primarily via the CIS countries in Central Asia and Turkey, according to a study by the ifo Institute on trade data for sanctioned goods. The study examined goods that are critical to the Russian economy or important for the military industry, such as vehicles and ball and roller bearings.

The first EconPol Newsletter of 2024 has just been published. This issue features a two Policy Reports on European defense spending in 2024 and the impact of sanctions on the Russian economy as well as a recently published Policy Brief on the supply chain strategies of German firms. We also report from our Breakfast Discussion on Geoeconomics at the Munich Security Conference 2024.