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📢 The @CER_EU appoints a new director: @anandMenon1 will succeed @CER_Grant as director, taking over at the start of 2027.
The EU faces its second gas-price shock in four years. Diversifying gas suppliers has not insulated it from global prices. The EU must reduce both #gas consumption and its influence on #electricity prices.
New @CER_EU insight by Elise Viadere
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“This summit is really about taking forward some negotiations that were launched at EU-UK summit in May 2025, so the agenda is quite modest, and even that is proving quite challenging to get over the line,” @CER_IanBond of the @CER_EU, told The Local.
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EU investment supports significant numbers of jobs in all US states. The stories behind these jobs can help the EU strengthen ties with US lawmakers in DC & in the states after the #midterms.
New @CER_EU insight by Armida van Rij & James Green
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Congressional and sub-national engagement can help blunt the impact of harmful policies and plant the seeds for constructive relations.
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@CER_EU propune o strategie de diplomație pe termen lung pentru Uniunea Europeană în SUA, axată pe contactele cu noii membri ai Congresului și coordonarea relațiilor cu statele americane.
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Uniunea Europeană ar trebui să lanseze imediat după alegerile americane din 3 noiembrie. Aceasta este recomandarea CER formulată într-o analiză publicată la 28 octombrie 2026 de Armida van Rij și James Green.
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The EU and European countries should use their consular network across the country more effectively to engage with US lawmakers and everyday Americans.
Read the full @CER_EU insight here by Armida van Rij and James Green
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Thank you to Sir Neil Crompton, British Ambassador to Ukraine for speaking at our discussion on 'Ukraine: Winter is coming' is London yesterday.
Selon une étude publiée en septembre par le @CER_EU, les places boursières de l'Union européenne ne représentent plus que 8% du volume mondial des introductions en Bourse, contre 32% en 2015.
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“If it’s a sizeable revaluation, of course it will [move the needle],” said @SanderTordoir, chief economist at the @CER_EU and co-author of a paper that reportedly helped convince Merz of the need to change tack on China.
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“Most models would suggest that a 10 per cent real effective exchange rate change shifts real net exports by 1.5 per cent of GDP on average,” he said.
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The #midterm elections will inject a host of new faces into the US Congress.
This provides an opportunity for the EU to proactively engage with new lawmakers’ positions on Europe & strengthen transatlantic relations.
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An analysis by @CER_IanBond of the @CER_EU notes that the current American administration does not share the European perception of the Russian threat and has sought to exclude Europeans from negotiations with the Kremlin.
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After the US #midterms, the EU and member-states should strengthen relationships with Congress, US states and the next generation of American leaders.
New @CER_EU insight by Armida van Rij and James Green
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Officials in Berlin say decision-makers were finally tipped over the edge by what the economists @Brad_Setser and @SanderTordoir have termed the “China shock 2.0”.
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In a paper for the @CER_EU think-tank, they argued that Germany more than any other western country was bearing the brunt of a vast surge of competition from Chinese exports as its own businesses were increasingly being shut out of the Chinese market.
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