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UK freeports agenda may disappoint

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UNITED KINGDOM

The government vows that freeports will represent “hubs of enterprise which will allow places to carry out business inside a country’s land border but where different customs…

EU-brokered Kosovo-Serbia deal will take time

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KOSOVO/SERBIA

Following tensions in late 2022, Belgrade and Prishtina have moved step-by-step toward a settlement. In late February Kurti and Vucic accepted an EU proposal which may lead to de…

German election could focus less on migration

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GERMANY

GERMANY: Election could focus less on migration

Germany will seek to expand its digital capacities

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GERMANY

Germany’s digital policy.

EU green ambitions are strongly reflected in budget

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EU

Overall, some 30% of the budget will involve climate-related spending. One of the key reforms concerns the EU’s own resources mechanism to finance spending, with plans to…

Brexit will bring instability to Northern Ireland

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UK/IRELAND

The collapse of Northern Ireland's power-sharing executive on January 16, coupled with the prospect of a policed border after Brexit (for the first time since 2005), removes two…

Extensive ECB response will reduce depth of recession

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INTERNATIONAL

Far from being nonplussed by Germany’s Constitutional Court ruling of May 5 that the ECB’s Public Sector Purchase Programme (PSPP) may be illegal, it doubled the programme on June…

Belgium likely to focus on green and tax policies

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BELGIUM

Belgium's elections.

Slow productivity will weigh on UK economy

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UNITED KINGDOM

This is the result of low levels of private and public investment, deficiencies in skills and training, and contractionary fiscal policy. The government is intent on addressing…

EU Green Deal will involve greater state regulation

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EU

European Green Deal.