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Expert briefing
Publication date: 5 January 2024

Slovakia’s first EV battery plant aims to support the nascent EV industry and underlying supply chains. Foreign capital and technological innovations are key for Central European…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 21 September 2023

The policy, aimed at bolstering economic resilience and global competitiveness, and forging new national champions, sets Czechia apart from Hungary, Slovakia and Poland, the rest…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 4 October 2023

The plan includes investment in the skills needed for the transition from heavy industry to a greener, smarter and more electric future. Those skills are in short supply thanks to…

Executive summary
Publication date: 2 November 2023

FRANCE/CENTRAL ASIA: Macron aims to expand energy ties

Expert briefing
Publication date: 23 October 2023

The EU’s investigation into Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), due to suspicions of unfair subsidies and dumping practices, has raised trade-related concerns. An EU-China trade war…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 26 October 2023

Countries such as Poland, Romania and Hungary have attracted major investment into manufacturing. A new wave of foreign direct investment (FDI) could drive functional upgrading of…

Executive summary
Publication date: 31 May 2023

EASTERN EUROPE: Carmakers turn to electric vehicles

Expert briefing
Publication date: 28 April 2023

The ban, a centrepiece of the EU’s ambitious plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, requires carmakers in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland (the 'V4' countries…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 22 May 2023

Despite Beijing’s outreach to the region, Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries are disillusioned because of the absence of meaningful Chinese investment as well as due to…

Executive summary
Publication date: 10 May 2023

EASTERN EUROPE: Carmakers face Chinese competition

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