In its monthly press review, the Federal Trust highlights some of the main events and developments of the preceding month across the European Union in the areas of ‘Monetary and Fiscal Policy’, ‘The Economy’, ‘Security and Defence’, ‘Technology and the Green New Deal’, ‘Politics’, ‘EU-UK Relations’ and ‘The EU Regulatory Agenda’.

Monetary and Fiscal Policy

EU borrowing—time to think of the generation after next
https://socialeurope.eu/eu-borrowing-time-to-think-of-the-generation-after-next

Inflation ideology: camp permanent or camp temporary?
https://www.bruegel.org/2021/12/inflation-ideology-camp-permanent-or-camp-temporary/

The Economy

Unpacking the US-EU-Japan trilateral partnership
https://www.global-counsel.com/insights/podcast/unpacking-us-eu-japan-trilateral-partnership

With geopolitics in mind, EU Commission presents new tool to deter trade wars
https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/with-geopolitics-in-mind-eu-commission-presents-new-tool-to-deter-trade-wars/

The Global Gateway: a real step towards a stronger Europe in the world?
https://www.bruegel.org/2021/12/the-global-gateway-a-real-step-towards-a-stronger-europe-in-the-world/

Security and defence

Germans send warship through South China Sea
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/germans-send-warship-through-south-china-sea-7kjwxcgm7

The Eastern Mediterranean: Calm before the Storm in a Core European Strategic Zone
https://www.egmontinstitute.be/the-eastern-mediterranean-calm-before-the-storm-in-a-core-european-strategic-zone/

Technology & Green New Deal

What is holding back artificial intelligence adoption in Europe?
https://www.bruegel.org/2021/11/what-is-holding-back-artificial-intelligence-adoption-in-europe/

EU Wants a Rail Renaissance to Help De-Carbonize Transport
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-14/eu-looks-to-a-rail-renaissance-to-help-de-carbonize-transport

EU Green Deal chief: West must resist ‘the dark side’
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-green-deal-frans-timmermans-climate-policy/

European Green Deal: Commission proposes to boost renovation and decarbonisation of buildings
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_6683

Politics

7 early signals from Olaf Scholz
https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-coronavirus-unvaccinate-economy-olaf-scholz/

Germany’s new coalition: changing gear on climate
https://socialeurope.eu/germanys-new-coalition-changing-gear-on-climate

French election permeates Macron’s EU presidency priorities
https://www.politico.eu/article/france-emmanuel-macron-elections-eu/

EU-UK relations

UK delays post-Brexit checks on goods entering Great Britain from Ireland
https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-delays-post-brexit-controls-goods-enter-great-britain-from-island-ireland/

Home Office sued by watchdog set up to protect post-Brexit rights of EU citizens
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/dec/14/home-office-sued-by-watchdog-set-up-to-protect-post-brexit-rights-of-eu-citizens

EU regulatory agenda

Addressing regulatory gaps in the booming platform economy : A look at the social and economic implications of the EU proposal on platform workers
https://www.egmontinstitute.be/addressing-regulatory-gaps-in-the-booming-platform-economy-a-look-at-the-social-and-economic-implications-of-the-eu-proposal-on-platform-workers/

Which platforms will be caught by the Digital Markets Act? The ‘gatekeeper’ dilemma
https://www.bruegel.org/2021/12/which-platforms-will-be-caught-by-the-digital-markets-act-the-gatekeeper-dilemma/