Tag: Europe

Industrial Policy: ‘Europe Can No Longer Afford the Inefficiency of a National Patchwork’

 and | 30 January 2026
Fiscal, Op-Eds | Tags: Competition, Decarbonization, Europe, Fiscal Space, Industrial Policy
Faced with American and Chinese competition, Europe must undertake a radical shift: move from a mosaic of national subsidies to a unified and more intelligent industrial policy, argue Patrick Lenain and Rens van Tilburg.  ... continue reading

The Energy Taxation Directive and the Clean Industrial Deal

 | 20 November 2025
Fiscal, Testimonies | Tags: Decarbonization, Energy, Europe, Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Thank you for the opportunity to speak today on the Energy Taxation Directive (ETD) and the Clean Industrial Deal (CID). I will start with brief remarks on the ETD and then turn to lessons the CID could draw from global experience with the use of ... continue reading