European governments expand fuel subsidies
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European governments expanded fuel and other subsidies and debated an EU windfall tax and large spending plans to counter rising fuel prices and weakening growth, though many resisted.
2/3 We argue that Europe should prioritize reforms with high payoffs and lower political barriers. Where gains are small and opposition strong, leaving policy at the national level can make sense.
#Europe2050
#Europe2050
September 21, 2026 at 2:15 PM
2/3 We argue that Europe should prioritize reforms with high payoffs and lower political barriers. Where gains are small and opposition strong, leaving policy at the national level can make sense.
#Europe2050
#Europe2050
Reposted by Julia Lynch, Brigitte Nerlich, Roger Luckhurst
Lots of talk of growth ahead of the Budget, as if it were a baroque puzzle. Our problem is basic. It's that we no longer support the things which facilitate growth: Europe, immigration, higher education, tax simplification, policy stability. These are all choices and could stop making them anytime.
September 21, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Lots of talk of growth ahead of the Budget, as if it were a baroque puzzle. Our problem is basic. It's that we no longer support the things which facilitate growth: Europe, immigration, higher education, tax simplification, policy stability. These are all choices and could stop making them anytime.
by Andrew Watt
Update:
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I urge you to read @erikfossingnielsen.bsky.social latest, which analyses in detail the risks to Europe from US fiscal incontinence addressed in the column 👆 .
He advocates capital controls, which would be a corollary to establishing an EU treasury market.
substack.com/inbox/post/2...
I urge you to read @erikfossingnielsen.bsky.social latest, which analyses in detail the risks to Europe from US fiscal incontinence addressed in the column 👆 .
He advocates capital controls, which would be a corollary to establishing an EU treasury market.
Europe should stop financing the American house of cards.
Europe should stop financing the unsustainable US budget and overextended oligopolistic private sector. The money should be invested in Europe instead.
substack.com
September 21, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Update:
substack.com/inbox/post/2...
I urge you to read @erikfossingnielsen.bsky.social latest, which analyses in detail the risks to Europe from US fiscal incontinence addressed in the column 👆 .
He advocates capital controls, which would be a corollary to establishing an EU treasury market.
substack.com/inbox/post/2...
I urge you to read @erikfossingnielsen.bsky.social latest, which analyses in detail the risks to Europe from US fiscal incontinence addressed in the column 👆 .
He advocates capital controls, which would be a corollary to establishing an EU treasury market.
Reposted by Peter Thorne
The €1bn spent on fossil fuel sinces April would have put 8kw battery & solar on 100,000 homes buying them energy freedom for 20+ years.
The €1bn+ that will be spent over the next few months would bring that to 250,000 homes.
What we lack is will and vision
The €1bn+ that will be spent over the next few months would bring that to 250,000 homes.
What we lack is will and vision
September 21, 2026 at 4:43 PM
The €1bn spent on fossil fuel sinces April would have put 8kw battery & solar on 100,000 homes buying them energy freedom for 20+ years.
The €1bn+ that will be spent over the next few months would bring that to 250,000 homes.
What we lack is will and vision
The €1bn+ that will be spent over the next few months would bring that to 250,000 homes.
What we lack is will and vision
by Mel Bartley
Even worse is that in parts of USA there were dense networks of light rail which the fossil fuel, car & rubber companies conspired to shut down.
it's awesome that we built our entire economy around a million roads and highways and now diesel is becoming extremely expensive. not prioritizing trains or renewable energy for the past few decades is awesome and rules actually. the american century of humiliation is only beginning
September 21, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Even worse is that in parts of USA there were dense networks of light rail which the fossil fuel, car & rubber companies conspired to shut down.
🏭 Aim hydrogen subsidies at hubs
Targeting the best-connected buyers of green hydrogen makes subsidies up to 41% more cost-effective. Over half of the 10% most connected sit in five German or Belgian industrial regions.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s41560-026-02126-2
#Hydrogen #EnergyPolicy #Europe 🧪
Targeting the best-connected buyers of green hydrogen makes subsidies up to 41% more cost-effective. Over half of the 10% most connected sit in five German or Belgian industrial regions.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s41560-026-02126-2
#Hydrogen #EnergyPolicy #Europe 🧪
Spatially informed demand-side policies for green hydrogen diffusion in Europe - Nature Energy
EU green hydrogen policies could be more effective if they accounted for spatial spillovers. These spillovers are a primary driver of diffusion, and spatially informed demand-side policies could impro...
doi.org
September 21, 2026 at 12:56 PM
🏭 Aim hydrogen subsidies at hubs
Targeting the best-connected buyers of green hydrogen makes subsidies up to 41% more cost-effective. Over half of the 10% most connected sit in five German or Belgian industrial regions.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s41560-026-02126-2
#Hydrogen #EnergyPolicy #Europe 🧪
Targeting the best-connected buyers of green hydrogen makes subsidies up to 41% more cost-effective. Over half of the 10% most connected sit in five German or Belgian industrial regions.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s41560-026-02126-2
#Hydrogen #EnergyPolicy #Europe 🧪
Reposted by Mel Bartley
it's awesome that we built our entire economy around a million roads and highways and now diesel is becoming extremely expensive. not prioritizing trains or renewable energy for the past few decades is awesome and rules actually. the american century of humiliation is only beginning
September 20, 2026 at 9:32 PM
it's awesome that we built our entire economy around a million roads and highways and now diesel is becoming extremely expensive. not prioritizing trains or renewable energy for the past few decades is awesome and rules actually. the american century of humiliation is only beginning