Heather Grabbe

Encouraging words from @RachelReeves on ambitions for UK-EU:

“Economic gravity is reality … we are up for doing deals with India, US and other countries but half our trade is with the EU” … We are up for deeper alignment for more integration with the EU … including financial services.”

We agree:

Security in Europe: how will it affect growth and competitiveness? Bruegel’s 20th anniversary event in London, jointly organised with the LSE European Institute

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🗣️ UK Chancellor Rt Hon Rachel Reeves will participate in a fireside chat with Bruegel Director @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social, closing Bruegel's 20th anniversary event today in London. Organised with @lse-ei.bsky.social.
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Nature as equity How can public money and financial markets work together to protect the environment?

🌿Nature as equity
❓️How can public money and financial markets work together to protect the environment?

🎙️ In this episode of The Sound of Economics, @rebeccawire.bsky.social sits down with Bruegel’s @heathergrabbe.bsky.social & @estellecantillon.bsky.social

🔗 Listen now: buff.ly/c3uwiEb

The rise of vice-signalling: how hatred poisoned politics Over the last 10 years, the terms of political debate have changed completely – and week by week they seem to get worse

This piece by @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social is very good and well worth your time. Building on the brilliant work by Ruth Wodak and with important insights from @timbale.bsky.social

Resource Productivity: Europe’s Overlooked Route to Economic Security Intereconomics is an academic journal that publishes articles by experts on current economic and social policy issues affecting Europe.

The EU’s agendas for economic security, strategic autonomy and competitiveness would benefit from stronger circularity, most notably through eco-design, improved recovery of materials for secondary use and innovation, writes @heathergrabbe.bsky.social. Read here www.intereconomics.eu/contents/yea...

Venezuela: the upending of values and another warning to Europe Trump's brazen attack on Venezuela presents challenges for China – and opportunities

⚠️ #Venezuela: the upending of values and another warning to Europe

🌎 If the events of this weekend were a warning, will Europe heed it?

🗨️ Read the First Glance by @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social: buff.ly/1pXFxpv
#EconSky

Investment in enlargement: a conversation with Odile Renaud-Basso How can investment, reform, and support for Ukraine and other EU candidate countries shape the future of EU enlargement?

▶️ Live now! Investment in enlargement: a conversation with Odile Renaud-Basso
⏱️ 13:00-14:00 CET

A fireside chat with @heathergrabbe.bsky.social and @odilerenaudbasso.bsky.social
on investment, reform, support for Ukraine and candidate countries for EU enlargement

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@heathergrabbe.bsky.social @bruegel.org noted vdL excelled at crisis response in her 1st term, (largely) maintaining unity on 🇺🇦. But it’s unclear this will last for broader strategy on security or budget. Her leadership style & the Commission’s structure may not suit long-term policymaking.

Climate, data and complacency Why economists need to take the costs of climate change more seriously

🎙️ Climate, data and complacency 🌍

@rebeccawire.bsky.social discusses the cost of climate change with @heathergrabbe.bsky.social & @guntramwolff.bsky.social, highlighting the ways in which it will affect insurance, housing and GDP. #EconSky

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Our third panel at #TheBodrumRT with @edamorg.bsky.social looked at “The green transition with a perspective from the Global South” with Ignacio García Bercero @bruegel.org, @dorameredith.bsky.social, @mohancraja.bsky.social and Dinna Prapto Raharja, chaired by @heathergrabbe.bsky.social

🌍 Climate, data and complacency:
Why economists need to take the costs of climate change more seriously @heathergrabbe.bsky.social & @guntramwolff.bsky.social in conversation w/ @rebeccawire.bsky.social
🎙️ Listen to the podcast: buff.ly/MbfbRul

UKICE Lunch Hour: The prospects for EU enlargement - UK in a changing Europe On 4 November, the EU is set to present its 2025 enlargement package. Join our expert panel as they discuss the package and the prospects for EU enlargement.

🇪🇺 Today, the EU Enlargement Summit convenes in Brussels 🇪🇺

To dissect the details of it all, join @anandmenon.bsky.social, @sebastienmaillard.bsky.social, @heathergrabbe.bsky.social & @jobmaynooth.bsky.social

💻 Online
📆 Tues 18 Nov, 1pm GMT

ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...

🔴 LIVE NOW: The 21st century economic consensus: rethinking policy and strategy
⌚ 11:15-12:30 CET

How can Europe renew its economic and political vision in a fragmented global order? w/ @heathergrabbe.bsky.social, Sara Hagemann, Andrés Velasco & @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social

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❓A bigger Single Market before enlargement: how to integrate the Western Balkans ahead of accession
🗓️3 December 2025 13:00-14:00

W/ @heathergrabbe.bsky.social, Gert Jan Koopman, Slavo Radošević & Nina Vujanović

Funded by the Open Society Foundations-Western Balkans

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The 21st century economic consensus: rethinking policy and strategy How can Europe renew its economic and political vision in a fragmented global order?

🌐 The 21st century #economic consensus: rethinking policy and strategy
🔗 buff.ly/QIQggd5
🎤 w/ @heathergrabbe.bsky.social, Sara Hagemann, Andrés Velasco & @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social

UKICE Lunch Hour: The prospects for EU enlargement - UK in a changing Europe On 4 November, the EU is set to present its 2025 enlargement package. Join our expert panel as they discuss the package and the prospects for EU enlargement.

🤔 Curious about the prospects for EU enlargement?

Join Anand Menon, @sebastienmaillard.bsky.social, Heather Grabbe & Prof John O Brennan as they discuss the 2025 enlargment package

💻 Online
📆 Tues 18 Nov, 1pm GMT

https://ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice-lunch-hour-the-prospects-for-eu-enlargement/

❓A bigger Single Market before enlargement: how to integrate the Western Balkans ahead of accession
🗓️3 December 2025 13:00-14:00

W/ @heathergrabbe.bsky.social, Gert Jan Koopman, Slavo Radošević & Nina Vujanović

Funded by the Open Society Foundations-Western Balkans

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🌳 The European Parliament votes for a second delay to the EU Deforestation Regulation

⚠️ But what are the costs to the EU of dragging its feet on #deforestation?

💡 Read @heathergrabbe.bsky.social 's piece for a breakdown:
🔗 www.bruegel.org/first-glance...
#EconSky

A bigger Single Market before enlargement: how to integrate the Western Balkans ahead of accession Can the region capitalise on the momentum to overcome its region-specific hurdles?

➕ A bigger Single Market before enlargement: how to integrate the Western Balkans ahead of accession
W/ @heathergrabbe.bsky.social, Slavo Radošević, Valentina Superti & Nina Vujanović
🔗 buff.ly/eslh1cP

On both right and left, there's anger about the recent assessments of Russia's threat to the UK and the rest of Europe, and about the need for us to prepare to meet it. There's a lot I could say here (as my students know), but most of it boils down to two things. 🧵

Thanks to @api-ipa.bsky.social & @unbrussels.bsky.social for the opportunity to brief journalists today on the pressing topic of climate migration. Our Susanne Melde joined @heathergrabbe.bsky.social to talk about the importance of a solution-focused approach to preparedness, adaptation & resilience

Investing in Europe’s climate transition - I4CE Launch of the State of the Climate Investment Report (second edition). Accelerating the climate transition is a central part of securing both the EU’s strategic autonomy and meeting the mid-to-long-te...

👥 And a Panel debate “Investing in Europe’s climate transition – do we have what it takes?” with William Todts #T&E; @heathergrabbe.bsky.social @bruegel.bsky.social; Giles Dickson @windeurope.bsky.social and Bertrand Magné @eib.org

👇 More informations about the event www.i4ce.org/en/evenement...

‘Project Einstein’: research excellence for Europe and the world The European Union has the money to attract researchers under threat in the US and should coordinate a scheme to deploy it

🔬 ‘Project Einstein’: research excellence for Europe and the world

@heathergrabbe.bsky.social and Daniel Gros add their voices to the call for European institutions to coordinate on attracting top talent from the US.

💭 Time for Project Einstein?

🔗 First Glance here: buff.ly/n8swPwV
#EconSky

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"Green, digital and resilient growth" with @suomenpankki.fi with @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social, @ollirehn.suomenpankki.fi, Leena Mörttinen, @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social, @heathergrabbe.bsky.social, @kristiraik.bsky.social, @iikkakorhonen.bsky.social

➡️ www.bruegel.org/event/green-...

Our #EuropeDay continues with a superb panel dialogue about economic resilience. @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social, @kristiraik.bsky.social, @heathergrabbe.bsky.social, @iikkakorhonen.bsky.social and Leena Mörttinen discuss how to best handle the current multi-crisis. @suomenpankki.fi @bruegel.bsky.social

‘Project Einstein’: research excellence for Europe and the world The European Union has the money to attract researchers under threat in the US and should coordinate a scheme to deploy it

💭 The Commission's Choose Europe Initiative is a welcome start, but will it go far enough?

💡 A more ambitious agenda might be needed.
Read @heathergrabbe.bsky.social and Daniel Gros' 'Project Einstein' proposal.
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The EU-UK reset: a first, big step in the right direction The most important outcome of the EU-UK Summit might be that it re-establishes the habit of working together

🤝 The EU-UK reset: a first, big step in the right direction

For Ignacio Garcia Bercero and @heathergrabbe.bsky.social the EU-UK summit offered progress in areas of mutual benefit.

💭 Can the EU and UK revive the habit of working together?

🔗 buff.ly/nRvgrw1
#EconSky

EU-UK trade and the Trump effect What’s in the new EU-UK trade agreement and how does it fit with the tariff threats from Washington?

🎙️ EU-UK trade and the Trump effect

@rebeccawire.bsky.social‬ speaks with Ignacio Garcia Bercero & @heathergrabbe.bsky.social‬ about the shift in post-Brexit ties between the two trading partners, what needs to be negotiated next, and how this relates to contentious transatlantic trade relations.

"I think it's really good that we had positive news coming from the EU-UK summit; that the two sides see each other as a close strategic partnership." #EconSky

🗣️ Ignacio Garcia Bercero w/ @rebeccawire.bsky.social‬ & @heathergrabbe.bsky.social‬
🔗 buff.ly/Lj4Vp8s

Panel debate Investing in Europe’s #ClimateTransition: do we have what it takes?"

👥w/ William Todts #T&E; @heathergrabbe.bsky.social
@bruegel.bsky.social; Giles Dickson @windeurope.bsky.social & Bertrand Magné @eib.org
👤moderated by @alicemhancock.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

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