Andreas Eisl

Delivering the ETS2: Do or die time for the European Green Deal? - Institut Jacques Delors

ETS2 has been postponed to 2028, raising questions about its actual implementation. For @delorsinstitute.bsky.social here’s a look at the stakes and reform proposals from my latest policy paper available here : institutdelors.eu/en/publicati...
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In a second publication, @phuc-vinh.bsky.social discusses the recent ETS2 postponement by Member States, provides a mapping of their positions on ETS2, and proposes a significant reform to address country concerns while ensuring an ETS2 effective implementation. institutdelors.eu/content/uplo...

You can check out the full study here: institutdelors.eu/content/uplo...

We also highlight the need for well-designed regulatory measures to ensure CO2 price effectiveness, to smartly combine compensation with investment tools, and to coordinate such investment support to provide a demand stimulus to EU cleantech industries.

Based on our findings, our recommendations stress the importance of a strict earmarking of ETS2 revenues and the visibility of support measures, and discuss how to best target citizens through redistribution mechanisms.

Our analysis highlights major differences in the design of compensation mechanisms and identifies country-specific best practice examples for investment support and accompanying policies.

We study the political processes surrounding their implementation as well as selected regulatory, redistribution and investment measures linked to the national CO2 prices in these countries.

To inform these exercises, our policy paper delves into three country cases (France, Germany, Austria), where national carbon price systems are already in place.

While currently only 9 EU Member States have national carbon price systems in place, with ETS2 a common price will apply across the Union, requiring to set up national social climate plans and identify spending priorities for the expected national cabron price revenues.

However, without adequate accompanying compensation and investment measures, additional costs for citiziens will not be socially acceptable and might lead to a reversal of climate policies.

The introduction of a CO2 price for fossil fuels in the housing and mobility sectors is a key measure to ensure that the EU will be able to achieve it climate objective.

In this new @delorsinstitute.bsky.social Policy Paper, @phuc-vinh.bsky.social and myself look at how to make the EU's upcoming carbon market ETS2 socially acceptable by drawing lessons from national CO2 price systems to implement well-designed carbon revenue redistribution and investment mechanisms.

YouTube video by Jacques Delors Institute Hommage à Jacques Delors pour ses 100 ans

🧭 #Hommage Aujourd’hui, Jacques Delors aurait eu 100 ans.

Les équipes des instituts de Paris, Berlin et Bruxelles lui rendent hommage en citant des pensées emblématiques de celui qui a façonné l’Europe.

@delorsberlin.bsky.social @delorseurope.bsky.social

Avec la participation précieuse de @andreaseisl.bsky.social et @jeromesegal.bsky.social

@table.media published our OpEd on how to support energy-intensive industry in Europe while avoiding inefficient subsidy races.

@ph-jaeg.bsky.social has a nice and short summary in his thread. ⬇️

table.media/en/europe/op...

@lukasbe.bsky.social and @andreaseisl.bsky.social

With the CID & Energy Action Plan, the EU wants to support energy intensive industries.

Support is needed - but it's crucial that any national subsidies to lower electricity prices don't result in inefficient distortions that end up harming competitiveness and climate.

Short🧵 on a new joint OpEd:

La compétitivité, boussole européenne pour faire face à la tempête climatique ? - Institut Jacques Delors

📊 #Infographie Quelles ambitions UE en matière de #compétitivité ? 1/5

Initiatives annoncées, leurs échéances, positionnement des groupes politiques du Parlement, attentes du couple franco-allemand.

infographie par @phuc-vinh.bsky.social & @andreaseisl.bsky.social 👇

(3) Increase and better coordinate EU and national spending
(4) Maximize the utility of state aid support through accompanying policies

Key recommendations:
(1) Develop a more evidence-based approach through improve state aid reporting and evaluation.
(2) Create a comprehensive, coherent and agile EU state aid framework geared towards common objectives

A European state aid framework for the Clean Industrial Deal - Institut Jacques Delors

New Publication:
In this policy paper, I analyse the 'galaxy' of existing state aid frameworks, highlight their key challenges, and provide recommendations for "a European state aid framework for the Clean Industrial Deal": institutdelors.eu/en/publicati...

Together we trade, divided we aid

Check out our full paper with plenty of visualized data and analysis here:
institutdelors.eu/en/publicati...

Ideally, this EU approach to state aid would include common funding mechanisms allowing the Union to co-finance IPCEIs alongside national governments. National contributions could then benefit from the exemption for the co-financing of EU-funded programs under the new SGP.

Second, we underscore the need to strengthen the IPCEI instrument, with an enhanced role for the European Commission in ensuring that projects are selected based on merit rather than Member States’ fiscal capacity to provide subsidies.

First, we advocate for phasing out temporary crisis frameworks by the end of 2025. Instead, the EU should prioritize consolidating permanent state aid instruments, such as GBER aid and IPCEIs, to balance policy flexibility and pan-European strategic coordination.

Our analysis reveals significant cross-country variation in both the levels and composition of national state aid across these three domains. To avoid a subsidy race between Member States, we propose several policy solutions.

We provide an in-depth analysis of three key domains of the EU state aid regime: the General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER), Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs), and the Temporary Frameworks introduced to respond to recent crises.

NEW PUBLICATION:
In this Joint @DelorsInstitute – LUHNIP Policy Paper @donadica, @DZurstrassen and myself address the pressing issue of fragmentation within the EU Single Market resulting from the growing use of state aid by Member States.
institutdelors.eu/en/publicati...

Soutien attendu de Bruxelles au budget du gouvernement français en pleine crise Bruxelles (Belgique) - La Commission européenne publie mardi son évaluation des budgets des Etats membres de l'UE et devrait apporter son soutien au gouvernement français, menacé de censure, en valida...

Un encouragement à la France. La Commission européenne devrait approuver aujourd'hui le plan du gouvernement Barnier pour réduire les déficits. Mais pourra-t-il le mettre en œuvre? L'instabilité politique inquiète à Bruxelles #AFP avec @andreaseisl.bsky.social www.lexpress.fr/societe/sout...

REWATCH📺: Yesterday, I had the pleasure to discuss French fiscal and debt policies with Jeanette Süß (@ifri.bsky.social), Friederike Hofmann (ARD) and the students of the University of Wuppertal.
You can rewatch our exchange here (in German): www.youtube.com/live/HE33Bea...

In a study written last autumn for the @ifri.bsky.social (in collaboration with the @delorsinstitute.bsky.social) I analysed the major differences in 🇫🇷 and 🇩🇪 public finances.
You can find a link to the paper here: