U.S. diplomats asked a French magistrate last year whether she could intervene over Marine Le Pen’s election ban. The previously unreported details of the meeting will refocus attention on American efforts to back the European far right. 🔗 #[politi.co/4qxwpy9

Well said Mark Carney: "when we only negotiate bilaterally with a hegemon, we negotiate from weakness. We accept what's offered. We compete with each other to be the most accommodating. This is not sovereignty. It's the performance of sovereignty while accepting subordination."

The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:

Trump veut faire élire Marine Le Pen ou Jordan Bardella ! On n’est plus dans de la fiction ou une théorie du complot, mais face à une réalité quand on entend, ce soir, le témoignage de la magistrate Magali Lafourcade. Et c'est flippant ! 😰

#Greenland #Trump

Interrogé par le sénateur Jean-Raymond Hugonet, le Gouverneur de la Banque de France réagit à la lettre ouverte des 70 économistes sur l'euro numérique parue dimanche dans le FT : #DigitalEuro #BCE

Don’t believe the hype on Russian growth. 🔹Oil and gas revenues down 50%. 🔹The Kremlin is hiking taxes and covertly printing money & National Welfare Fund hits rock bottom. 🔹80% of Russians are now worse off than before the invasion. @martinsandbu.ft.com www.ft.com/content/8abe...

70 economists, including Thomas Piketty and 2 former central bank governors warn that Europe must launch a digital euro to resist "deepening US control" of money. A public digital euro must be accessible, private, and work online and offline to serve society 👍 www.ft.com/content/b060...

🚘New record! Over 30% of all new cars registered in the EU were electric last November. The trend is supported by steady growth in German and French markets and a sharp jump in Italy. You can navigate the dataset in our Bruegel European Clean Tech Tracker: european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org

Excellent résumé ! "L’euro numérique n’a rien de spectaculaire. Et pourtant, il est au cœur d’un choix fondamental : voulons-nous que le paiement reste un service public, sûr, transparent et démocratiquement contrôlé ? Ou acceptons-nous qu’il soit entièrement abandonné à des intérêts privés ? "

Bon passage en revue des options pour verdir la politique monétaire. Il s'agirait de basculer d'une approche basée sur le risque financier à une approach plus proactive, orientée directement sur la facilitation des canaux de financement de la transition.

One of the most important battles for Europe's sovereignty and progressive macroeconomics this year: www.ft.com/content/99a7...

“The demand is there. People like night trains. They think they’re better for the environment or more efficient — that’s not the issue. The problem is the limitations and bureaucracy of the railway system.” www.politico.eu/article/why-...

25% of gross final energy consumption in the EU came from renewable sources in 2024, up by 0.7 percentage points compared with 2023. This is falling short of the 2.9 pp annual increase required to meet the 2030 targets.🙁 ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web...

Les armes décisives contre les pétro-agressions russes, américaines, et autres à venir. Nous sommes bien à l'âge de l'écologie de guerre.

Some thoughts on what Trump has done in Venezuela and what it might mean for US national security. Caveat: not a Latin America scholar so this is focused on US policy. Clearly huge consequences for Venezuela that others can address. First, despite the buildup, I didn't think Trump would do it. 1/

Avoirs russes : l'Europe, bloquée par ses vieux traités de protection des investissements ou pourquoi 6 organisations européennes portent plainte contre 4 Etats membres 🧵 THREAD | www.alternatives-economiques.fr/avoirs-russe...

The EC’s long-awaited "Grids Package" is finally out. Moving toward a system-oriented approach for Europe's infrastructure is the right step, but it won't work in a black box. In my latest for @bruegel.org, I argue why transparency is important to making this effective.

Only one of the world’s four most powerful monetary authorities is acting as though the climate transition is a problem for #CentralBanks: The People's Bank of #China. @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social & @james7jackson.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk for @lsebr.bsky.social.

The debate on central bank independence too often caricatural and polarized by extreme positions. In this op-ed with @sebmang.bsky.social we try to strike a fine balance, and argue that the best way to defend central bank independence is to reinvent it at the same time.

« Travailler plus pour gagner pl… Ah non en fait » « La valeur "travail" est primordi… Oups. Raté aussi » Quand tous les slogans politiques dominants sont contredits par les faits. Une tartuferie au détriment des classes moyennes (dont la colère est évidemment réorientée vers les plus pauvres).

💡🏦🪴 The ECB can fight inflation and accelerate the energy transition My new report with @wwf.eu shows how targeted ECB green refinancing operations could be designed to lower interest rates for banks lending towards renewables, grids, storage and energy efficiency renovations #ECB #GreenTLTROs

Very happy to be publishing this new report on green refinancing operations. #ECB #GreenTLTROs

@insee.fr vient donc de sortir son édition 2025 du "🇫🇷, portrait social" Avec notamment des données sur les très hauts revenus et très hauts patrimoines Et ce graphique : -l'augmentation entre 2003 et 2022 des très hauts revenus 118% -celle du premier quart de la population 23% Sans commentaire

Housing. It’s all about housing.

This will likely also have consequences for the EU, where Donohoe was just confirmed in July 2025 for a third term as Chair of the Eurogroup:

Populism thrives not because voters are misled, but because they reject ‘institutionalism’: a world where rules embed the values of elites, while their own are sidelined. It’s a calculated choice for freedom over constraints. Nice piece by @erik-jones.bsky.social erikjones.net/2025/11/08/a...

Ireland is pioneering a Basic Income for the Arts—€325/week for 2,000 artists, no strings attached. The pilot showed a €1.39 social return for every €1 spent, boosting creativity, productivity, and well-being. A model for Europe’s cultural policy? 🎭📚🎵 #BasicIncome www.ft.com/content/15a6...

This is the future: ✅ Lower bills for consumers ✅ Resilient grids—less need for costly upgrades ✅ Cutting carbon emissions ✅ Energy independence—fewer fossil imports, less money for putin and Trump The energy transition isn’t just green—it’s smart policy. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Great to see that ECB staff is anticipating the future structural LTROs to be green (as per the chart colors) @isabelschnabel.bsky.social 😉 #GreenTLTROs

EPP = Elite Patronage Party www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...

An excellent idea!

finally some competitive advantage for the Dutch: unlike the Chinese, we are not weaponizing your electric bus.

"why would any politician want to throttle the nascent tech that could make electricity more affordable and abundant for millions of people, just because it’s also green?" www.ft.com/content/8bf1...

💥🤯Shocking findings from this new IMF working paper: inflation outcomes were similar between inflation targeting and non-inflation targeting countries, despite more aggressive rate hikes by the former. 🔗 Read more: www.imf.org/en/Publicati... #MonetaryPolicy #Inflation #CentralBanks

Exactly! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The FT once again siding with left-wing activists because 80%of the political spectrum has chosen to defend oligarchs and, well, common sense and basic economics both conclude that oligarchs are a nuisance.

Very spot-on analysis, but the proposed solution are quick fixes, no long-term solution to democratically re-align central banks' with society's high priorities. www.ft.com/content/3640...

Sur Wikipédia, des internautes ne cessent de tenter d'associer le parti nazi ou Hitler à la gauche, et caviardent leur rattachement à l'extrême droite.

Note the wording.. Ms. Machado receives the prize for: - promoting democratic rights - struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition - At a time when democracy is under threat - where democracy is in retreat - more and more authoritarian regimes are challenging norm www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en

Reprendre le contrôle de l'énergie (le vrai moteur de l'économie, le cœur de la crise climatique...) : est-ce la clé de tout ? J'ai posé la question à @lucaschancel.bsky.social www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

France's political crisis has escalated into a regime crisis. At this point, the highest priority should be 1/ to avoid that the chaos brings the far right to power (no dissolution) and 2/ to ensure future 2027 elections can plausibly result in a functioning government in spite of fragmentation.

Le gouvernement par la dette est devenu un instrument de sécession sociale www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

This makes so much sense.

Les gens qui n’ont toujours pas compris qu'il fallait faire contribuer les très riches à l'effort commun ne comprennent rien à la France.

Draghi, one year after his report, still not mincing words on EU industrial policy: “Europe’s response has fallen into two traps: uncoordinated national efforts, or blind faith that market forces will build new sectors.” Amen!

The Fed’s future isn’t just about interest rates—it’s about power, politics, and the very purpose of central banking. 👀🍿 www.ft.com/content/2f38...

Capital won’t stop funding SUVs, private jets, and industrial beef—no matter how much the planet burns. We urgently need outright nationalisation of key industries, workplace democracy and credit guidance frameworks. Great article by @jasonhickel.bsky.social tribunemag.co.uk/2025/09/can-...

One point: central bank independence was the core tenet of neoliberalism, but it was the rise of market-based finance and the deflationary bias in fiscal policy, key features of the neoliberal era, that forced central banks into a position that made political backlash inevitable.

“Are central banks like the Fed really independent in the first place? If so, of what and whom? And what goals are they “independently” pursuing?” — @brettchristophers.bsky.social