Is the EU ETS Becoming a Competitiveness Trap? The European Union’s climate policy was designed around a clear and ambitious promise: to reduce emissions, accelerate the green transition and place Europe at the forefront of the global low-carbon economy. At the centre of this architecture stands the Emissions Trading System, the EU ETS, often presented as the Union’s flagship market-based climate instrument.
The World’s Largest Sporting Event Arrives at a Critical Historical Moment.
The FIFA World Cup has always been more than football. It is one of the very few events capable of capturing the attention of billions of people simultaneously, transcending borders, languages, religions, and political systems. Yet the 2026 FIFA World Cup, hosted jointly by the United States, Canada, and Mexico, may prove to be significant for reasons that extend far beyond sport.
Why Central Europe needs a climate-policy architecture that rewards investment rather than absorbs industrial capital. Hungary’s position in the debate over Europe’s Emissions Trading System is more important than its size might suggest.
Why a lower-cost Member State could still gain up to €2.7 billion a year from redesigning Europe’s carbon-pricing architecture
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