The Keel

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  1. Policy

    Europe’s telecom rulebook is becoming a competitiveness test

    Europe’s telecom policy debate is shifting from consumer protection alone towards industrial capacity and strategic autonomy. The immediate issue is not simply faster broadband, but whether the EU can align spectrum policy, competition rules,…

    4 min read
  2. Business

    Regenerative farming is shifting from sustainability narrative to cost and supply-chain strategy

    Europe's food sector is beginning to treat soil health as an economic asset rather than a compliance issue. The important shift is not simply greener farming, but a potential redesign of cost structures across…

    4 min read
  3. Policy

    Brexit's fiscal drag is becoming a governance problem for both London and Brussels

    Brexit is no longer best understood as a one-off political rupture. It has become a long-running fiscal and administrative burden, with costs showing up in slower growth, narrower budget room and repeated pressure to…

    4 min read
  4. Business

    India is positioning itself as Norway’s next strategic partner in maritime decarbonisation

    India's pitch to Norwegian investors is more than a routine diplomatic charm offensive. It is an attempt to bind foreign capital, maritime know-how and green technology into India's industrial growth model at a moment…

    4 min read
  5. Policy

    Baltic cohesion holds despite drone incursions, limiting Russia’s room to unsettle Europe

    The immediate story is not the drone crossings themselves, but the failure of those incidents to weaken political alignment on NATO’s north-eastern flank. That matters because Russia has long relied on testing alliance nerves…

    4 min read
  6. Business

    Brussels is positioning India as a strategic economic counterweight for Europe

    Europe is signalling that India is no longer just a large export market, but an increasingly important partner in its effort to diversify supply chains and reduce exposure to geopolitical shocks. What matters is…

    4 min read
  7. Business

    EU trims AI Act compliance burden while drawing a harder line on exploitative apps

    The latest agreement shows the EU entering a more pragmatic phase of AI rulemaking. Rather than reopening the core bargain of the AI Act, lawmakers are trying to make the system easier to operate…

    4 min read
  8. Policy

    Malaysia redraws the EV market to favour local assembly over imports

    Malaysia has shifted from encouraging EV adoption at almost any cost to using regulation as an industrial policy tool. According to paultan.org, the new rules make the imported EV route meaningfully less attractive, which…

    4 min read
  9. Business

    Trump's tariff threat puts Europe's carmakers on notice before talks unravel

    Washington has revived tariff pressure on European autos, reminding executives that the apparent truce in EU-U.S. trade was always contingent rather than settled. The immediate issue is not only the tariff level itself, but…

    4 min read
  10. Policy

    Brussels steps up enforcement, turning EU compliance into a board-level competitive issue

    The latest infringements package shows that the Commission is using enforcement more assertively to close the gap between EU legislation and national delivery. That matters because many firms have treated uneven implementation across the…

    4 min read