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Lukas Oberndorfer

Lukas Oberndorfer is head of the Climate, Environment and Mobility Department at the Vienna Chamber of Labour (AK Wien). He studied law and political science and works on socio-ecological economic and climate policy, mobility, and the implications of China’s economic rise for the European Union.

Europe’s Rail Renaissance: Why the Continent Must Finally Bet on Its Own Trains

Lukas Oberndorfer

The EU has the technology, the workers and the demand—now it needs the political will to turn its railway industry into a climate-policy success story.

How The Troika Breaches EU Law

Lukas Oberndorfer

How did the troika come about formally? In 2010 it became apparent that the European constitution offers no clues as to how one should handle