The state of the union going forward
Check out this discussion, in which we dissect the important speech by the Commission president. Also available as a podcast here....
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The EU’s budget and recovery fund deal – a historic moment for Europe?
I participated in ECFR’s podcast In this week’s podcast, Mark Leonard is joined by Guntram Wolff, Director of Bruegel, Piotr Buras, head of ECFR’s Warsaw office and José Ignacio Torreblanca, head of ECFR̵...
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Future of Europe conference: Redefining Europe’s role after the Covid-19 Pandemic
In a special live edition podcast of an event we organised recently with EU3D, we discuss how the current situation brought upon by the pandemic could shift the ‘Conference on the Future of Europe’ debate, whether EU tre...
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Will COVID-19 boost the euro as a global currency?
The euro is, by definition an international currency. However, since being established in the late 90s the single currency has always been somewhat less than the sum of it’s parts and has yet to challenge the US do...
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Rebooting Europe: a framework for post COVID-19 economic recovery
Mapping out the post COVID-19 recovery. COVID-19 has triggered a severe recession and policymakers in European Union countries are providing generous, largely indiscriminate, support to companies. As the recession gets d...
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Singapore’s experience in dealing with COVID-19
A conversation with Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore, on how this city-state has tackled the coronavirus. Faced with the COVID-19 outbreak, governments have needed to act swiftly to comb...
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An analysis of the German Constitutional Court ruling on the ECB QE programme
The German Constitutional called today on the ECB to justify its bond-buying program. What does today’s ruling of the German Constitutional Court mean for the ECB’s QE program? Could such a decision open a pr...
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The impact of Covid-19 on emerging markets with Barry Eichengreen
Emerging market economies are vulnerable to the current COVID-19 pandemic. How can developed countries help tackle the issue? Is international cooperation more needed than ever? This week, Giuseppe Porcaro and Guntram Wo...
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Post-Council commentary
On April 23, EU leaders met virtually to try to come to an agreement for a common European response to the COVID-19 pandemic. What were the measures taken? Will they be sufficient? Did Europe come together for a coordina...
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Did the eurogroup save the day?
After its longest meeting ever, the Eurogroup reached an agreement yesterday evening. What does the agreement say? What does it mean in terms of the emergency reaction to the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic? Wh...
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