EU budget: Scope to reform Common Agricultural Policy
In this episode of ‘The Sound of Economics’, I talk with Lars Hoelgaard, former deputy director general at DG AGRI, regarding the possibilities for reforming the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy and the consequences for t...
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Europe needs a strong Italy
This opinion piece was published in La Republicca. Summary: Europe needs to have its Italian voice. A stable government is not only needed to pursue the domestic policies and remain fiscally prudent but also to negotiate...
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Rethinking the European Union’s post-Brexit budget priorities
There will be a €94 billion Brexit-related hole in the EU budget for 2021-27 if business continues as before and the United Kingdom does not contribute. The authors show that freezing agriculture and cohesion spending in...
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Future European priorities
This piece was written for Nikkei Veritas “Budgets are not bookkeeping exercises – they are about priorities and ambition. So let’s first discuss about the Europe we want.” – These are the words of the President of the E...
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Comments on what is and should be next in Italy
My interview in IlSole24 My interview in Avvenire My interview in Swiss radio ...
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a podcast on steel and what Donald Trump’s tariffs mean for world trade
my radio interview with radio France internationale in English...
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What budget for the EU? Principles, spending priorities and the impact of Brexit
Zsolt Darvas and I were asked by the Bulgarian Presidency to write a paper on the future of the EU budget, the MFF. The paper will be published soon but here is our presentation that I presented on 9 March in Sofia at th...
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Discussion on future of EMU in Swedish Parliament
I testified in the Swedish Parliament’s financial committee on the future of EMU and the implications for Sweden. The hearing was off-the record but my slides can be found here....
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Euro area governance: where next
Manfred Weber, Gideon Rachmann, Maria Demertzis and myseld in a free-flowing conversation on euro area governance....
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