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The unequal inequality impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

The author is grateful for comments and suggestions to conference and seminar participants at Bruegel, Institute of Economics of the Corvinus University of Budapest, Rajk College, and the 15th Conference on Social Monitoring and Reporting in Europe. GDP contractions...

Financial literacy and the fearless woman

Financial literacy and the fearless woman

This opinion piece was originally published in the Money Review section of Kathimerini and is forthcoming in El Economista.   In New York’s financial district stands a small bronze sculpture titled the Fearless Girl. The statue was meant to promote female empowerment...

Letter: ‘Strategic autonomy’ is now an EU catchphrase

Letter: ‘Strategic autonomy’ is now an EU catchphrase

This Letter was originally published in the Financial Times in response to an opinion by Philip Stephens on supply chain ‘sovereignty’. Philip Stephens’ article “Supply chain ‘sovereignty’ will undo the gains of globalisation” (Opinion, March 19) rightly draws...

Form a climate club: United States, European Union and China

Form a climate club: United States, European Union and China

This article was originally published on Nature. Copyright remains with Nature at all times. The United States, the European Union and China together emit half of the world’s greenhouse gases. They must come together to cut domestic emissions and levy a carbon tax on...

Interest in European matters: a glass three-quarters full?

The authors would like to thank Michael Leigh, André Sapir, Guntram Wolff, Nicolas Véron, Joris Melman and Lorenzo Benadusi for useful suggestions and comments. Klaas Lenaerts provided intelligent research assistance. A disconnect between European Union integration...

An update: Vaccination in the EU

The slow pace of COVID-19 vaccinations in the EU has been a cause of great concern, and with good reason. It is causing loss of life and well-being, as well as harm to the EU economy. When we say that the pace of vaccination is slow, it is natural to ask: compared to...

Keeping momentum on good governance

Pandemic aside, the past year has seen renewed discussions in Europe on transparency and good governance as the EU takes an unprecedented role in health policy and procurement and in the creation of common debt. As part of an ongoing effort to capture a wide range of...

The four pillars of a digital strategy

The four pillars of a digital strategy

This opinion piece was originally published in the Money Review section of Kathimerini and is forthcoming in El Economista. On 9 March, the European Commission published a Digital Compass to help advance EU ambitions for a digital transformation by 2030. The proposals...