UNCOVERED: 5 | History Defined

The EU’s latest proposal to save its economy aims to avoid a ‘slow agony’ – but it lacks bold ideas

In Brussels, the talk of the town is a report on the future of European competitiveness, calling for fundamental economic reforms to avoid a “slow agony” for the European economy. The report, by former president of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi, is a “door stopper” of 400 pages, including…

The Conversation · Sep 19, 2024

The Guardian view on Europe’s future: spend big or risk the consequences

Editorial: Former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi is right to call for Marshall plan-type investment in the continent’s future

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2024

Research nation: whisper it, Europe still sometimes looks to the UK

Getting into a taxi with a stranger at 11pm could have been an awkward experience. Especially when the journey ahead was due to take one-and-a-half hours. Fortunately, when I arrived at Pisa airport last week and jumped into a car to be driven to Siena by Riccardo Chiantini, sitting next…

The Conversation · Sep 16, 2024

The EU buys too much defense equipment abroad, especially from the US, a major report says

European Union countries are buying too much of their defense equipment abroad, much of it U.S.-made, and failing to invest in joint military projects, a landmark report is warning

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2024

EU ‘needs €800bn-a-year spending boost to avert agonising decline’

Report by Mario Draghi calls for additional investment to regain growth and prevent social unrest

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2024

Europe needs ‘massive’ investment drive to catch global competitors: Report

Ex-ECB chief Mario Draghi’s report says Europe’s economy faces ‘existential challenge’ to catch up with the US, China.

Al Jazeera · Sep 9, 2024

Europe Needs 'Unprecedented' Investment Surge, Says Key Report

Europe must massively ramp up investment including through joint borrowing as part of a "new industrial strategy" to keep pace with the United States and avoid dependence on China, a keenly awaited report warned Monday.

International Business Times · Sep 9, 2024

Pros and cons of a ‘technocratic government’ that could end France's political stalemate

The snap legislative elections called by French President Emmanuel Macron left the country with a hung parliament and no dominant political bloc in power in the lower-house National Assembly for the first time in France's modern history. One solution proposed to end the deadlock is for a government of experts,…

France 24 · Jul 17, 2024

Ursula von der Leyen on track to keep job after EU elections boost

Macron’s move to call snap elections also seen as helping commission president’s bid for second term

The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2024

Macron and Meloni appear poles apart – but what if they joined forces to save Europe?

Centrists and pragmatic rightwing parties could at least compromise on the most urgent global threats

The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2024