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How will society change after the coronavirus pandemic? The adoption of digital technologies has advanced in leaps and bounds, but it is still implausible that this spells the end of the office or the demise of business travel, let alone the decline of cities, which may rather become younger and more liveable. Perhaps the biggest question […]

Posted 23 Jul 2020 in Blog
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As Europe faces an unprecedented coronavirus crisis that is so far hitting Italy and Spain particularly hard and is straining the EU to breaking point, an exceptional “corona bond” would provide the fiscal firepower to support stricken businesses and workers and demonstrate European solidarity. If not now, when? Read my latest for Brussels Times My […]

Posted 02 Apr 2020 in Blog
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With the next few months set to be dominated by unseemly haggling over top EU jobs, starting with the presidency of the European Commission, it may feel like business as usual in Brussels. But if you take the longer view, there are good reasons to hope that EU democracy may be evolving in a positive […]

Posted 18 Jun 2019 in Blog
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Greenhouse-gas emissions in the EU actually rose in 2017 – while they fell in Trump’s United States. Read my column for Brussels Times.

Posted 04 Apr 2019 in Blog
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Is the eurozone heading for recession? How will policymakers react if the slowdown does get worse? And what damage could an economic downturn do to Europe’s already fractious politics? Those pressing questions ought to be at the top of policymakers’ minds in the run-up to the European Parliament elections in May. Read my latest column […]

Posted 15 Feb 2019 in Blog
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Far from prompting other countries to want to leave, the Brexit shambles is boosting support for the EU. Even far-right nationalists have concluded that EU exit is a dead end. But the EU faces a more insidious threat: that it will disintegrate from within, as nationalists first undermine then seek to take over EU institutions, as I […]

Posted 13 Nov 2018 in Blog
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My latest column for Brussels Times

Posted 24 Sep 2018 in Blog
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The EU is not undemocratic, as some critics claim. But nor is it democratic enough. That urgently needs to change. Read my latest article for Brussels Times.

Posted 10 Apr 2018 in Blog
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While GDP growth has strengthened, that tells us little about whether societal wellbeing is improving, let alone whether everyone in society is thriving. My latest for Brussels Times tries to provide an answer.

Posted 13 Feb 2018 in Blog
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My latest column for Brussels Times

Posted 21 Oct 2017 in Blog
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President Macron’s election has created new hope that the eurozone can be fixed. But the optimism is exaggerated, and things might even end up worse off. My column for Brussels Times set out how to actually fix the eurozone.

Posted 12 Jul 2017 in Blog
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My column for Brussels Times

Posted 02 Feb 2017 in Blog
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My column for the Brussels Times

Posted 15 Nov 2016 in Blog
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My latest column for Brussels Times is here.

Posted 08 Jun 2016 in Blog
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My column for Brussels Times

Posted 04 Feb 2016 in Blog
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My column for Brussels Times

Posted 05 Dec 2015 in Blog
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My column for Brussels Times

Posted 14 Oct 2015 in Blog
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My column for Brussels Times

Posted 14 Sep 2015 in Blog
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Politically weak and economically in decline, the EU is fearfully turning inwards. It ought to be looking confidently outwards instead. My column for Brussels Times

Posted 04 Jun 2015 in Blog
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My article for Brussels Times

Posted 10 Mar 2015 in Blog