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Martin Sandbu

Financial Times

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Europe should stop panicking and seize the opportunities Trump offers

It is time for the EU to get down to business

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Russia’s war economy is a house of cards

The financial underpinnings look increasingly fragile

13.01.2025 80

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The ECB cannot pretend any technocratic purity

Central banks must rise to the geopolitical challenges of the day

15.12.2024 5

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The EU’s commitment phobia holds it back

Leaders must take long-term action on industrial, fiscal and monetary policy as well as support for Ukraine

01.12.2024 3

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Finding the money to make Europe great again

Frozen assets and large capital exports should be go-to sources for funding a geopolitical transformation

17.11.2024 10

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The west must outdo rival efforts to build an alternative financial system

Technological and geopolitical competition between democracies and autocracies are two sides of the same coin

03.11.2024 10

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Europe should take a digital leap across its innovation gap

The US is enjoying a virtuous cycle, while the EU is caught in a mid-tech trap

20.10.2024 3

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To really change the EU, the northern flank must take the lead

Nine like-minded member states would be enough to break the logjams on reform

06.10.2024 3

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Why Europe needs a foreign economic policy

Current EU structures discourage joined-up thinking in pursuing geostrategic goals

22.09.2024 7

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G7 leaders are tying themselves in knots over Ukraine loan

Engineering a $50bn advance from the profits of frozen Russian assets is presenting a challenge

01.09.2024 10

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Brave thinking can restore some broken links between the EU and UK

The pre-Brexit economic relationship is out of reach but closer ties are possible if each side moves from entrenched positions

28.07.2024 20

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Europe’s battery problems show the governments need to up their game

Green tech is stalling because businesses lack confidence that leaders will follow up words with actions

14.07.2024 3

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