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A race between growth and populism

    • Ricerca
    • Research
    • 30 May 2013
    • May 2013
    • Financial Times
    • 30 May 2013
    Evento correlatoSaving Europe: a new compact across the Atlantic

    The main challenge identified as facing European leaders was that of striking a delicate balance between maintaining domestic political consensus (in the face of strong social tensions) and implementing necessary but painful reforms that almost without exception will only yield positive results in the medium to long term. While the worst of the financial crisis seems to have been overcome, many concerns remain regarding the overall state of Europe’s economies and the EU’s continued viability from a political and institutional standpoint.