The Sound of Economics

Europe's economic future

May 29, 2024

Debate featuring EU political party representatives discussing economic issues, EU budget, growth, and single market. Podcast explores party views, potential outcomes of elections, and future EU economic policies. Focus on coalition dynamics, policy proposals, and voting considerations in upcoming European elections.

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Quick takeaways

Candidates at the Bruegel debate emphasized EU economic challenges like competitiveness and budget constraints.

Rise of far-right parties in EU Parliament poses challenges for coalition formation post-election.

Debate on funding the EU budget focuses on debt increase, common debt issuance, and state aid rules.

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Overview of the European Election Preview Event

The podcast episode features a preview of the upcoming European elections in June, with a focus on the recent Brugal debate where lead candidates for the Commission President position, such as Ursula von der Leyen, presented their views. The event highlighted the economic challenges that the candidates would face and touched upon key issues like European competitiveness, economic security, and the budget.

Introduction

2min

European Parliament Political Landscape and Economic Policy Ideas

8min

EU's Investigation into Chinese Subsidies and European Defense Proposals

2min

Navigating European Economy: Competitiveness and Policy Perspectives

10min

Uncertainties and Potential Shifts in the European Parliament

12min

Closing Thoughts on Voting Decisions and Practical Abilities

2min

Bruegel and the Financial Times partnered up to host a debate featuring lead candidates from major EU political parties on EU economic issues, namely growth, the single market, economic security and the EU budget. The participants of the debate were:

Sandro Gozi, Renew Europe Now
Ursula von der Leyen, The European People's Party
Nicolas Schmit, the Party of European Socialists
Anders Vistisen, Identity and Democracy Party

In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Rebecca Christie sits down with Bruegel Senior fellow Maria Demertzis, FT Brussels bureau chief Henry Foy, also moderators of the debate, to unpack the views they gathered from the event, discuss how the elections are likely to turn out and what will happen afterwards.

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