Europe's economic future

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. 
 
Relevant events and publications:


Economic choices for Europe: EU leadership debate 2024,
Bruegel-Financial Times event, 21 May 2024

Visions for Europe: Economic expert debate for the 2024 EU
elections, Bruegel-Financial Times event, 15 April 2024

 Saint-Amans, P. (2024) ‘Broader border taxes: a new
option for European Union budget resources’, Policy Brief
06/2024, Bruegel