Rebooting Europe: a framework for post COVID-19 economic recovery

May 15, 2020, 01:26 PM

Mapping out the post COVID-19 recovery.

COVID-19 has triggered a severe recession and policymakers in European Union countries are providing generous, largely indiscriminate, support to companies. As the recession gets deeper, a more comprehensive strategy is needed. This should be based on four principles: viability of supported entities, fairness, achieving societal goals, and giving society a share in future profits. The effort should be structured around equity and recovery funds with borrowing at EU level.

In this episode we discuss the proposal for a recovery plan outlined in a recent paper by Julia Anderson, Simone Tagliapietra and Guntram Wolff which can be read here https://www.bruegel.org/2020/05/rebooting-europe-a-framework-for-a-post-covid-19-economic-recovery/ 

Participating to this episode:

Maria Demertzis, Deputy Director, Bruegel
Giuseppe Porcaro, Head of Outreach and Governance, Bruegel
Simone Tagliapietra, Research Fellow, Bruegel
Guntram Wolff, Director, Bruegel