Investment

The EU tried in vain to create the world economy in its own image. Now it is turning to industrial policy to assertively protect its model against the policies of others. A new European industrial policy could democratise, accelerate, and make the green and digital transitions more just. To achieve these benefits, it requires European not national funding, needs to boost additional investment rather than the profits of established firms, and must be transparent, conditional, and inclusive.

Explanations for democratic backsliding in Hungary have so far neglected the role of neoliberalism and the resultant economic disintegration.

Orbán and the Hungarian elite are quietly stripping smallholders of their lands to strengthen their grip on power.

Tight public spending may have powered its exports, but underinvestment in people and infrastructure has its costs. Could a new investment rule be just what Germany needs?

As part of the online series around our new edition, a sneak peak of what cooperation and rivalry between Europe and China could mean for the new global order in 2049.

Foreign investment into the EU often have political, as well as economic, motivations. Should the EU act on this?