Assessing the State of the Union 2022

In this episode, we look at the State of the Union address delivered by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission.

On 14 September 2022 Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, delivered the State of the Union address before the European Parliament. In this episode of The Sound of Economics Live, Giuseppe Porcaro hosts Maria Demertzis, André Sapir, Jeromin Zettelmeyer and Georg Zachmann to evaluate the State of the Union address, from the support to Ukraine, energy crisis, recovery plans, as well as the EU’s external policies.

#Eurozone: #ECB officials question whether #Euro has strengthened too much, by @OlafStorbeck and Ian Smith | Financial Times

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ECB officials question whether euro has strengthened too much

Policymakers at central bank fret that a surging currency increases the risk of inflation undershooting

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[Featured] #Trade: #EU splits weaken its hand in crunch trade talks with #Trump, by @_Zimmerfrau and @_AriHawkins | Politico

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EU splits weaken its hand in crunch trade talks with Trump

European capitals are pulling in different directions ahead of a decisive round of trade talks in Washington. 

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#EUDefence: The Italian job - How #Rome plans to work around #NATO spending hike, by @giuseppe_fonte, @AmanteAngelo and Gavin Jones | Reuters 

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The Italian job: how Rome plans to work around NATO spending hike

Italy, along with other NATO countries, has agreed to sharply increase defence spending over the next decade, but ...

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