The Guardian view on the EU at a crossroads: time for new economic thinking | Editorial

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : In coming up with groundbreaking schemes such as the Covid recovery fund, Brussels demonstrated the galvanising role of public finance in exceptional times.
62% : Such a severely testing context demands a bold economic strategy fit for the times, with a major role for public investment.
59% : A deeply challenging future will require more, not less, of the same, and a recognition that state investment at a national level is fundamental to future prosperity.
52% : Instead, the EU is set to return in 2024 to the tight national spending guidelines that were suspended in 2020 when the pandemic took hold.

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