It’s a long way to “Polexit”

In a panel discussion during the Lectorinfabula festival, Belarusian journalist Iryna Vidanava, Serbian reporter Marina Lalovic, Swedish journalist Carl Henrik Fredriksson and Voxeurop cofounder Catherine André debated on how European countries cope with the pandemic.

In this new episode of our series of podcasts on Angela Merkel’s career and legacy, we dive into her feet-dragging intervention to prevent “Grexit” and the breakup of the euro as a consequence of the global financial crisis.

The European Commission launched its ‘Fit for 55’ package, a set of proposals designed to update EU legislation according to its climate objectives (notably reducing carbon emissions by at least 55% by 2030). But the centrality of its market mechanisms poses big questions as to its effectiveness and distributional impact, says expert Béla Galgóczi.