Fragmented Power: Europe and the Global Economy

The era when the EU focused on internal integration, leaving its external policy to be a by-product of internal dynamics, is over. In today’s fast-changing and challenging international environment, external economic relations have become too central an issue to the EU for it to remain a fragmented power. This column introduces a series of columns discussing how Europe might boost its influence in the world of economic policy-making.

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