My new opinion piece has just been published on the MSM Blog.

I argue that Europe’s contemporary challenges – low productivity growth, rising nationalist populism and geopolitical tensions with enemies and former friends – are well known and although they have different roots, they share a common core: the rise of zero-sum thinking. A “you win, I lose” worldview increasingly dominates individual perceptions, national politics and geopolitics.

A European win-win agenda for reviving productivity through deeper integration, fostering inclusive growth and promoting mutually beneficial global cooperation is the logical antidote.

https://www.msm.nl/news-events-and-blogs/blog/can-europe-escape-the-zero-sum-trap