Source: International Monetary Fund – IMF (video statements)
Europe’s growth model is under strain. Productivity gains have slowed, investment remains uneven, and a more fragile geopolitical environment—intensified by ongoing wars, including in the Middle East—is adding new pressures through energy markets, inflation risks, and heightened uncertainty.
At the same time, Europe faces a broader policy challenge: how to strengthen economic security, reduce vulnerabilities, and finance new priorities—from the green and digital transitions to defense—without undermining fiscal sustainability.
Delivering on Europe’s growth agenda will require more than diagnosis. It will depend on concrete progress in boosting productivity, mobilizing investment, deepening integration, and translating policy ambitions into implementation.
In this fireside chat, Alfred Kammer and Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis will discuss how Europe can turn today’s challenges into lasting gains—by advancing reforms that reinforce productivity, enhance resilience, and support sustainable growth in a more uncertain world.