We are delighted to welcome back David Marsh, chairman of OMFIF, to discuss the themes and conundrums contained in his recent book, “Can Europe survive? The Story of a Continent in a Fractured World”.
David Marsh is recognised as one of the foremost writers and commentators on European economics, finance and politics. Co-founder and chairman of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum economic research group, he is a former Financial Times European editor and the author of six books, including The New Germany, The Euro, Europe’s Deadlock and The Bundesbank: The Bank that Rules Europe.
In “Can Europe Survive?”, David argues that, since the end of the Cold War, “Europe has lost many of the new arguments, lost its leadership and lost its way”. Can Europe survive as a coherent political and economic force? The answer, as his book makes clear, depends less on Europeans knowing what to do than on finding the will to do it.