Post by Andrea Covic Vidovic

[🍂AUTUMN ON LinkedIn] [🇪🇺THE WISDOM OF EXES] [🌍MACRO MEETS /GLOBAL\ POLITICAL ECONOMY] •How to boost the EU’s global competitiveness and influence?• Tried to answer this multi-layered question at the Hrvatsko društvo ekonomista Croatian Economists Association’s 33rd policy consultation in Opatija last week on behalf of the European Commission in Croatia. Used insights from reports by four of Europe’s former leaders shaping the Commission’s 2024-2029 program: • ex-🇮🇹PM Enrico Letta’s •to do• = redefine the EU’s Single Market as a political project of resilience and strategic autonomy // • ex-European Central Bank President/ former🇮🇹PM #mariodraghi’s •to do• = scale investment and speed to match global rivals // • ex-🇫🇮President Sauli Niinistö’s •to do• = link growth, security and defence as one capability // • ex-🇵🇹science minister Manuel Heitor’s •to do• = align research and technology to boost Europe’s long-term strength. Do read their reports, too: • Letta: https://lnkd.in/dURDKM8C • Draghi: https://lnkd.in/dkKzBHi6 • Niinistö: https://lnkd.in/dxFP3En8 • Heitor: https://lnkd.in/d3M8zd_i 💡Precious insights also by former🇭🇷 finance and economy ministers Davor Stern, Mladen Vedris, Goranko Fizulic, Ljubo Jurčić, Ivan Vrdoljak, Tomislav Coric & Davor Filipović in the panel that followed. 🔭Because with experience comes perspective — and foresight. And those exes often see it first. O bivšima – sve najbolje. Sjajan koncept i sadržaj - hvala na partnerstvu i platformi za važne hrvatske i europske ekonomske razgovore, Darko Tipurić + Hrvatsko društvo ekonomista! Lucija Rogić Katarina Bacic Boris Crnković Ksenija Cerne Sasa Drezgic Lovorka Galetic Ivana Kovač Maroje Lang Zeljko Lovrincevic Marko Perić Sanja Sever Mališ Josip Tica Vedrana Jelusic Kasic Ivo Markotić Marko Primorac Darija Prša Hrvoje Šimović Vladislav Veselica [+🤍to the most supportive colleague Judita Cuculić Župa]