Martin Wolf speaks to Christine Lagarde: Europe’s ‘existential crisis’

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The European Commission must urgently dismantle internal trade barriers that are stifling innovation, productivity and investment across the EU. So says Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, in a conversation with the FT’s chief economics commentator, Martin Wolf, as she calls for immediate structural reforms and explains why this is the moment to do it.


This interview was recorded on December 10 as part of the FT’s The Global Boardroom conference.


Subscribe and listen to this series of The Economics Show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen to podcasts. 


Read Martin’s column here 


Sound design and original music by Breen Turner.


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

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The European Commission must urgently dismantle internal trade barriers that are stifling innovation, productivity and investment across the EU. So says Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, in a conversation with the FT’s chief economics commentator, Martin Wolf, as she calls for immediate structural reforms and explains why this is the moment to do it.


This interview was recorded on December 10 as part of the FT’s The Global Boardroom conference.


Subscribe and listen to this series of The Economics Show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen to podcasts. 


Read Martin’s column here 


Sound design and original music by Breen Turner.


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-12-24 25 min
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