Benoît Cœuré: Addressing Europe's economic and political challenges Introductory remarks by Mr Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, at TUM Speakers Series/HEC Débats organised by the Technical University of Munich, Munich, 21 November 2016.
* * * Recent political developments in the United States and the United Kingdom have been interpreted as reflecting widespread concerns about globalisation as well as scepticism about international cooperation1. Many Europeans also regard the responses to cross-border challenges such as economic fragilities, migration and terrorism as unsatisfactory. A broad debate is under way about the European Union’s raison d’être and its future.