There are possibilities for our economy in 2022 which seemed at least a decade away in 2019. Companies have digitised their activities 20 to 25 times faster than they had previously thought possible. One in every five workdays are expected to move to the home after the pandemic ends, compared with just one in every 20 before.
And the call for greener lifestyles has become thunderous. Having accepted tough restrictions to fight the pandemic, 70% of Europeans are now in favour of stricter government measures to fight climate change. Europe has long wanted to shift towards a more sustainable, more productive economy – and we now have the very real opportunity to do so.