- long considered the ‘Climate Bank’, will it continue to play this role also in the future given the pushback on the Green agenda?

- how does the EIB operate in such an uncertain environment in which Alliances are being redrawn and fundamental values we thought we shared are put into question?

how their institution is positioned to tackle the current challenges.

Two very interesting conversations, in which we examined:

- how the geopolitical upheaval is exerting pressure to shift away from the twin transition and focus resources on European security and defence.

to digest and analyse the latest announcement but immediately requires a plan of action.

As part of the LSE German Society Annual Symposium and a week later the United Italian Societies one, I had the opportunity to ask two Vice Presidents of the @eib.org, Nicola Beer and Gelsomina Vigliotti,

In a workshop titled 'Politics and Pensions: redefining purpose in the post-Covid era' students engaged with key issues on the political economy of global pension funds, from the role they play in the global economy to why pension purpose matters.

My contribution In Search of Security: The Migration Conundrum and the Need for a Global Response to the latest issue of EconPol Forum @cesifo.org: www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...

However, there is a protracted inability to move from a crisis management situation to a sustainable global governance of migration.

(The sense of) Security is simultaneously the foremost concern for citizens in destination countries, who feel threatened by migrants and refugees and call on their leaders to regain control by erecting barriers and closing borders, and also the driving force behind migratory flows.

"We all want the society that Europe has promised us, one where we can uphold our values regardless of how the world around us changes, but we have no immutable right for our society to always remain as we wish it. We will have to fight to keep it."

The world needed some maintenance