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Philippe Legrain

What Philippe Legrain thinks about Europe

@philippe-legrain · 8 positions

British political economist and writer; economic adviser to European Commission President José Manuel Barroso from 2011 to 2014; visiting senior fellow at the London School of Economics' European Institute; author of Open World, Immigrants and Them and Us.

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3 dated positions, 2025 to 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Philippe Legrain has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingThe EU should aim to make its economy more dynamic rather than more 'competitive'.

    Their wordsThat's the wrong target; the aim should be to make the EU more dynamic.

    ↗@plegrain.bsky.social on Blueskybsky.app

  2. 3 weeks earlier

  3. Our readingEurope should reduce its military, economic and tech dependence on the United States.

    Americawar

    Their wordsIt's time to accelerate plans to reduce Europe’s military, economic & tech dependence on Trump’s America.

    ↗@plegrain.bsky.social on Blueskybsky.app

  4. 8 months earlier

  5. Our readingEuropean leaders' actions on rearmament lag far behind their rhetoric.

    Their wordsBut unfortunately there is still often a big gap between leaders’ bold rhetoric and their slow and inadequate actions.

    ↗Europe needs to rearm much fasterphilippelegrain.substack.com