Can Europe Survive?

Resumen del libro

A bold new account of Europe's plight as it faces political fracture, economic stagnation and external challenges from the U.S., China and Russia Today, Europe finds itself in a fast-changing, polarised world dominated by Chinese-American rivalry. The European Union and its surrounding nonmember states, despite initial successes after the fall of the Berlin Wall, have failed to implement a strategy for success in the twenty-first century. Britain's exit from the Union has weakened both sides, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine has thrown these shortcomings into sharp relief. How should states across the continent position themselves in the decades to come? Drawing on unpublished archives and interviews with over 150 leading figures, David Marsh investigates Europe's present crisis, from the march of populism, Franco-German malaise, and the breakdown of relations with Putin's Russia. Fault lines are emerging in the monetary union, while the fight against climate change has impacted growth. Facing its gravest test since the Second World War, Europe must find fresh reserves of resilience and seek out renewed international partnerships to ensure success.

Biografía del autor

David Marsh (1952) Analista de economía y finanzas especializado en el contexto europeo. Estudió Química en la Universidad de Oxford, pero en 1973 se inclinó hacia el periodismo y entró a trabajar en la agencia Reuters. Entre 1978 y 1995 trabajó en el Financial Times, llegó a ser el responsable de la zona europea. Cofundador y presidente del Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF), ha trabajado en el periódico financiero Handelsblatt y en diversas entidades de la City londinense, y ha escrito varios libros centrados en analizar diferentes aspectos de la economía en Europa, como El Bundesbank (1992) y The Euro: The Politics of the New Global Currency (1994).