Victor Broers

Victor is a European thinker and the initiator of the Navona Network - an informal group of public leaders, diplomats, entrepreneurs and intellectuals who join forces in transforming Europe from an economic community into a European community of wellbeing. He’s currently developing Manifest Europe - a positive future narrative.

The post-referendum era: time to look forward

What will Britain look like, now that it has decided to leave the European Union? And what are its opportunities in a post Brexit-era, with an unstable Europe and a destabilizing geopolitical context? Although it has not yet been decided…

A declining euro-dollar rate: food for debate

Since May 2014, the euro-collar exchange rate has seen a significant decline. This may seem remarkable, especially compared to the two-year period before, when the value of the euro steadily rose from approximately $1.20 to almost $1.40.…

The impact of Brexit: dealing with political uncertainty

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics," the former conservative British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli is thought to have said once. This maxim comes to mind when surveying the numerous studies produced on the…

“All Rise!”: assessing the Fed’s moves

On December 16, the United States Federal Reserve (Fed) raised interest rates for the first time in nine years, a move some fear will cause major negative effects, while others believe was long overdue. In her statement announcing the…

Southern Europe and Piketty’s analysis: inequality and regional differences

If one were to name a single issue that almost all European countries have in common, it would be increasing economic inequality. The subject has been in the spotlight also as a theoretical and historical question especially since the…

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