Europe’s prosperity depends on solving its budgetary conundrum

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The writer is president of the Eurogroup

Europe is at a budgetary inflection point. We need to reduce deficits and rebuild a stronger financial safety net while facing multiple short- and long-term spending and investment demands, including the green and digital transitions, defence, security and ageing. To do this we…