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Paul Hofheinz, president and co-founder of the Lisbon Council, features among the “power players” in the European Union’s big tech scene by Insider, the global news publication.

“Yet in that quarter of a century, some Italian governments made reform efforts that were more intensive than those of many other European Union countries. Except for during the past decade, a lack of investment was not the problem. Rather, the reason why these efforts achieved little boils down to the weakness of the rule of law and of political accountability in Italy. This sets the country apart from its eurozone peers and is Draghi’s biggest challenge.” So writes Andrea Lorenzo Capussela in the Financial Times and quotes the recent blogpost by Chief Economist Alessandro Leipold on the Forum on Why Italy is Crucial to the Recovery and Resilience Facility’s Success – and What the New Government Needs To Do.

MLex publishes an article on High-Level Roundtable on Competition and Innovation: Why Europe Needs Dynamic Models in Digital Markets – and How Europe Can Build Them. It writes “Pierre Régibeau was speaking in a webinar yesterday evening that addressed the question of whether the bloc’s proposed digital markets act (DMA) could “disincentivise the core innovation that drives the economy forward.”[…]“There are a number of dimensions [of the DMA] that if badly managed, could adversely affect appropriability” Régibeau said, mentioning “interoperability, self-preferencing and data access” as examples.”

In its daily news alert on Europe, Europa Ore 7, Il Foglio, publishes an excerpt from Why Italy is Crucial to the Recovery and Resilience Facility’s Success – and What the New Government Needs To Do, the latest blog by Chief Economist Alessandro Leipold.

Alessandro Leipold, chief economist of the Lisbon Council, comments on Good Morning Europe at Euronews on the European Council’s deal on the 750 billion-euro package aimed at funding post-pandemic relief efforts across the European Union.

Watch Alessandro Leipold Interview on Euronews

“Whatever It Takes”: Why Urgent Fiscal Policy Action is Key to Eurozone Success, a new policy brief by Chief Economist Alessandro Leipold, was quoted in an article by the Financial Times. It writes: “Alessandro Leipold, chief economist at the Lisbon Council think-tank, said a ‘whatever it takes’ approach was now needed on fiscal policy in the region. This meant the European Council embracing a ‘clearly supportive stance’, he said in a note.”