On Wednesday 4 December, Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, said that Donald Trump’s return to power in the United States could be an opportunity for Europeans to boost their economic competitiveness.
Beyond the words, we need to see what is actually done, “but we need to prepare for it” now, declared Ms Lagarde during a monetary dialogue with the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Referring to the ‘Draghi’ report on...