How to build a stronger economic and financial Europe?

How can Europe’s competitiveness be strengthened? How can the major economic, technological, and energy transitions be financed? And what role must the banking sector play in supporting this dynamic?

In a keynote address, Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), shares her analysis of the major challenges facing Europe and the levers available to strengthen its economic and financial sovereignty.

Europe facing a transformation imperative

Energy transition, technological revolution, demographic shifts, geopolitical realignments: Europe today must address major challenges that require considerable investment.

In this context, the continent’s ability to finance its own transformations is a strategic issue. Banks have a central role to play in supporting businesses, championing innovation, and helping to strengthen European competitiveness.

Fostering the rise of European champions

Strengthening the European economy also depends on the ability to develop industrial, technological, and financial players capable of operating on a large scale.

This ambition relies notably on the consolidation of certain strategic sectors, a more integrated European market, and the emergence of players capable of sustainably supporting the financing needs of businesses and regions.

The initiatives launched in recent years in the fields of payments, specialized financing, and financial infrastructure illustrate this drive to support European economic sovereignty.

Insights from Christine Lagarde

In this address, Christine Lagarde reviews the major economic and financial balances facing Europe.

She shares her vision of the conditions required to strengthen European sovereignty, accelerate the financing of transitions, and build a stronger economic and financial Europe.