Follow this series by @Marieke Blom : Europe’s Pitch Book; it offers a glass-half-full perspective on Europe’s economic reality.

These are the first 3 articles:
•⁠ ⁠The case against European pessimism
https://think.ing.com/opinions/europe-pitchbook-introduction/
•⁠ ⁠Doomed by demographics?
https://think.ing.com/opinions/europes-pitch-book-doomed-by-demographics/
•⁠ ⁠Rethinking the productivity gap
https://think.ing.com/opinions/europes-pitch-book-doomed-by-demographics/
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