https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ABtawxHJ8Wk/elga-bartsch RSS for Node Tue, 12 May 2026 15:19:47 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-02/covid-shows-europe-s-fiscal-rules-are-too-outdated https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-02/covid-shows-europe-s-fiscal-rules-are-too-outdated Tue, 02 Feb 2021 06:30:08 GMT BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - JANUARY 21: President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen is looking at a piece of art made by Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto (also known as Vhils) on her way to a press conference, at the end of a video conference meeting of the members of the European Council focused on the Covid-19 pandemic in the Justus Lipsius building, the EU Council headquarter, on January 21, 2021, in Brussels, Belgium. (Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)