Editorial Board
Europe Can’t Afford the Far Right’s Fiscal Policies
The EU’s centrist leaders must use the next five years to achieve a deeper and more financially sound union.
Which way now?
Photographer: Antonio Masiello/Getty ImagesThe European Union faces a daunting challenge over the next five years: Get public finances in order while mustering the investment needed to confront a growing array of common challenges, not least the clean energy transition.
The task will require a level of discipline and cooperation that is anathema to the hard-right populists who, after a strong showing in the latest elections, will occupy a quarter of the European Parliament until 2029. All the more reason to get it done.