<div>European Union leaders want to breathe new life into the Capital markets union, the decade-old project to reduce fragmentation and put finance to work for the single market. In this episode of the Sound of Economics, <a href="https://www.bruegel.org/people/rebecca-christie">Rebecca Christie</a> sits down with <a href="https://www.bruegel.org/people/thomas-wieser">Thomas Wieser</a>, former President of the Eurogroup Working Group and chair of the EU's 2019 High Level Group on financial architecture, and <a href="https://www.bruegel.org/people/nicolas-veron">Nicolas Véron</a>, Senior fellow at Bruegel and a veteran observer of the financial markets, to discuss how Europe can attract private investment and help fund the costly green and digital transition.<br>
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Relevant publication:<br>
<a href="https://www.bruegel.org/first-glance/european-capital-markets-union-make-it-or-break-it">European capital markets union: make it or break it</a>, Nicolas Véron, Bruegel first glance, March 2024</div>
