Better firefighting: Readying Europe for an age between war and peace
Facing wars and crises, the EU can no longer rely on slow peacetime processes. It needs a plan for faster industrial and infrastructural adaptation
Experts & Staff
Laurence Boone
Head of Santander Corporate & Investment Banking France
Former Secretary of State for European Affairs, France
Biography
Laurence Boone was nominated Country Head of Santander France in September 2024. She was Minister for Europe of President E Macron between 2022 and 2024. Before, she held the position of Deputy SG and Chief Economist for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from 2018 to 2022. From 2016 to 2018, she was Chief Economist at AXA Group, and from 2014 to 2016, special advisor to the French President on multilateral and European economic and financial affairs.
Need for speed: The case for a European defence production act
The EU’s red tape is preventing it from responding quickly enough to major crises. An EU defence production act could help
In the media
Laurence Boone and Nicu Popescu on the calls for a European Defense Production Act