Opinion pieces
Itinera takes part in the public debate by publishing incisive opinion pieces. These opinions and columns reflect the views of Itinera’s fellows on current affairs and the issues that occupy society.
The interest rate is low, use it !
Low interest rates delivered a windfall gain of 400 million euros for the budget. The question for budgetwatchers: what would the government use it for?
The new nationality law will fail without proper integration strategy
Marc De Vos sees the new nationality law as a step in the right direction of social and economic participation. He misses the cultural or identity dimension en pleads for a broad strategy for integration. Otherwise, the law will not unite but divide.
Hollande takes a U-turn
Marc De Vos notices how François Hollande has replaced his election slogans with the language of cost control and competitiveness. The new French president will not rewrite the laws of economic gravity.
Diversity within a monetary union
Etienne de Callataÿ states that rather than to go for monetary unions exclusively containing homogeneous countries, we have no other choice than to take up the challenge of more convergence within Europe.
Ethics as cornerstone for the financial world
Morality is no soft issue but touches the core of a healthy economic system. In finance, trust is even more important, as without it, liquidity is absent.
A Flemish social security: symbolic or a vision towards the future?
The financial sustainability of care is under pressure, both for the state and the patient. In Belgium only Flanders takes some cautious steps forward to tap sufficient financial resources for care in the future.