In Brussels
The Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis, is not a man to push the line or to abuse superlatives.
The current period is as
"difficult"
as
"busy"
, he admits, however, without being asked.
Even more so for him, who has just inherited the business following the forced resignation of Irishman Phil Hogan and keeps control of the economy.
So here is this engineer by training,
"a man inside"
to use the phrase of a diplomat, in charge of two extremely heavy files, including that of the EU VRP.
While the bloc is facing a second wave of contamination and restrictions are multiplying everywhere, the former Latvian prime minister does not hide his concern about the economic situation.
In July, the Commission forecast a rebound of 6.3% for 2021. What will happen in the autumn forecasts expected at the beginning of November?
“There will of course be an effect on the underlying assumptions and this will affect the
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