Europe Must Stand Up to Hungary and Poland

• Project Syndicate
• November 18, 2020

Hungary and Poland have vetoed the European Union’s proposed €1.15 trillion ($1.4 trillion) seven-year budget and the €750 billion European recovery fund. Although the two countries are the budget’s biggest beneficiaries, their governments are adamantly opposed to the rule-of-law conditionality that the EU has adopted at the behest of the European Parliament.

The Great Anticipator

• Mario Calvo-Platero, La Repubblica
• August 11, 2020

George Soros is one of the most iconic financiers of the century. He is the man who in 1992 “broke” the Bank of England, the philanthropist who has given away $32 billion to promote open societies, the political pugilist who has sparred with Donald Trump and Viktor Orban.

Perpetual Bonds Could Save the European Union

• May 22, 2020

In an interview, published today, George Soros has set out how the European Union (EU) can maintain its AAA rating and finance its COVID-19 recovery package.

The Crisis of a Lifetime

• May 11, 2020

George Soros and Gregor Peter Schmitz discuss the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Case For Perpetual Bonds

• Widely Syndicated
• May 9, 2020

Within a matter of weeks authorities will have to take decisions that will determine the fate of the European Union. The EU can either pull together and fulfill the expectations and aspirations of its citizens or it will continue to disintegrate.

Spain Is Leading the Way on Perpetual Bonds

• April 22, 2020

When the European Council’s virtual summit convenes on April 23 to address how the European Union should cope with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, it should consider the Spanish government’s submission carefully. Indeed, it should be the first item on the meeting’s agenda.

The EU Should Issue Perpetual Bonds

• April 20, 2020

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced that Europe will need about €1 trillion ($1.1 trillion) to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. This money could be used to establish a European Recovery Fund. But where will the money come from?

Pandemic Requires Comprehensive Debt Standstills

• Bloomberg Opinion
• April 16, 2020

By: George Soros and Chris Canavan The Covid-19 pandemic is a one-two financial punch for developing economies. Not only has it put extraordinary pressure on the budgets of governments, which need to ramp up public health spending and prop up their reeling economies, but it has also caused a sharp exodus of capital from emerging markets.

Guarantee Paychecks for All Workers Displaced by Coronavirus to Save the Economy

• Los Angeles Times
• April 13, 2020

By: George Soros and Eric Beinhocker The catastrophic collapse in U.S. employment due to the coronavirus crisis demands far more from the federal government than it has done so far. Nearly 17 million Americans filed for unemployment in just the three weeks ending April 4.

Europe Must Stand with Turkey over Putin’s War Crimes in Syria

• Financial Times
• March 5, 2020

Since the beginning of its intervention in Syria in September 2015, Russia has not only sought to keep in place its most faithful Arab ally, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. It has also wanted to regain the regional and global influence that it lost since the fall of the Soviet Union.