Wed 04/01/2017 - 12:00 Making our democracies more transparent and helping citizens play an active role in them are central challenges facing our societies today. The Open Government Partnership (OGP), which has 75 member countries, brings together people from all levels of government, civil society, the corporate world, academia and the media to work towards these goals.

Mon 29/05/2017 - 12:00 The new French President’s success in carrying through the reforms the country needs over the next five years could have consequences for at least a generation, if not more. Of course, more is at stake than simply France’s future: the European Union itself is also in the balance, with the ramifications reaching well beyond Europe’s borders.

Tue 05/07/2016 - 12:00 By the time British citizens went to the polls on June 23 to decide on their country’s continued membership in the European Union, there had been no shortage of advice in favor of remaining. Foreign leaders and moral authorities had voiced unambiguous concern about the consequences of an exit, and economists had overwhelmingly warned that leaving the EU would entail significant economic costs.

Wed 09/12/2015 - 12:00 By Jean Pisani-Ferry. Ten or 20 years ago, the existential question facing the European Union was whether it still had a purpose in a globalized world. The question today is whether the EU can respond effectively to major external shocks.

Tue 09/02/2016 - 12:00 By Jean Pisani-Ferry. If one considers some of today’s main challenges – including climate change, pensions, public debt, and the labor market – an obvious conclusion emerges: It is relatively much worse to be young today than it was a quarter-century ago. Yet in most countries, the generational dimension is remarkably absent from the political debate. Fifty years ago, people spoke often, and loudly, of a “generation gap.” Today, that gap has become invisible. This is bad for the young, for democracy, and for social justice.