Europe’s path to competitiveness | WEC 2026

We invite to listen to the discussions recorded during the Warsaw European Conversation, an annual conference by Polityka Insight and the European Council on Foreign Relations. In five episodes we discuss Europe’s readiness for war, digital sovereignty, the competitiveness of the EU economies, European elections and energy policy.

In today’s episode we will consider how Europe can regain control in an increasingly unstable economic environment, and what lessons recent crises hold for the future of the European and Polish economies. We examine ways to strengthen economic resilience, improve governance, and build long-term competitiveness. The episode features Jakob Funk Kirkegaard, Senior Fellow at Bruegel, and Piotr Bujak, Chief Economist and Director of the Economic Analysis Department at PKO BP. Hosted by Bartosz Krzemiński, Senior Business Analyst. Enjoy the episode!