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After such a dismal campaign, it is tempting to advise incoming MEPs to stick to low-key initiatives. Jean Pisani-Ferry warns MEPs, however, that over the next five years, three tests awaits the European Union: avoiding dismantling the Single market, redefining government intervention at the European level, and enhancing the governance of Europe. Bottom line: the best advice to Brussels-bound MEPs, and later to the new commissioners, is not to be faint-hearted but to dare.

Published in Le Monde, Handelsblatt, El Pais and Kathemerini.