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Protecting Europe’s Future: Ideas for the next European Commission

Global risksArticleMay 28, 2024

All of us at Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) are assiduously following the run-up to the forthcoming EU elections, and we care deeply about the outcome. European policymaking has always been about delivering positive change, and change is embedded in our DNA.

For over 150 years, Zurich has worked in the midst of change – some subtle, some radical – and we’ve adapted and acted to provide steady, trusted support for our customers and communities, across Europe and around the world. We have experts in key policy areas – pensions; climate risk; digitalization – who have insights, bold ideas, and the experience to execute those ideas.

Over the next five-year cycle, Europe will not only have to continue to deal with today’s pressing issues, it will also face new challenges, some that we can’t even anticipate right now.

We are ready to play a role in helping to address those challenges wherever we can. As we look forward to the next five years, there are three policy areas in particular that are essential for the future resilience, growth, and betterment of Europe – and where Zurich can lend critical support:

Empower EU citizens to bolster their investments and pension savings.
Enable Europe to reap the benefits of digitalization – and promote cyber resilience.
Focus on prevention to mitigate costs of increased climate risk.