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Europe’s financial system is governed through a network of institutions rather than a single centre of authority. Who Governs European Finance maps the bodies that supervise markets, mobilise capital, safeguard banks, maintain monetary stability and manage failure — revealing how Europe’s financial architecture functions as a system.
Europe’s financial future is often discussed in terms of regulation, banking and technology. Yet beneath these debates lies a deeper question: how should democratic societies organise money, trust and financial infrastructure in an increasingly digital age?
Financial systems are often treated as a sector. In reality, they function as infrastructure — shaping how capital flows, what gets built and where. This analysis explores why Europe underestimates this layer, and what that means for its strategic future.
As Europe’s political leadership fragments, the ECB has become the last institution still capable of long-term system thinking. In this essay, Christine Lagarde emerges not as a technocrat, but as Europe’s reluctant strategic conscience.
