Sander Tordoir
Sander Tordoir

Chief economist
      Areas of expertise 
    Eurozone monetary and fiscal policy, the institutional architecture of EMU, European integration and Germany’s role in the EU.
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      The IMF should introduce a cap on its surging lending costs
Devex
  18 October 2023
  As the world’s finance ministers and central bankers gathered in Marrakech for the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund last week, they fretted that an already weak global economy might buckle further under ‘higher for longer’ interest rates. 
BNR Radio: Nederland heeft geen last van 'zieke' Duitse economie
03 October 2023
  Nederland hoeft zich geen zorgen te maken dat de slechte staat van de Duitse economie invloed gaat hebben op de Nederlandse economie. Dat zegt Sander Tordoir senior econoom van denktank Centre for European Reform in het economenvakblad ESB. 'Er zijn structureel diepere problemen in de Duitse economie die zich nu wreken.'
De Nederlandse economie moet zich verder van de Duitse afwenden
Economisch-Statistische Berichten
  02 October 2023
  De Duitse economie stagneert en zal daar de komende jaren niet bovenop komen. Wat betekent dit voor het Nederlandse buitenlandse economische beleid?
European Parliament: Public hearing on the new economic governance rules fit for the future
20 September 2023
  At the European Parliament’s hearing on the reform of Europe’s fiscal framework, Sander Tordoir argued
The EU still needs to build its de-risking toolkit
Encompass
  14 September 2023
  ‘De-risking’ the EU’s economic ties with China took centre stage in this week’s state of the union speech by European Commission President von der Leyen. 
Future is Blue: Unpacking German economic troubles
06 September 2023
  Is the German economy again the sick man of Europe, as it was once labelled back in the late 90s? We take a look at the current economic challenges of Germany together with Sander Tordoir, Senior Economist at the Centre for European Reform, and Raymond Torres, Funcas Europe Director.
CER Podcast: Will political turmoil in Spain and the Netherlands leave the EU in a tough spot?
09 August 2023
  Camino Mortera-Martinez and Sander Tordoir discuss Dutch and Spanish politics in the context of the EU.
Alemania necesita un nuevo modelo de crecimiento
ES Global
  02 August 2023
  Berlín debe modificar a fondo su estrategia de crecimiento, en lugar de aferrarse a un modelo fracasado de corporativismo industrial exportador.
The European reverberations of the Netherlands’ political implosion
El Pais
  28 July 2023
  As Spain digests the results from a ballot box that may leave it in political deadlock, the Netherlands gears up for an election campaign of its own. 
CER podcast: The politics of China-US-EU trade: Pulling up the drawbridge?
29 June 2023
  In this week's episode of the CER podcast Sander Tordoir, John Springford and Brad Setser discuss green tech industrial policy and ‘de-risking’ trade with China.
