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By Hamish MACKENZIE, Head of Infrastructure, DWS
Throughout history, economic progress has gone hand in hand with infrastructure development. The availability of energy, telecommunications and modern travel has represented an important driver of productivity growth and transformed our society. Today, infrastructure investment remains key to tackle many challenges that European economies face, such as climate change, an ageing population, digitalisation and transport electrification: these factors will drive the competitiveness of Europe in the future. Technological innovation is another key driver of future investment needs in sectors such as renewables, energy storage, smart networks, fibre networks or EV charging.
However, in the last...
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