Professor Melinda Mills, Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, has been appointed as of one of three Special Advisors to Paolo Gentiloni, the European Commissioner of the Economy. Paolo Gentiloni has served as the European Commissioner for the Economy in the von der Leyen Commission since December 2019. He previously served as Prime Minister of Italy from 2016 to 2018.
Mills will advise the Commissioner on socioeconomic matters. This is an extension of her previous work on the European Commission’s High-Level Group on post-COVID economic and social challenges. The report from this group, published in March 2022, is freely available here: A New Era for Europe: How the European Union can make the most of its pandemic recovery, pursue sustainable growth and promote global stability. A summary can also be found in this VoxEU article and a Daily News highlight on the European Commission's Press Corner.
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