Kyriakos Pierrakakis and Belgium's Vincent Van Peteghem have formally entered the race to lead the Eurogroup. At a moment when the Eurozone is navigating heightened geopolitical pressures, rapid technological disruption and long-term structural challenges, two finance ministers - Greece's Kyriakos Pierrakakis and Belgium's Vincent Van Peteghem - have formally entered the race to lead the Eurogroup. Their candidacies, submitted in detailed letters to fellow ministers, will be decided at the group's meeting on December 11. Together, their proposals sketch two distinct yet broadly aligned visions for the future of the euro area's economic governance. In his letter, Pierrakakis describes the present European context as a "critical moment", arguing that the core problem is not a shortage of analysis but a lack of coordinated execution. He urges the Eurozone to move beyond entrenched divisions between North and South, East and West, and...