Views: 45The EU Single Market (formally established in 1993), is a unified economic area where goods, services, capital and people move freely without borders or tariffs. The concept is often called the “four freedoms,” as it allows EU citizens live and work within the bloc’s 27 member states as a “single domestic” economy. The new […]
Category: Labor market
European “Pact for Skills”: recent accounts on employment and training
Views: 100The EU-wide “Pact for Skills”, adopted about five years ago, aims to facilitate public and private organisations and encourage them to make concrete commitments to upskilling employment forces and reskilling adults. The Pact is one of the flagship actions of the general European Skills Agenda; through these years, the pact has proved to be […]
Reforming European customs union
Views: 94Most ambitious and comprehensive EU Customs Union’s reform took place last time in summer 2023; it included such spheres as increasing trade volumes, especially in e-commerce, reducing fast-growing number of EU standards at the borders, and mitigating geopolitical realities and crises. However, the needs are still numerous: simplification of customs processes for business and […]
European social market economy model: the spirit of partnership
Views: 124The EU governance is paying closer attention to the economic developmental priorities, such as revising the age-old concepts, completing the EU’s “single market”, investing in skills and quality jobs, etc. The spirit of partnership among employers, trade unions, governments and civil society is regarded presently as the European social model’s foundation, which reflects the […]
European food security: towards competitive agro-business
Views: 174The European future of farming and a competitive agro-food sector are key components of the continental-wide security and sovereignty. Hence, the EU institutions are “ready to act where needed”, as the Commission confirmed in its recent “Vision for agriculture and food”. And the EU will continue in the longer term to rigorously defend farmers’ […]
European strategy for consumers: Agenda-2030
Views: 89European regional consumer policy (EU-2030 Consumer Agenda), is aimed at “uniting” million consumers in the EU-wide single market; consumers contribute over 50 percent to the EU’s GDP through household spending. As consumers play essential role in the European economy, the agenda is enhancing consumers’ trust, ensuring legal clarity, bolstering enforcement and easing administrative burden […]
New European “bio- economy”: bonuses for the states and businesses
Views: 108The new idea looks like a big bio-chemical “revelation” in the continent: i.e. the Commission has unveiled recently its long-trailed plan to “turbocharge the EU’s bioeconomy”, which was worth €2.7 trillion in 2023 and employed about 17+ million people (around 8% of the EU jobs). As the EU officials believe, the new sector has […]
European AIs in healthcare: new initiatives
Views: 261Healthcare systems around the world and in the EU-27 are facing complex challenges, including rising “cure-demand” due to aging population, increasing numbers of chronic and complex medical conditions, growing operating costs and shortages of the healthcare workforce. However, the AIs and other digital technologies are having strong potentials in addressing these challenges and showing […]
European new strategy in modernising agriculture: facing generational shifts
Views: 335With over 80 percent of the EU territory dedicated to agriculture and forestry activities, the EU’s common agricultural policy, becomes a focal part of the member states’ political economies and development. However, the “common policy” needs both structural changes and the so-called generational renewal, coped with adequate financial support for farmers. The new CAP-27 […]
Future employment: perspectives for the EU’s growth and competitiveness
Views: 327World Economic Forum (WEF) in its recent prognostic research on “jobs of tomorrow” revealed some vital drivers in the future employment conditions and circumstances. Transitional perspectives in the future job markets are great: i.e. from creating higher-wage and better-quality jobs to facilitating global/regional competitiveness and reducing inequalities. Present national politico-economic decisions might definitely take […]