Views: 295Recent European financial quarterly analysis reflects major trends in a slowdown process as part of the early frontloading of international trade ahead of existing and expected tariff hikes, and the subsequent unwinding of numerous global challenges. By the end of 2025, the ECB expects that global and the EU growth will be restrained by […]
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European approaches to the competitive and transactional global political economy
Views: 295The EU strives to reach smart and secure investments in quality infrastructure, as well as in sustainable connections in goods, people and services around the world. Specific EU program (called Global Gateway) explores the “mutual benefit” concept with €300 billion investment for the next five years. This EU “global model” is based on a […]
New EU strategy to facilitate research and innovation infrastructures
Views: 278The EU institutions started Union-wide consultation process contributed to the preparation of the new European R&I strategy, including a public call for evidence and several dedicated conferences and events. The strategy intends to support and coordinate numerous running and expected EU initiatives to strengthen research, innovation and competitiveness, including startups and AI in science, […]
Future of work: recent accounts on jobs and employment
Views: 443Three main “ingredients” in a national growth pattern are regarded, generally, as quite vital: existing natural resources (e.g. including those in sub-soils), state’s geographic position and available workforce (i.e. quality educated population) to actively participate in socio-economic development. It is not only that the WEF’s recent report on workforce and talent strategies – amid […]
Quality education and SDG-4: global trends in research
Views: 429Quality education is among the sustainable development goals (SDG-17) adopted by the global community already about a decade ago. The “educational SDG-4” has set some vital parameters for national and global governance to assist political economies’ patterns towards progressive growth. The SDG-4 for long is being an integral part of the EU’s member states’ […]
Regulating national labour markets: remote work vs. guided immigration
Views: 528New measures in the EU’s immigration control have already extended beyond strictly border control’s actions and became integral part of national employment policies, the workplace’s regulations and the “external employment resources”. Two aspects are vital: immigration control leading to labour market protectionism, and remote work which has grown immensely; however, some hybrid models emerged, […]
Global and European economy: main current problems and solutions
Views: 382Critical conditions in which the present global trade system is (dis)functioning, are affecting various countries around the world and the EU member states as well. As soon as the international trade must serve people and the planet, besides its “profitable component”, a “uniting” front of farmers, producers, businesses, as well as citizens is needed […]
Life expectancy in Europe and the world: latest assessments
Views: 1199Generally, Western European states are within 82-84 life expectancy’s range world-wide, while Eastern countries are within 75-79. For example, such small states as Monaco and San Marino in Europe are having the highest world-wide ranks at about 86-87, followed by Andora and Switzerland at 84. Sure enough, women are having higher life expectancy than […]
Employment in Europe through the digitalisation process
Views: 369The digital transition has important implications for the European employment conditions; the latter is closely connected to competitiveness: i.e. the use of advanced digital technologies and AI models in public/private sectors is seriously affecting the optimal levels of labour productivity. The digitalisation process that has taken place in the EU since 2008, has had […]
European corporate community’s perspectives: basics on the sustainability reporting
Views: 237Requirements concerning disclosing “sustainability information” in corporate reporting, so-called ESG, have affected two “groups of interest”, besides the business itself: a) active investors (e.g. asset and insurance managers), and b) civil society’s actors, wishing to hold businesses accountable for their impacts on environment, climate and sustainability. However, the process of “optimizing ESG” is constantly […]