Views: 1038Generally, 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 […]
Category: Labor market
Employment in Europe through the digitalisation process
Views: 185The 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: 183Requirements 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 […]
AI in education and skills: towards global digital literacy
Views: 97About 450 million young people globally lack the skills necessary for an AI-driven labor market; many are feeling unprepared for the modern workplace’s structures. In order to close the digital skills gap, the AI models and digital literacy process must be integrated into education policies as early as possible, alongside fostering other human-centered skills […]
Income and living conditions in Europe: recent data
Views: 198The EU statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) is aimed at collecting various components of the European states’ conditions, as well as providing timely and comparable cross-sectional and longitudinal data comparison on income, poverty, social exclusion and living conditions. Besides, the issues of minimum wages are also vital…
Skills for the future: global and European transformations
Views: 131Technological changes, global politico-economic fragmentation, as well as world-wide social uncertainties in sustainability, climate mitigation and demographic shifts, coped with the energy and green transitions (in separate and in combination form) are presently among the major drivers that are going to shape and transform global and regional labor markets in the coming decades. Thus, […]
Designing the EU long-term budget: citizen’s participation
Views: 61The third and final session of the European Citizens’ Panel on the new EU long-term budget has just finished its work. For the first time, a group of 150 randomly selected citizens from all EU- 27 member states have brought forward their ideas in over thirty “general and guiding” recommendations for the formation of […]
Recent European Social Dialogue: the tripartite social summit
Views: 83After the adoption of a new Pact for a European Social Dialogue, the EU-wide social summit took place recently (19 March, 2025). The Tripartite Summit is a forum for dialogue between the EU institutions, the member states and the social partners; the summit’s main theme was “Bringing Europe back on track in a challenging […]
The EU and US in a trade war: sanctions and countermeasures
Views: 95This March, the US imposed tariffs of up to 25 percent on imports of steel, aluminium and certain products containing steel and aluminium from the EU; in response, the Commission is launching a series of countermeasures to protect European businesses, workers and consumers from the impact of these unjustified trade restrictions.
EU efforts to support clean industrial development in the member states
Views: 64New Commission proposal aims to ensure that the member states can have the EU’s support to facilitate implementation of the EU-wide “clean industrial deal” without causing undue distortions of competition in the European single market. The Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework provides for some measures to integrate the EU-wide industrial development, competition as well […]