Views: 52Globalisation process is a complicated issue: there are those who benefit from globalization and those who face its direct costs. Fraying social safety nets in wealthy countries, not to mention technological advances that allowed manufacturing firms to reduce their labor forces, added to workers’ woes. If managed effectively, the “new globalization” can still live […]
Category: Sustainability
covering main UN SDGs implementation in the EU states, European “green deal”, as well as circular economy’s aspects and “green growth” in the national development
Economic aspects in the EU’s approach to modern energy crisis
Views: 35The Commission is discussing presently a proposal rendering additional public support for the economic development in the member states. Since the beginning of the military conflict in the Middle East (already about two months ago), the EU-wide bill for fossil fuel’s imports has reached €22 billion. The disruptions to energy supplies will persist for […]
Facilitating European strategic technologies: four priority sectoral development
Views: 56The EU-wide Strategic Technologies Platform, STEP has celebrated its second anniversary with the record achievements for the development and manufacturing of critical technologies. Since its inception in March 2024, STEP managed to mobilise about €29 billion of funding across the EU-wide financial programs to support technologies in four priority sectors and associated skills: a) […]
European nuclear energy option: the case of France
Views: 44The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether public support that France plans to grant for the construction and operation of six new nuclear reactors is in line with EU State aid rules. Under the EU Treaties, the member states are free to determine their energy mix; hence, France has chosen […]
New attempts to harmonise European corporate legislation: the 28th regime
Views: 72The European Commission has taken an important step to strengthen EU-wide competitiveness and advancing the Single Market, as well as assisting the corporate community with adequate “instruments” in growing and scaling businesses. The Commission’s goal is simple: making it easier for businesses (especially for start-ups and scale-ups) to flourish in the EU and compete […]
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 financial support for Latvian recovery and resilience
Views: 48Latvia’s fourth supporting request for €371 million under the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) plan has been agreed by the Commission with the previously settled recovery-resilience’s 24 milestones and 17 targets. Latvian reforms and investments (tied to the payment request) are expected to drive positive change for the citizens and businesses in the […]
European economic perspectives through transitions in the global trade: EU-China controversies
Views: 58Presently, the geo-political disturbances have marked a new phase in the EU-China trade patterns through the so-called “second China shock”. The new stage of the global competition, that stretches to the core of the EU’s growth base, requires deeper understanding of both the global shifts in economics and in “China’s shock” for the EU […]
Efforts to increase sustainable European transport: facilitating competition
Views: 48New regulatory and executive instruments are aimed at supporting sustainable transport modes (both passengers and freight) and update the EU state aid framework for land and multimodal transport. The new rules establish a new version of state aid by replacing the 2008 guidelines, and will enter into force at the end of March 2026. […]
The energy mix in the EU member states: fossil fuels and renewables
Views: 290The total amount of energy supply sources -both globally and in the EU- are coming presently from oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear, as well as hydro and other renewables; the account was prepared by the World Energy Institute’s 2025 Statistical Review (with the most recent data for 2024), providing the reliable source of information […]