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Why is There Labour Shortages Across Europe?​

Demographic factors, difficult to find employment and few skills. What the EU suggests. But unemployment is at a lower level than ever.. Today we have two conflicting data: the lowest level of unemployment but many difficulties in finding employment. Why?The situation where there is a low unemployment rate but a shortage of available workforce can […]

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Education policy in the National Recovery and Resilience Plans

Education policy is a national competence, and the EU can therefore solely support, coordinate and complement its Member States’ actions in this … Education policy in the National Recovery and Resilience Plans

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Energy: No Decision From the 27 EU Countries

Brussels, 21 October 2022 “EU leaders reach a deal on energy” is the title chosen by the European Council website to hide a new stalemate of Europe on energy, yesterday in Brussels. The Commission lead by Ursula von der Leyen had proposed a new Council Regulation to tackle high gas prices in the EU and […]

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EU Decided on Minimum Wage

  Council and Parliament of the EU adopted the European Directive which sets the rules for determining the minimum wage and which provides for the extension of collective bargaining coverage to 80%. Minimum wage is currently foreseen in 21 EU countries.  It will always be up to the member states to decide whether it exists […]

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EU Collapses on Energy Again

European energy ministers’ meeting today in Brussels was not able to agree on European measures to limit the energy cost. Many countries have already done this with national measures. European citizens pay 3 or 4 times more gas and electricity and some countries have already taken their own countermeasures: by setting a national price cap […]

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2022 Climate Change Energy Environment

EU Revolution on Energy

There is a double urgency to transform Europe’s energy system: reducing EU dependance on fossil fuel imports and tackling the climate crisis. EU has important objectives on climate change and the current tensions on energy market suggest to accelerate measures on energy savings, diversification of suppliers, renewables and to replace fossil fuels consumption in industry […]

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Russia’s war on Ukraine: Military balance of power

Although Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022, it was preceded by long and repetitive military build-ups at the border, as well as … Russia’s war on Ukraine: Military balance of power

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Russia’s war on Ukraine: Cutting certain Russian banks off from SWIFT

As a system for standardised payment instructions and messaging services, SWIFT has become the basis for most global financial transactions. Russia’s war on Ukraine: Cutting certain Russian banks off from SWIFT

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The EU digital decade: A new set of digital targets for 2030

Given its importance for European Union (EU) competitiveness, the European Commission is speeding up the digital transformation by co-financing … The EU digital decade: A new set of digital targets for 2030

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Cyber - Attack

New EU Center to Fight Cyber-Attacks

After three years of discussions and in the aftermath of the US Colonial Pipeline Hack, the EU finally decides to create a European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and Research Competence Center   Energy Cyber-attack in U.S. At a time when the whole world gears up to defend itself from threats and attacks from the darkside of […]

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