Economy
Is there a glut of credit in Europe?
Monday 30 December 2019 |
Christian Chavagneux | Alternatives Economiques
The European Central Bank is flooding the continent with liquidity. Will this lead to a future financial crisis?
Balkans: slow Internet and unspent cohesion funds
Wednesday 24 August 2022 |
Ornaldo Gjergji | OBC Transeuropa
The Balkan countries are struggling to keep up with the rest of Europe in terms of Internet connection speed. The only exception is Romania, which - not surprisingly - is the country in the area that is best able to spend cohesion funds on ICT
Europe fights the monkeypox outbreak with unequal defences
Tuesday 19 July 2022 |
Ángela Bernardo | Civio
Only two European Union member states confirm that they had strategic reserves of the most effective and safe vaccine against monkeypox, a smallpox-like virus.
South East Europe: investments in innovation are not enough
Thursday 14 July 2022 |
Gianluca De Feo | OBC Transeuropa
Within the EU, the Balkan countries are among those that invest less in research and innovation. European funds make a positive contribution, but the gap with the rest of Europe still tends to widen. The reasons are manifold.
How are EU countries doing against inflation?
Tuesday 31 May 2022 |
Aude Martin | Alternatives Economiques
Transfers to the most vulnerable, lower taxes, price regulation... European countries are taking steps to contain inflation. Do the measures all rely on the same levers? Are some strategies more effective than others? Here's an overview.
In which EU regions do people work less and get paid more?
Tuesday 08 March 2022 |
Marta Ley | El Confidencial
The average working week in Europe has shortened since 2000, but the differences between EU regions remain significant. People in some Greek regions work up to 12 hours longer than people in some regions of the Netherlands.
The EU faces off with Big Tech: GDPR’s enforcement enters its final phase
Monday 15 November 2021 |
Álvaro Merino | El Orden Mundial
Member states have imposed eight hundred and eighty sanctions since the law was introduced in May 2018, but the war against the tech giants has just begun. If the EU wants to win it, it will need to commit to it with greater investment and cooperation from all its members.
Europe is no longer afraid of nationalising companies
Monday 31 May 2021 |
Álvaro Merino | El Orden Mundial
Nationalising companies is no longer a taboo topic for the European Union's state members. After the 1990s and the beginning of the 21st-century privatisations, the economic crisis of 2008 gave a central role back to State ownership. The COVID-19 outbreak has opened the leading European companies' doors to the public capital.
Half of the European funds spent to fight climate change went into ineffective measures
Tuesday 06 July 2021 |
Gianluca De Feo | OBC Transeuropa
As part of the Common Agricultural Policy, the European Union spent 100 billion Euros to combat climate change between 2014 and 2020. But these funds, which make up half of the entire EU budget earmarked for the fight against climate change, have not led to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
Western Balkans: the pandemic penalises the youngest
Thursday 02 September 2021 |
Gianluca De Feo | OBC Transeuropa
High unemployment rates, increasingly apparent inequalities, and the digital divide. In the WB6, the crisis risks leaving young people behind and provoking a new wave of migration, but it could also offer new opportunities to revive economies.
