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EU may fall behind on innovation

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EU

More than half the total growth in output of developed countries over the past 30 years resulted from innovation, according to OECD estimates. Promoting innovation has thus become…

EU innovation disparities will be hard to overcome

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EU

Innovation performance across regions.

Industry needs may prompt East European school reform

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EASTERN EUROPE

PISA measures, internationally, 15-year-olds’ ability to use their reading, mathematics and science knowledge and skills to meet real-life challenges. For the Visegrad Four (V4 -…

Long-term challenges will slow Germany’s economy

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GERMANY

German economy outlook.

Foreign inflows will improve eastern EU business scene

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EU

FDI in eastern EU member-states.

Radical reform of UK civil service is very unlikely

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UNITED KINGDOM

Civil service reform.

Brexit will not defy EU data protection gold standard

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EU/UK

Data protection and Brexit.

New Czech export strategy will focus on innovation

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EASTERN EUROPE

The policy, aimed at bolstering economic resilience and global competitiveness, and forging new national champions, sets Czechia apart from Hungary, Slovakia and Poland, the rest…

Solutions struggle to cut EU small-firm funding woes

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EU

This financing gap -- between what SMEs require to meet expansion targets and what they can raise from internal or external sources -- has been estimated at 1.1-2.2% of GDP…

Integrating migrants will be a challenge for Europe

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EUROPE

The large number of arrivals since 2015 has highlighted two challenges for Europe: the removal of asylum seekers whose claims are rejected and the integration into society of…