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International supply chains pose green challenges

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INTERNATIONAL

Trade-offs with other policy concerns such as domestic job creation pose political dilemmas. Both green technology products and their inputs are increasingly seen as strategic…

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 -…

Artificial intelligence will be a key test for the EU

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EU

This comes after member states paved the way for a common EU approach to AI at the EU’s Digital Day on April 9.

European state intervention will persist beyond COVID

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EU

Building on previous strategies, it will focus on the twin priorities of Europe becoming a global player in the green and digital economies. It may also offer clues concerning the…

The EU’s international trade priorities are shifting

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EU

From the strategy, it appears the EU no longer sees free trade deals as an end in themselves but as another instrument -- alongside tools such as Carbon Border Adjustment Measures…

EU Green Deal will involve greater state regulation

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EU

European Green Deal.

Spain’s foreign investment appeal is under threat

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SPAIN

Spain’s increasingly protectionist regulatory environment, and proposed tax and labour reforms, threaten to discourage investment. The foreign-owned automotive sector, which…

Eastern Europe's car industry faces tough challenges

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EASTERN EUROPE

The ban, a centrepiece of the EU’s ambitious plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, requires carmakers in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland (the 'V4' countries…

Virus second wave will derail Greek budget forecasts

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GREECE

The official baseline is for an 8.2% GDP contraction in 2020, and a 7.5% rebound in 2021. It took into account moderate restrictions on movement in winter 2020/21, but the…

Economy may suffer as party leaves Slovak government

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SLOVAKIA

Deep rifts have dominated Slovak politics since the four-party coalition’s conception, but disagreements between Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (OLaNO) and SaS…