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We must address climate change, inequality, and poverty simultaneously, but prevailing economic approaches are failing; solutions lie in an updated, experimental industrial policy focused on green and productive service job
Across 18 sectors, only aerospace and defence remain globally competitive—Europe must abandon naivety and act decisively.
The landmark ruling validates the directive's approach to adequate wages and collective bargaining, dealing only minor setbacks to its implementation across Europe.
"Abundance" sounds appealing, but institutional competence and economic wisdom matter more than uplifting slogans.
Bold industrial strategy must combine green transformation with social justice to secure Europe's economic future.
Boosting infrastructure spending would stimulate growth and employment without threatening debt sustainability.
The digital transformation of work isn't destroying jobs through automation—it's fundamentally reshaping how work is organised, managed and controlled.
Europe's SME digital divide persists despite EU efforts, with financial constraints and skills shortages hindering transformation.
Manufacturing can't create jobs anymore. Services must step up—with smart policy to boost productivity.
New technologies drive inequality by concentrating capital income. Three policy approaches can help spread ownership and moderate disparities.
As tariff wars and industrial crises mount, Europe must abandon austerity for investment-driven internal demand.
Europe's merger watchdogs generally ignore labour market impacts, but there is a possibility for change.
Integrating sustainable finance standards into central bank operations would align market incentives and strengthen the eurozone's climate resilience.
Europe's fragmented approach to industrial strategy undermines its ability to compete with China and the United States.
Innovation agencies in the EU are no longer fit for purpose. A major overhaul of both the concept of innovation and of institutional structures is urgent.
Europe's twin transformation needs social conditionalities to prevent corporate capture and build democratic legitimacy.
Lagging investment in clean technologies poses a greater risk to European jobs than the green transition itself.