The principles of the single market of the European Union include the free movement of goods, capital and people. But the biggest challenges are faced in the case of the freedom of cross-border provision of services.
Europe needs productivity growth, said Hans Peter Lankes, Managing Director for corporate strategy at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Bulgaria heads a list of the top ten countries in Europe in terms of the attractiveness of its automotive sector, according to the Colliers and Automotive Cluster Bulgaria survey.
Probably the most frequent question the EU pundits and journalists have asked recently is whether the EU will disintegrate. The answer is simple: It will not.
KBC has expressed interest in acquiring United Bulgarian Bank (UBB), Belgian media reported. KBC has contracted JP Morgan to help it with the procedure, according to the online edition of newspaper L'Echo.
The development of clean technologies in the energy industry is becoming a global trend. How to achieve this at the lowest cost, in order not to pass on the burden to energy consumers – that is a challenge faced by everyone, including Poland.
CSE inhabitants are earning approx. 2.5 times less than the core of the EU, but if extreme cases are omitted, it turns out that most CSE countries do not compete for investors by lowering wages.
The idea of a two-speed Europe should be viewed positively. In economic policy, permission for Member States not to join certain EU initiatives can – figuratively speaking – fill the national purse. Which is not to say that all ideas should be contested.
The Ukrainian crisis has shown that energy security in Central and Eastern Europe, particularly as regards the supply of natural gas, is not at all as certain as it seemed until recently.
The Brexit referendum has sent a shockwave through the European Union but the perspective of Brexit as a clean break with the EU might be rather far-fetched.