The unfortunate EU foot-dragging on the Draghi plan
Europe’s competitiveness is waning due to inertia in Brussels and national capitals
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Why European workers need to switch jobs
The continent’s labour market is ill-suited to an age of disruption
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Draghi’s Tough Love One Year After Wake-Up Call Report
Former ECB chief warns that continued inaction threatens the EU’s competitiveness and sovereignty.
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Europe drags its heels on Draghi plan as global rivals surge
A year after former Italian PM’s report on competitiveness, EU implements just 11% of his ideas
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Draghi orders Europe’s leaders: Do what I told you
Countries are taking too long to implement economic fixes, the Italian guru says.
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Behind the gag on Ribera’s Google gaggle
HOWDY. Sarah Wheaton here, welcoming all of you to this Tuesday edition of Brussels Playbook — but especially to Carrie Budoff Brown, who officially makes her triumphant return to the POLITICO Europe newsroom today.
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Draghi had a plan to save Europe’s economy. We’ve rated it, a year in.
Spoiler alert: One year on, there are more failures than successes.
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Why has the EU only implemented a fraction of Draghi’s economic plan?
Almost a year ago, former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi, presented a report on how to make the EU economy more competitive.
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