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Demographics and the economy: how a declining working-age population may change Europe's growth prospects
03 December 2015

Demographics and the economy: how a declining working-age population may change Europe's growth prospects

According to Eurostat's demographic projections, Europe's working age population (aged between 20 and 64 years) will be declining by 0.4% every year between now and 2040, a decline that has already started in 2010. This will have major implications for th...
02 December 2015

Commissioners Bieńkowska and Creţu issue statement on public procurement

Published : Wed, 02 Dec 2015 Joint statement of Corina Creţu, Commissioner for Regional Policy and Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs on their first regular meeting on public procureme...
30 November 2015

Copernicus: the EU programme contributing to climate change policies

Published : Mon, 30 Nov 2015 The EU’s efforts on climate change go beyond ambitious carbon reduction commitments. Through its innovative earth observation programme Copernicus, the EU is harnessing world leading science and technology to he...
18 November 2015

Report on the application of the Postal Services Directive adopted

Published : Wed, 18 Nov 2015 The European Commission has adopted its fifth report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of the Postal Services Directive (Directive 97/67/EC as amended by Directive 2002/39/EC and 2008...
30 November 2015

Competitiveness Council

The Competitiveness Council brings together ministers responsible for trade, economy, industry, research and innovation and space from all the EU member states. It deals with four policy areas: internal market, industry, research and innovation and space...
27 October 2015

The effects of reforms of regulatory requirements to access professions: country-based case studies

Published : Tue, 27 Oct 2015 The European Commission contracted four independent studies at country level to assess the economic effect of reforms of regulatory requirements to access professions. This was done to support the mutual evaluat...
27 October 2015

Economic case studies on the effects of regulatory requirement reforms to access professions

Published : Tue, 27 Oct 2015 The European Commission contracted independent academic studies on the economic effects of regulatory requirement reforms to access professions in Germany, Greece, Italy and the UK, to support the mutual evaluat...
25 November 2015

Confrontations Europe – Energy and digital mutations: the impact on employment and the role of economic and social actors in Europe

The conference, organised by Confrontations Europe in partnership with the European economic and social committee (EESC) and with the support of the Directorate-General for employment, social affairs and inclusion of the European Commission, will bring to...
21 October 2015

Explaining the Commission's vision on shipping and the shipbuilding industry

Published : Wed, 21 Oct 2015 Antti Peltomäki, Deputy Director-General of the DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, explained the Commission's vision on shipping and shipbuilding industry at the 9th National M...

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