Compétitivité

L’augmentation des inégalités est un problème qui ne peut plus être ignoré. Ce phénomène est la cause d’une fracture entre différents groupes sociaux et a contribué à la montée en puissance des mouvements et partis extrémistes. Il s’agit là d’un facteur de déstabilisation, aussi bien pour l’économie que pour la société, et il nous appartient de régler de toute urgence ce problème – tels sont les messages essentiels que le rapporteur a voulu...

À l’issue du Semestre européen 2019 et des consultations de la société civile qu’il a organisées dans les États membres, le CESE tire des enseignements pour l’avenir

Having SME policy as a horizontal priority is an indispensable way to address numerous, cross-cutting challenges that they are currently facing. Current trends cause bigger challenges for SMEs than for bigger companies. Therefore, it is high time for policy makers to act upon it. This was discussed at the conference "Placing European SMEs at a horizontal priority in post-2020 policy making process". The conference took place on 24 October 2019 in Chania, Greece and was organised by the Employers' Group, Chania's Traders Association and the Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship.

On 6 May 2019 the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) organised in its headquarters at Place du Congrès in Brussels a day of debates which focused on analysing the reform process of the Economic and Monetary Union, the various positions of the Member States' governments and some social actors, as well as the possible way forward from a situation that was qualified as a "blockage of the main reforms". In the six round tables that structured the debate, a total of 26 people participated, including keynote speakers, speakers and moderators. All of them were academics or officials of the European institutions.