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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10929

26 September 2013
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) competitiveness
Europe not a spent force

Brussels, 25/09/2013 (Agence Europe) - EU member states may have made progress in improving the business and export climate but their industrial competitiveness is struggling because of high energy prices, poor investment and difficulty in accessing funding. Worse, convergence is at a standstill. The manufacturing sector, which the Commission would like to see account for 20% of GDP by 2020, currently contributes only 15.1%.

The two annual reports (2013 editions) on EU competitiveness - one...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
INSTITUTIONAL - BUDGET
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EDUCATION
EXTERNAL ACTION