“These are the two words capturing this report: urgency and concreteness”. This is how Mario Draghi described his report on the future of European competitiveness. The 400-page document, commissioned last year by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, was submitted to her in Brussels on Monday 9 September. Some 170 recommendations are suggested by the former Italian Prime Minister to boost productivity and growth in the EU.
The actions to be taken are guided...