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How the EU is plotting a course out of COVID debt to greener future
In partnership with The European Commission
The next EU Commission will have to cope with a legacy of debt accummulated out of necessity by its predecessor in response to the Covid crisis and the Ukraine War. Instruments are in place to both control debt and invest in the future, but challenging times lie ahead.
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EU Enlargement: How Albania's EU bid is driving economic change
In partnership with The European Commission
Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has reignited the EU's long-stalled enlargement process. Real Economy reports from Albania, to see how its bid to join the bloc is transforming the country's economy.
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A task force for the future: Europe wants to upskill workers
In partnership with The European Commission
In this episode of Real Economy, Euronews reporter Fanny Gauret travels across Europe to explore the challenges businesses are facing and how they are upskilling workers amid the digital and green transitions.
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Tackling homelessness in Europe: a more 'radical' approach
In partnership with The European Commission
In this episode of Real Economy, Euronews Reporter Paul Hackett discovers how providing the homeless with housing as a starting point rather than an end goal, is transforming lives and fast becoming a long-term solution.
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Celebrating 25 years of the euro: a retrospective and future outlook
In partnership with The European Commission
To commemorate 25 years of the single currency in Europe, we ask students, workers and a former president of the European Central Bank for their perspectives on the past, present and future of the euro and the eurozone.
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What will AI mean for the future of Europe's businesses and workers?
In partnership with The European Commission
In this episode of Real Economy, we’re asking what AI means for the world of work. Might it make those tricky tedious tasks easier, or is it actually coming for your job? And if you’re not in the firing line just yet, could you be working next to a bot sometime soon?
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Inflation drops to two-year low, but Europeans still feel the pinch
In partnership with The European Commission
After two years of high inflation, consumer price pressures finally look to be on a downward trend in Europe. But are businesses and consumers feeling the decrease in input costs and consumer prices? We head to Belgium to find out.
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How will the EU 'derisk' from China?
In partnership with The European Commission
The EU is heavily dependent on China and other countries for the essential raw materials it uses for the production of telephones, electric vehicles or semiconductors. So how can it achieve its goal of 'derisking' the European economy?
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Do we need the digital euro?
In partnership with The European Commission
Digital currencies have grown in popularity. Unlike bitcoin, the digital euro would be a central bank digital currency (CBDC), essentially, electronic cash. The aim is to offer consumers an alternative Europe-wide payment option.
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Putting people first: How can Europe grow its social economy?
In partnership with The European Commission
In the latest Real Economy episode we learn about the people behind Sweden's social economy enterprises who are looking to make a positive impact, rather than simply maximise profits.
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Where does Europe's economy stand, and where is it headed?
In partnership with The European Commission
In this episode of Real Economy, we travel to the Brussels Economic Forum to ask high-level decision-makers how the EU can shape its digital, green and economic policies while ensuring the protection of its workers, industries, and consumers.
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The adequate EU minimum wage confronted by high inflation in Latvia
In partnership with The European Commission
The minimum wage has recently increased across Europe. In Latvia, it rose by 24% in 2023, the highest increase in the European Union. But is it enough to cope with the rising cost of living?
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EU energy plan: cut Russian fossil fuels, speed up green transition
In partnership with The European Commission
The pressure is on Europe to end its dependency on Russian fossil fuels, but how realistic are the EU's plans to achieve this by 2027? To find out, Real Economy visits several solar parks in Spain and speaks to EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson.
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How Ukrainians are overcoming the barriers to Europe's jobs market
In partnership with The European Commission
Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s war in their country have the right to live and work in the EU for up to three years - but how difficult is it to find a job? And what does this influx of refugees mean for Europe’s workforce and economy?
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How the war in Ukraine is hitting Europe's economy
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As food and energy prices soar, what next for Europe’s economy? Real Economy speaks to a leading economist about the economic fallout caused by Russia's war with Ukraine and heads to Germany to visit an aerospace firm attempting to cope with supply chain disruption.
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How Europe is finding the money to host millions of Ukrainian refugees
In partnership with The European Commission
With almost 6 million Ukrainian refugees fleeing to neighbouring countries, governments dealing with the cost of this humanitarian emergency are relying on EU funds to help those in most need, but are they enough?
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Brussels Economic Forum 2022: War, pandemic and climate to top agenda
In partnership with The European Commission
Real Economy speaks to the IMF’s no2 Gita Gopinath and the EU’s Commissioner for Trade Valdis Dombrovskis about the economic fallout of Russia’s war in Ukraine. The team also look ahead to the EU's flagship economic event, the Brussels Economic Forum.
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The scandal of child poverty in Europe - are governments doing enough?
In partnership with The European Commission
One in four children living in Europe is at risk of poverty and social exclusion.
The EU’s Child Guarantee initiative aims to end this by putting into action the European Pillar of Social Rights on Childcare and support to children.
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The right to work: enabling people with disabilities to thrive in the job market
In partnership with The European Commission
Real Economy travels to Poland and Spain to meet two women with disabilities breaking down barriers in the work place and asks European Commissioner Helena Dalli what action is being taken at a European level.
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Europe's COVID recovery: economy bounces back but risks remain
In partnership with The European Commission
Europe’s economy is on track for faster than predicted growth - but could a surge in covid cases and supply chain shortages jeopardise that recovery? In this episode, Real Economy speaks to the OECD’s chief economist, to ask if we have any reason for christmas cheer.
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Brussels Economic Forum 2021: what will Europe’s economy look like post-pandemic?
In partnership with The European Commission
The hot topic at the Brussels Economic Forum is how to build Europe’s new economy post-pandemic. We speak to some business owners, EU commissioners and the head of the WTO about vaccines, international trade and the economic outlook.
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InvestEU: The European plan mobilising billions to boost slumping investment
In partnership with The European Commission
The pandemic has caused European investment to slump. But the EU has a plan to mobilise billions in capital and guarantee investments. It’s called InvestEU and it’s also looking to boost investor confidence whilst giving a helping hand to digitalisation and the green transition on the way.
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The European initiative guaranteeing a way out of poverty for all children
In partnership with The European Commission
Parents Heba and Adel and Koulla and Mario have things in common: Both couples live in Cyprus and both are struggling to provide for their children. But they have been helped by an EU-Cypriot co-funded project and more families like them could soon receive help from the European Child Guarantee.
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Digital technology has kept us connected during the pandemic - how can it help Europe's recovery?
In partnership with The European Commission
Can the EU’s multi-billion pandemic recovery fund help Europe go fully digital? A century-old Danish manufacturer has made the switch to a fully digital production line and is already reaping the benefits. With the help of EU funds, many other SMEs are expected to follow suit.
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Job retention schemes are keeping millions in work, what happens once they end?
In partnership with The European Commission
With the pandemic, lockdowns, climate change and the digital transition, employment in Europe has rarely been so precarious. Job retention schemes are keeping millions in work, but what happens once they end?
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The Gig Economy: flexible freedom or wage slavery?
In partnership with The European Commission
As Spain passes a law classing food delivery riders as employees with full social benefits - we ask should there be EU-wide legislation? And we meet the Barcelona riders - who aren’t all happy.
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EU helps struggling Moldova out of COVID-19 crisis, but the cash comes with conditions
In partnership with The European Commission
"Europe will never be a safe and prosperous place until the neighbourhood is also safe and prosperous" - EU Commissioner, Oliver Varhelyi, on the importance of the EU's Macro-Financial Assistance.
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The race to stop Europe’s young and jobless from becoming a ‘lost generation’
In partnership with The European Commission
The pandemic has caused unemployment to rise throughout Europe. The under 29's have been particularly affected and are now having to compete with the newly unemployed with more experience. We take a look at what the EU is doing to improve employment for young people.
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Will publishing salaries help gender equality in Europe's workplaces?
In partnership with The European Commission
There's still a pay gap between men and women in Europe. So what's being done to create better parity? Real Economy takes a look at how The European Pillar of Social Rights and its pay transparency directive are influencing EU social policies on gender.