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He pointed to overregulation, fragmentation, and weak productivity as structural weaknesses, and urged European leaders to act on the 2024 report led by former ECB President Mario Draghi, which recommended โ‚ฌ800 billion in annual investment to strengthen industrial competitiveness.

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[โ€“] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

what is your region?

edit: for some reason when it comes to specifics you don't actually want to discuss it

sounds like a quick look at the quality of your life going down in your particular region would quickly unravel this whole idea of yours

I didn't answer because it's irrelevant if I'm in Sweden, Spain or Greece. There's a plethora of economic issues across the continent, none of which is that we're falling behind on productivity. The point of this 'productivity' bs metric is to push for deregulation and less worker rights.

If you want to defend the premise of the article, you can do so regardless of what you know about me personally. Yet you haven't made a single argument.