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Von der Leyen Shifts EU Focus from Green Deal to Business Competitiveness
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shifted EU policy from a Green Deal focus to a "Competitiveness Compass," prioritizing business interests and reducing bureaucracy, revising recent sustainability regulations after enacting approximately 6300 legal acts in her first term, nearly double he...
Von der Leyen Shifts EU Focus from Green Deal to Business Competitiveness
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shifted EU policy from a Green Deal focus to a "Competitiveness Compass," prioritizing business interests and reducing bureaucracy, revising recent sustainability regulations after enacting approximately 6300 legal acts in her first term, nearly double he...
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64% Bias Score
Europe's Lagging Economy: IMF Urges Single Market Focus
IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva highlights a diverging global economic outlook: while the world economy shows 3.3% growth, Europe lags behind the US due to low productivity, inefficient capital allocation, and high energy costs. She emphasizes the need for Europe to focus on its single ma...
Europe's Lagging Economy: IMF Urges Single Market Focus
IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva highlights a diverging global economic outlook: while the world economy shows 3.3% growth, Europe lags behind the US due to low productivity, inefficient capital allocation, and high energy costs. She emphasizes the need for Europe to focus on its single ma...
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48% Bias Score
Europe Faces Innovation Lag, Warns Business Leaders
European business chiefs warn that Europe risks falling behind the U.S. and Asia in innovation due to excessive regulation, insufficient investment in AI, and President Trump's protectionist policies, urging the region to deregulate and boost competitiveness.
Europe Faces Innovation Lag, Warns Business Leaders
European business chiefs warn that Europe risks falling behind the U.S. and Asia in innovation due to excessive regulation, insufficient investment in AI, and President Trump's protectionist policies, urging the region to deregulate and boost competitiveness.
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56% Bias Score
EPP Prioritizes Competitiveness, Migration Control, and Military Strength
The center-right European People's Party (EPP) met in Berlin on Saturday to outline its 2025 priorities: curbing the far-right, boosting competitiveness (particularly addressing a 30% GDP gap with the US in 2023, up from 17% in 2002 due to low EU productivity), and halting illegal migration, with le...
EPP Prioritizes Competitiveness, Migration Control, and Military Strength
The center-right European People's Party (EPP) met in Berlin on Saturday to outline its 2025 priorities: curbing the far-right, boosting competitiveness (particularly addressing a 30% GDP gap with the US in 2023, up from 17% in 2002 due to low EU productivity), and halting illegal migration, with le...
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56% Bias Score
French Competitiveness Threatened by Bureaucracy and EU Regulations
French business leaders are warning about the country's declining competitiveness due to excessive bureaucracy, contrasting it with the US's deregulation and highlighting the upcoming EU's "duty of vigilance" directive as further challenges.
French Competitiveness Threatened by Bureaucracy and EU Regulations
French business leaders are warning about the country's declining competitiveness due to excessive bureaucracy, contrasting it with the US's deregulation and highlighting the upcoming EU's "duty of vigilance" directive as further challenges.
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60% Bias Score
Consensus Leadership Stifles Innovation: The Case for Decisive Action
Consensus leadership, while seemingly inclusive, often hinders innovation due to slow decision-making and diluted ideas, as highlighted by DDI's 2023 Global Leadership Forecast showing only 12% of leaders are effective decision-makers; decisive leadership, conversely, fosters agility and risk-taking...
Consensus Leadership Stifles Innovation: The Case for Decisive Action
Consensus leadership, while seemingly inclusive, often hinders innovation due to slow decision-making and diluted ideas, as highlighted by DDI's 2023 Global Leadership Forecast showing only 12% of leaders are effective decision-makers; decisive leadership, conversely, fosters agility and risk-taking...
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56% Bias Score
EU Urges Massive Space Investment Increase to Counter US Dominance
EU Space Commissioner Andrius Kubilius called for a massive increase in EU space investment, citing insufficient public spending (€12B, 11% of global total) compared to the US (€65B+, 64%) and the loss of market share in commercial launchers and geostationary satellites, necessitating reliance on Sp...
EU Urges Massive Space Investment Increase to Counter US Dominance
EU Space Commissioner Andrius Kubilius called for a massive increase in EU space investment, citing insufficient public spending (€12B, 11% of global total) compared to the US (€65B+, 64%) and the loss of market share in commercial launchers and geostationary satellites, necessitating reliance on Sp...
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40% Bias Score
Italy's High Energy Costs Threaten Industrial Competitiveness
Italian businesses are paying double the energy costs compared to other EU nations due to high gas import reliance and a pricing system based on the most expensive energy source; this is impacting competitiveness and employment.
Italy's High Energy Costs Threaten Industrial Competitiveness
Italian businesses are paying double the energy costs compared to other EU nations due to high gas import reliance and a pricing system based on the most expensive energy source; this is impacting competitiveness and employment.
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40% Bias Score
EPP Summit Focuses on EU Competitiveness, Migration, and US Relations
The European People's Party (EPP) summit in Berlin addressed competitiveness, migration, EU-US relations, and internal security, with Greek PM Mitsotakis meeting with CDU leader Merz and European Parliament President Metsola, amid rising far-right influence in Germany and Austria.
EPP Summit Focuses on EU Competitiveness, Migration, and US Relations
The European People's Party (EPP) summit in Berlin addressed competitiveness, migration, EU-US relations, and internal security, with Greek PM Mitsotakis meeting with CDU leader Merz and European Parliament President Metsola, amid rising far-right influence in Germany and Austria.
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40% Bias Score
Lagging Firms Hamper Spain's Post-Pandemic Productivity Growth
Spain's total factor productivity grew slightly after the pandemic (2.71% in 2022, 1.05% in 2023), but lagging firms (40% of the least productive in each sector) hinder overall growth. If these firms reached their sector median, aggregate productivity would rise by 4.9%.
Lagging Firms Hamper Spain's Post-Pandemic Productivity Growth
Spain's total factor productivity grew slightly after the pandemic (2.71% in 2022, 1.05% in 2023), but lagging firms (40% of the least productive in each sector) hinder overall growth. If these firms reached their sector median, aggregate productivity would rise by 4.9%.
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24% Bias Score
French Competitiveness Crisis: Bureaucracy and Global Competition
French business leaders warn of a national competitiveness crisis caused by excessive bureaucracy, highlighting the US's deregulation as a key factor and predicting severe economic consequences from the EU's upcoming corporate vigilance directive.
French Competitiveness Crisis: Bureaucracy and Global Competition
French business leaders warn of a national competitiveness crisis caused by excessive bureaucracy, highlighting the US's deregulation as a key factor and predicting severe economic consequences from the EU's upcoming corporate vigilance directive.
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60% Bias Score
EU Weighs Deregulation Amid US Pressure
The EU is considering easing financial regulations to boost competitiveness, driven by Donald Trump's potential deregulation in the U.S. and reports advocating for a shakeup in how Europe's financial markets operate, creating a dilemma between competitiveness and financial stability.
EU Weighs Deregulation Amid US Pressure
The EU is considering easing financial regulations to boost competitiveness, driven by Donald Trump's potential deregulation in the U.S. and reports advocating for a shakeup in how Europe's financial markets operate, creating a dilemma between competitiveness and financial stability.
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60% Bias Score
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