Politics

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6th August 2015 / Politics / Employment and Social Affairs

HN interview with Commissioner Jourová:some EU member states lose 5% of GDP per year due to low employment of women

Originally, the European Commission planned to have equal participation of women and men in the EU’’s labor market by 2020. Nowadays, 2081 seems to be a more likely date. Some EU member states lose 5% of GDP due to low participation of women in the economy, says European Commissioner for Justice, ...

26th July 2015 / Politics / Macroeconomic Indicators, Economic Growth

Politics: Greece manages to stay in the euro

Early in the morning on Monday 13 July, following an all-night Euro Summit as well as a reduced-format negotiation with the German Chancellor Merkel, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras seems to have saved his country´s place in the euro. Despite the fatalistic mood after the 11 July´s Eurogroup, ...

17th July 2015 / Politics / Trade and Investment

Politics: Inside TTIP: An overview and chapter-by-chapter guide

The Directorate-General for Trade of the European Commission released a publication Inside TTIP: An overview and chapter-by-chapter guide. Visit also the "Have your say" website of the DG for Trade....