Europe needs all of us to build its future.

INDUSERVICES IN THE LARGE EUROPEAN MARKET
The renewal of the internal market is a much talked about subject right now, but it’s time to put words into action! Michel Barnier would like to see a pact between Europe’s institutions and its citizens, to pursue a new social and economic agenda. Will the Commission and the European Parliament be up to the challenge? And will the Member States be willing to negotiate a historic compromise that is binding on all their societies? Hopefully they will, as it is vital that we create the conditions for our own growth rather than rely on the spin-offs of growth generated elsewhere. The solutions will not be confined to national boundaries. We have to find a way of implementing difficult reforms together. The large European market must become a platform for new growth (1), a “base camp” for the industrial and service sectors. This will require new regulations to create an efficient market framework, and also a great deal of human and financial investments across all sectors and all value chains. Bringing training and employment into line with production requirements, reconciling economic freedom with social rights, getting young people into work, making better use of cohesion tools to increase convergence between Member States, which are very unequal in terms of productivity and competitiveness: the following report opens the debate on these issues, which will continue during the Entretiens Économiques Européens (European Economic Debates) held by Confrontations Europe in Warsaw. The European Commission’s DG EMPL will also be participating in the discussions, along with stakeholders from various parts of Europe and from Turkey (2). Their goal is to motivate the social and economic partners to integrate these issues into the European social dialogue in both the corporate and local government sectors, and hence to establish a political debate among citizens.

Claude Fischer, president of Confrontations Europe

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HOW IS POLAND PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE? Fundamental reforms to support long-term growth
REGIONAL ACTION AND ECONOMIC VITALITY: The new geoeconomic context is creating huge difficulties
EUROPEAN TERRITORIAL COOPERATION: From celebrating its 20th anniversary to thinking about its future.
The road ahead is still long
Can we avoid the risk of a lost generation?
A PACT FOR EMPLOYMENT AND ACTIVE AGEING: The start of a long journey
DEVELOPING CAREER SECURITY: “France is lagging behind its european neighbours in terms of qualifying and certifying training programmes”
EUROPEAN FUNDS: The need to refocus objectives

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