Among the Member States for which data are available for the third quarter of 2023, Latvia (+0.6%) recorded the highest increase compared to the previous quarter, followed by Belgium (+0.5%) and Spain (+0.3%). The highest declines were recorded in Ireland (-1.8%), Austria (-0.6%) and Czechia (-0.3%). The growth rates compared to the same quarter of the previous year were positive for five countries, with the highest values observed for Portugal (+1.9%), Spain (+1.8%) and Belgium (+1.5%). The highest declines were recorded for Ireland (-4.7%), Estonia (-2.5%), Austria and Sweden (-1.2% both)
Economics
Thomas Piketty: Moving away from three-tier democracy
Is it possible to break out of the present three-tier democracy in France and more generally on a European and international scale, and rebuild a left-right divide centred on questions of redistribution and social inequality? […]
Sustainability
ICCT: Whac-A-Mole on the high seas: The curious case of ship emissions
Annual emissions from the world’s merchant fleet have reached 1.12bn tonnes of CO², or nearly 4.5% of all global emissions of this greenhouse gas. Read here
EU politics
Politico: Le Pen to Meloni: Let’s team up and form EU Parliament’s No. 2 group
The far right is projected to perform well in next week’s EU election, but is politically fragmented. Read HERE
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