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
Reuters: EU officials see money-laundering risks from high share of foreign deposits
This has been so obvious for years: the EU as money laundering and tax haven. These practices have however brought a lot of money into economies crippled through austerity and the resulting lack of investment. […]
EU politics
Grace Blakeley – The European project has far bigger problems than Brexit
EU leaders have entirely failed to solve any of the structural problems that led to the Eurozone crisis. Read here
EU politics
Prem Sikka: Shareholders have run the show for too long – it’s time for radical reform to company boards
What Prem Sikka writes is not only true for Britain, but for the rest of Europe as well. But beware:In Germany, where unions are well represented in boardrooms, union representatives often become as corrupt and […]
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