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This category explores economic developments, trade policies, and financial trends shaping markets in Central-Eastern Europe and the EU. It covers foreign direct investment, market liberalization, inflation, trade agreements, and economic resilience, offering insights into the evolving business landscape and the strategic positioning of key economic players.

Chip manufacturing
Can Poland and Ukraine become a European hub for semiconductor manufacturing? Policy Papers & Analyses

Can Poland and Ukraine become a European hub for semiconductor manufacturing?

This contribution was originally presented by Blue Europe Fellow Marceli Hazla at the "Three Seas One Opportunity: Toward a New Intermarium" conference and won the best paper award for its insightful and documented perspective. Introduction Just as the beginning of the 1990s was dubbed the 'end of history', the aggression…
Marceli W. Hazla
2023-10-27
Ursula von der Leyen
The Global Gateway (Part 2): is it failing its objectives? Policy Papers & Analyses

The Global Gateway (Part 2): is it failing its objectives?

You can find part 1 here. The European Union's response to China's global trade and infrastructure programmes is now materialising. Europe's major Global Gateway initiatives aim to provide developing nations with an alternative to China's Belt and Road Initiative, which projects Beijing's clout along critical trade routes through port improvements,…
Léo Portal
2023-07-31
Global Gateway Ursula von der Leyen
The Global Gateway (Part 1): a European response to the Belt and Road Policy Papers & Analyses

The Global Gateway (Part 1): a European response to the Belt and Road

The Global Gateway is a new European strategy that was introduced by the European Commission and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on December 1, 2021. Its goal is to strengthen global health, education, and research systems while advancing smart, clean, and secure energy, digital, and transportation…
Léo Portal
2023-06-30
Croatian National Bank
Croatia and the Euro (Part 1): why did the country adopt the common currency? Policy Papers & Analyses

Croatia and the Euro (Part 1): why did the country adopt the common currency?

Despite challenging experiences with the Euro’s governance, particularly during the financial crisis, the rules for joining the monetary union have remained essentially unchanged since their inception, and Croatia has followed the path into the Eurozone as set out in the Maastricht Treaty. Croatia is the 20th country to decide to…
Andrea Bogoni
2023-06-03
The concept of industry 4.0 and its challenges Briefs & Commentary

The concept of industry 4.0 and its challenges

Main principles of the industry 4.0 As mentioned in previous articles – also centred on the Polish Industrie 4.0, Industry 4.0 is based on the inter-connectivity of an enterprise's machines thanks to digitalisation. This concept relies on four principles: agility, data analysis, automation and interconnexion. Agility The connectivity of the…
Pawel Morisson de la Bassetière
2023-05-26
warsaw stock exchange
Can FinTechs become a catalyst for ESG rules in the Polish financial sector? Briefs & Commentary

Can FinTechs become a catalyst for ESG rules in the Polish financial sector?

Thanks to their flexibility and innovation, FinTech companies can help accelerate the spread of ESG principles in everyday life. We are still in the early stages of true FinTech, as the future impact of cloud computing, IoT, artificial intelligence and blockchain cannot even be calculated today. Every year, digital businesses…
Marceli W. Hazla
2023-05-19
Supermarket Lithuania
The Lithuanian risk of out-of-control inflation: how citizens have to adapt Briefs & Commentary

The Lithuanian risk of out-of-control inflation: how citizens have to adapt

According to data from the National Social Security Fund of Lithuania, nominal labour income rose by 12.7% year-on-year, but could not keep up with the 20% inflation rate in January-March. The increase in average incomes was due to increases in the minimum wage and raises for civil servants. The income…
Gwendal Combot
2023-04-21
Turkish flag
Turkey and Eastern Europe: an opportunity for economical development Policy Papers & Analyses

Turkey and Eastern Europe: an opportunity for economical development

Turkey's foreign policy agenda has been shaped for decades by the political arrangements of the Cold War. Turkey's unmistakable orientation towards the West is not a temporary phenomenon. It is a tradition that dates back to the 1920s, when Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, initiated…
B.F.G. Fabrègue
2023-04-14

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