Tag: Europe
A New Normal: Countering the Financing of Self-Activating Terrorism in Europe
[ad_1] Numerous deadly terrorist attacks across Europe – from the 2015 Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris and the Manchester Arena bombing of 2016 to the far-right firearms assault in Hanau, Germany in early 2020 – demonstrate that self-activating terrorism (sometimes referred to as lone actor or small cell terrorism) has become a major security concern for…
Jobs for Europe: The Employment Policy Conference
[ad_1] Keynote Speech by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, delivered at the Employment Policy Conference 6 September 2012Brussels, Belgium Ladies and Gentlemen: Let me first thank Commissioner Andor for inviting me to present the OECD’s assessment of the employment challenges facing Europe and discuss the policy responses that are urgently needed to put the continent…
Solving Non-Performing Loans in Europe to speed up the recovery
[ad_1] by Pierre Beynet, Head of Division, Country Studies Branch, OECD Economics Department Almost 10 years after the outset of the financial crisis in summer 2008, European growth remains modest, constantly underperforming the OECD average. Several factors explain this disappointing performance. The pace of fiscal consolidation was rapid in the countries most affected by the…
Slow growth in health spending but Europe lags behind
[ad_1] 7/7/2015 – Many European countries saw further reductions in health spending in 2013, according to OECD Health Statistics 2015. Health spending continued to shrink in Greece, Italy and Portugal in 2013. Most countries in the European Union reported real per capita health spending below the levels of 2009. Outside of Europe, health spending…
Global economy is improving but Europe lags behind, says OECD
[ad_1] >> Watch the webcast of the press conference 28/03/2013 – Global economic activity is picking up, but the continuing crisis in the euro area is delaying a meaningful recovery, the OECD said in its latest Interim Economic Assessment. The Assessment, presented in Paris by Chief Economist Pier Carlo Padoan, says that the G7…
Health at a Glance: Europe 2014 – Key findings for Poland
[ad_1] Poland has narrowed the gap in life expectancy with other EU countries over the past two decades, thanks mainly to reductions in mortality in cardiovascular diseases; still further progress in life expectancy could be achieved by further reductions in risk factors and mortality from cardiovascular diseases and cancer.
Keeping the momentum of the structural reform agenda in Europe
[ad_1] Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, delivered at the European Parliament ECON CommitteeBrussels, 26 November 2013 Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great pleasure to address the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament, now for the second time. The crisis which hit us over five years ago has left…
Growth and Competition: Challenges for Europe and the Czech Republic
[ad_1] Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, deliverd at the Seminar: “How to restart growth and convergence towards most advanced economies” Prague, 18 March 2014(As prepared for delivery) Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great pleasure to be here in Prague once again and to open this seminar on “How to restart growth and…
Europe and the United States: Jump-starting the engine of global growth
[ad_1] Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, delivered at the European Institute Transatlantic Award Dinner 2 December 2013, Washington DC, United States of America Ms Attinger, Mr Istel, Ambassadors, Ladies and Gentleman, It is with great pleasure that I accept the European Institute’s Transatlantic Leadership Award. Not only am I personally honoured to follow in the footsteps of many…
Thousands rally across Europe to back Palestinians
[ad_1] Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians on Saturday in major European cities including London, Berlin, Madrid and Paris, as the worst violence in years raged between Israel and militants in Gaza. In London, several thousand protesters carrying placards reading “Stop Bombing Gaza” and chanting “Free Palestine” converged on Marble Arch,…