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model, not just say the old one has run its course.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ea-card col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-4"> <div class="thumbnail"> <div class="thumbnail-labels"></div> <a class="ea-image-aspect-16x9" href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/eu-pledges-immediate-response-to-trumps-reciprocal-tariffs/" ><img width="800" height="450" src="https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/GettyImages-2198947342-1-800x450.jpg" class="attachment-16x9 size-16x9 wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> <div class="thumbnail-meta clearfix"> <span class="ea-dateformat" data-timestamp="1739530483"> <i class="fa fa-calendar"></i> 14-02-2025 </span> </div> <div class="caption"> <h3><a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/eu-pledges-immediate-response-to-trumps-reciprocal-tariffs/"> EU pledges ‘immediate’ response to Trump’s reciprocal tariffs </a></h3> <b><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> Est. 3min</b><br/><p>The line from Brussels appears to have hardened since its response to Trump's steel and aluminium tariffs earlier this week.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ea-card col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-4"> <div class="thumbnail"> <div class="thumbnail-labels"></div> <a class="ea-image-aspect-16x9" href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/germany-calls-for-more-subsidies-less-red-tape-in-eu-clean-industrial-deal/" ><img width="800" height="450" src="https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/GettyImages-2171141264-800x450.jpg" class="attachment-16x9 size-16x9 wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> <div class="thumbnail-meta clearfix"> <span class="ea-dateformat" data-timestamp="1739527738"> <i class="fa fa-calendar"></i> 14-02-2025 </span> </div> <div class="caption"> <h3><a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/germany-calls-for-more-subsidies-less-red-tape-in-eu-clean-industrial-deal/"> Germany calls for more subsidies, less red tape in EU Clean Industrial Deal </a></h3> <b><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> Est. 2min</b><br/><p>Germany wants businesses to be "freed" from the from "the shackles of unnecessary bureaucracy".</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ea-card col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-4"> <div class="thumbnail"> <div class="thumbnail-labels"></div> <a class="ea-image-aspect-16x9" href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/trump-condemns-absolutely-brutal-eu-in-new-tariff-announcement/" ><img width="800" height="450" src="https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/12811647-800x450.jpg" class="attachment-16x9 size-16x9 wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> <div class="thumbnail-meta clearfix"> <span class="ea-dateformat" data-timestamp="1739479035"> <i class="fa fa-calendar"></i> 13-02-2025 </span> </div> <div class="caption"> <h3><a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/trump-condemns-absolutely-brutal-eu-in-new-tariff-announcement/"> Trump condemns ‘absolutely brutal’ EU in new tariff announcement </a></h3> <b><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> Est. 4min</b><br/><p>"The EU's been very nasty and... they haven't treated us properly," Trump told reporters on Thursday.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ea-card col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-4"> <div class="thumbnail"> <div class="thumbnail-labels"></div> <a class="ea-image-aspect-16x9" href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/euro-whipsaws-as-markets-react-to-trumps-reciprocal-tariff-threat/" ><img width="800" height="450" src="https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/12816682-2-800x450.jpg" class="attachment-16x9 size-16x9 wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> <div class="thumbnail-meta clearfix"> <span class="ea-dateformat" data-timestamp="1739462903"> <i class="fa fa-calendar"></i> 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data-timestamp="1739448286"> <i class="fa fa-calendar"></i> 13-02-2025 </span> </div> <div class="caption"> <h3><a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/german-business-outlook-remains-grim-60-blame-politics/"> German business outlook remains grim, 60% blame politics </a></h3> <b><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> Est. 2min</b><br/><p>The concern most commonly cited by German busineses in a new survey was "bureaucracy".</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ea-card col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-4"> <div class="thumbnail"> <div class="thumbnail-labels"></div> <a class="ea-image-aspect-16x9" href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/could-a-new-german-government-bring-back-growth/" ><img width="800" height="450" src="https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/GettyImages-2197935652-e1739371177196-800x450.jpg" class="attachment-16x9 size-16x9 wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> <div class="thumbnail-meta clearfix"> 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clearfix"> <span class="ea-dateformat" data-timestamp="1739359163"> <i class="fa fa-calendar"></i> 12-02-2025 </span> </div> <div class="caption"> <h3><a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/give-us-more-money-commission-tells-eu-countries/"> Give us more money, Commission tells EU countries </a></h3> <b><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> Est. 3min</b><br/><p>For the next EU long-term budget, “the status quo is not an option,” the EU executive wrote.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ea-card col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-4"> <div class="thumbnail"> <div class="thumbnail-labels"></div> <a class="ea-image-aspect-16x9" href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/background-brief-why-europe-is-struggling-to-fill-its-investment-gap/" ><img width="800" height="450" src="https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/GettyImages-2170337292-800x450.jpg" class="attachment-16x9 size-16x9 wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> <div class="thumbnail-meta clearfix"> <span class="ea-dateformat" data-timestamp="1739336444"> <i class="fa fa-calendar"></i> 12-02-2025 </span> </div> <div class="caption"> <h3><a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/background-brief-why-europe-is-struggling-to-fill-its-investment-gap/"> Background Brief: Why Europe is struggling to fill its investment gap </a></h3> <b><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> Est. 9min</b><br/><p>There appears very little prospect that Europe will plug its investment gap anytime soon.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ea-card col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-4"> <div class="thumbnail"> <div class="thumbnail-labels"></div> <a class="ea-image-aspect-16x9" href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/eu-pledges-firm-and-proportionate-response-to-trump-steel-and-aluminium-tariffs/" ><img width="800" height="450" src="https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/GettyImages-1248014148-e1739342744832-800x450.jpg" class="attachment-16x9 size-16x9 wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> <div class="thumbnail-meta clearfix"> <span class="ea-dateformat" data-timestamp="1739268800"> <i class="fa fa-calendar"></i> 11-02-2025 </span> </div> <div class="caption"> <h3><a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/eu-pledges-firm-and-proportionate-response-to-trump-steel-and-aluminium-tariffs/"> EU pledges ‘firm and proportionate’ response to Trump steel and aluminium tariffs </a></h3> <b><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> Est. 4min</b><br/><p>Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also pledged to “safeguard” the interests of European companies and citizens.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ea-card ea-native-card col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-4"> <div class="thumbnail"> <div class="thumbnail-labels"><a href="https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/">Opinion</a><span class="ea-native-label">Promoted content</span></div> <a class="ea-image-aspect-16x9" href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/opinion/the-make-or-break-moment-for-eu-industry/" ><img width="800" height="450" src="https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/FINAL_Cerame-Unie-photo-800x450.jpg" class="attachment-16x9 size-16x9 wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://en.euractiv.eu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/FINAL_Cerame-Unie-photo-800x450.jpg 800w, https://en.euractiv.eu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/FINAL_Cerame-Unie-photo-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://en.euractiv.eu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/FINAL_Cerame-Unie-photo-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://en.euractiv.eu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/FINAL_Cerame-Unie-photo.jpg 1890w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a> <div class="thumbnail-meta clearfix"> <span class="ea-dateformat" data-timestamp="1739253636"> <i class="fa fa-calendar"></i> 11-02-2025 </span> </div> <div class="caption"> <h3><a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/opinion/the-make-or-break-moment-for-eu-industry/"> The make-or-break moment for EU industry </a></h3> <b><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> Est. 7min</b><br/><p>As Europe navigates a rapidly changing geopolitical landscape, its industries and regional economies face unprecedented challenges. At Cerame-Unie, we are advocating for an inclusive industrial policy that supports all energy-intensive sectors, including multi-site businesses structures and SMEs, which are strategic to ensure long-term competitiveness and sustainability of the EU economy.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ea-card col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-4"> <div class="thumbnail"> <div class="thumbnail-labels"></div> <a class="ea-image-aspect-16x9" href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/no-justification-eu-slams-trumps-tariff-threat-on-steel-and-aluminium/" ><img width="800" height="450" src="https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/GettyImages-2198596061-800x450.jpg" class="attachment-16x9 size-16x9 wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> <div class="thumbnail-meta clearfix"> <span class="ea-dateformat" data-timestamp="1739184832"> <i class="fa fa-calendar"></i> 10-02-2025 </span> </div> <div class="caption"> <h3><a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/no-justification-eu-slams-trumps-tariff-threat-on-steel-and-aluminium/"> ‘No justification’: EU slams Trump’s tariff threat on steel and aluminium </a></h3> <b><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> Est. 3min</b><br/><p>The duties would “heighten economic uncertainty and disrupt the efficiency and integration of global markets”, the Commission said.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ea-card col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-4"> <div class="thumbnail"> <div class="thumbnail-labels"></div> <a class="ea-image-aspect-16x9" href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/whos-afraid-of-deregulation/" ><img width="800" height="450" src="https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Money1.png" class="attachment-16x9 size-16x9 wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> <div class="thumbnail-meta clearfix"> <span class="ea-dateformat" data-timestamp="1738944210"> <i class="fa fa-calendar"></i> 07-02-2025 </span> </div> <div class="caption"> <h3><a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/whos-afraid-of-deregulation/"> Who’s afraid of ‘deregulation’? </a></h3> <b><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> Est. 6min</b><br/><p>The Commission’s refusal to describe its policies as "deregulatory" is looking increasingly absurd.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ea-card col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-4"> <div class="thumbnail"> <div class="thumbnail-labels"></div> <a class="ea-image-aspect-16x9" href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/us-tariffs-could-cost-germany-years-of-growth/" ><img width="800" height="450" src="https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/GettyImages-2196858211-800x450.jpg" class="attachment-16x9 size-16x9 wp-post-image" alt="A sign 'High Pressure Crude Oil Pipeline' seen in Canada." decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> <div class="thumbnail-meta clearfix"> <span class="ea-dateformat" data-timestamp="1738940724"> <i class="fa fa-calendar"></i> 07-02-2025 </span> </div> <div class="caption"> <h3><a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/us-tariffs-could-cost-germany-years-of-growth/"> US tariffs could cost Germany years of growth </a></h3> <b><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> Est. 4min</b><br/><p>Retaliatory tariffs on US energy could make matters even worse, economists fear.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ea-card col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-4"> <div class="thumbnail"> <div class="thumbnail-labels"></div> <a class="ea-image-aspect-16x9" href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/eu-commission-to-hold-reality-checks-with-workers-says-trade-union-chief/" ><img width="800" height="450" src="https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/GettyImages-2182717415-800x450.jpg" class="attachment-16x9 size-16x9 wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> <div class="thumbnail-meta clearfix"> <span class="ea-dateformat" data-timestamp="1738904454"> <i class="fa fa-calendar"></i> 07-02-2025 </span> </div> <div class="caption"> <h3><a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/eu-commission-to-hold-reality-checks-with-workers-says-trade-union-chief/"> EU Commission to hold ‘reality checks’ with workers, says trade union chief </a></h3> <b><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> Est. 3min</b><br/><p>Labour groups fear consequences for workers' rights from the EU's push to slash red tape.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ea-card col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-4"> <div class="thumbnail"> <div class="thumbnail-labels"></div> <a class="ea-image-aspect-16x9" href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/is-laziness-at-the-heart-of-germanys-economic-slump/" ><img width="800" height="450" src="https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/GettyImages-182943851-800x450.jpg" class="attachment-16x9 size-16x9 wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> <div class="thumbnail-meta clearfix"> <span class="ea-dateformat" data-timestamp="1738820759"> <i class="fa fa-calendar"></i> 06-02-2025 </span> </div> <div class="caption"> <h3><a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/is-laziness-at-the-heart-of-germanys-economic-slump/"> Is laziness at the heart of Germany’s economic slump? 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