What will it take to awaken Europe to confront the major crises facing the bloc? 

The EU’s failure to innovate risks turning the bloc into a spectator on the international stage

The European Union faces a competitiveness crisis that was already apparent in the late 2010s but has worsened, leading to lacklustre productivity and growth performance,

The European Union is facing three major crises. The first is a competitiveness crisis that was already apparent in the late 2010s but has worsened, leading to lacklustre productivity and growth performance. 

More recently, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine created a security crisis that is compounded by the bloc’s deteriorating relationship with China.