05 Feb
Poland debates cutting benefits for Ukrainians as public support growsA proposal by presidential candidate Rafał Trzaskowski, backed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, to limit the number of beneficiaries of benefits for Polish residents has split the ruling coalition, although most Poles support it.Written by Aleksandra Krzysztoszek | EURACTIV.pl Read more |
Since shocks cannot be avoided and are likely to occur more frequently in the future, it is crucial to strengthen economic resilience – “the ability of a country to withstand a shock and recover quickly to its potential [growth] after it falls into recession” – on national and regional levels.
The most often raised issue with SMEs in Hungary is that they are lagging behind larger firms and their western rivals in terms of productivity, which is the added value produced by a worker in a given timeframe. The low productivity, in turn, holds the entire Hungarian economy back.
Digital disruption is happening: further enhanced by the Covid-19 crisis on the social, political and economic levels, EU member states, and V4 countries among them, are rushing to keep up with competitors and level the global playing field. The EU27 need to keep in sight the necessity to maintain focus on cohesion.
The Visegrad region has been hit hard by the pandemic and its economic fallout, but major funds are available to support the recovery and transition to towards a greener and more digitalised economy.