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Eurostat issued its first analysis of the 'Europe 2020' strategy, which underpins the EU's evaluation of national budgets – giving the latest statistical trends in a range of areas such as the employment rate, R&D spending, CO2 emissions and renewable energies as well as education, poverty and social exclusion.

Germany is steaming ahead of traditional leaders France in research and development, says a new study by the French economy and finance ministry. EurActiv.fr reports.

Former cabinet minister Chris Huhne has issued a stark warning that the UK's economic growth strategy will not work unless the government pursues "green growth" by investing in industries such as energy efficiency and clean energy.

The European Union has bet big on innovation as a source for growth, but on the ground, the finances of many regional research agencies and competitiveness clusters are endangered by conflicting public finance rules. EurActiv France reports.

Since the start of the year, one phrase has tripped off the lips of European leaders more than any other: "jobs and growth". After two years of debt crisis and budget austerity, there is a strong desire to shift the narrative on.

As Denmark officially inaugurated its EU presidency today (12 January) with green jobs high on its priority list, Danish company Vestas, the world leader in the wind turbine industry, announced it would cut over 2,000 jobs by the end of the year.

The European Commission and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have signed a new partnership to further global action on sustainable development and help developing countries green their economies at next year's Rio+20 summit.

When it comes to innovation, the European Union still leads India and Russia, but Brazil is making steady progress and China is catching up quickly, according to latest figures released by the European Commission yesterday (1 February).

The European Commission yesterday (15 September) launched its flagship initiative to tackle youth unemployment and promote mobility, but critics have already said that it mainly re-brands existing funding and will largely rely on member states for its implementation.

A new survey measuring public perceptions of financial difficulties, the affordability of health care and future employment and pension prospects has revealed that 30% of Europeans believe that around roughly one-third of the their country's population is edging towards poverty.

The EU's 20-year-old single market is at a critical juncture and needs to be fully completed to further boost Europe's crisis-battered European productivity and competitiveness, reveals a report presented yesterday (10 May) by former Italian Commissioner Mario Monti, who was tasked with coming up with a comprehensive new strategy.

The EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) should be reformed in a way that unlocks the potential of rural areas to contribute to the bloc's economic growth strategy for 2020, European Commission officials told agriculture journalists last week.

The EU's new flagship initiative for boosting growth and employment in Europe is surprisingly similar to the failed Lisbon Strategy, according to Klaus Klipp, general secretary of the Assembly of European Regions (AER). 

The European Commission's new strategy for growth and jobs is on the ropes after EU leaders failed to agree hard targets on education and poverty – two of the five headline goals set out in the original proposal.

Cities with thriving cultural and creative arts sectors are key to achieving the "smart, sustainable and inclusive growth" called for by the 'Europe 2020' strategy, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso said yesterday (23 March). 

A debate about education targets in the proposed 'Europe 2020' strategy was removed from the agenda of an EU summit meeting next week after Germany expressed concerns that the proposed EU objective would step on its federal competences. EurActiv Germany reports.

The leaders of the three largest political groups in the European Parliament have joined forces to call for stronger economic governance in the EU.  

The European Commission is contradicting itself, NGOs have claimed, pointing out that a recently published social protection report goes against key priorities outlined in the bloc's long-term 'Europe 2020' strategy.

José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, has unveiled a long-awaited 10-year plan for greener growth and jobs in Europe, proposing a limited set of targets on education, R&D and poverty reduction and "policy warnings" for EU countries that fail to meet them.

European industry ministers began mapping out a new industrial policy for Europe when they met in Brussels yesterday (1 March), stressing the need for a "coordinated and timely exit strategy" from the economic crisis.

The fight against poverty, one of the five priorities of a draft ten-year economic plan to be unveiled this week by the European Commission, is creating tension both inside and outside the EU executive, EurActiv has learned.

A draft 'EU 2020' strategy proposal has come under attack for failing to offer a road map to green growth, despite rhetoric on the importance of gaining a competitive edge in environmental technologies.

The fragmented nature of the EU's digital single market is preventing many small businesses from reaping the benefits of the Internet and ICTs, write Ann Mettler and Sylwia Stępień.