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Die Europäische Union (EU) ist seit 1992 bestrebt, durch ihre Industriepolitik günstige Bedingungen für die Wachstumssteigerung und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der Industrie zu schaffen. Nach wie vor bildet die Industrie einen Eckpfeiler der europäischen Wirtschaft, stellt jeden fünften Arbeitsplatz und zeichnet für den Großteil der EU-Ausfuhren und Investitionen in Forschung und Innovation verantwortlich. Inzwischen lautet das Ziel der EU-Politik, einen erfolgreichen Übergang zu einer digitalen, wissensbasierten ...

In dieser Studie werden die Interaktionen zwischen den Handelsstrukturen auf EU-Ebene und auf regionaler Ebene sowie die Trends im verarbeitenden Gewerbe der EU einerseits und der Einfluss der industriellen und regionalen Wettbewerbsfaktoren auf den Handel und die industrielle Entwicklung andererseits untersucht. Die Studie enthält insbesondere eine Übersicht über die Theorien über die Einflussfaktoren der Handelsspezialisierung und die Rolle des Handels hinsichtlich Wachstum und Ungleichheiten und ...

The digitalisation of manufacturing industry, i.e. employing in depth digital technologies for the performance of good production raises additional cybersecurity questions. Currently EU cybersecurity policies are mainly targeting network security and large infrastructures of public interest, with little emphasis on the needs of a digitised industry. Still, recent policy developments do provide framework of possibly covering these needs.

99 von 100 Unternehmen in Europa sind kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU); in ihnen sind zwei Drittel der europäischen Arbeitnehmer beschäftigt. Bei einigen von ihnen handelt es sich um wachstumsstarke Unternehmen, die überproportional viele neue Arbeitsplätze schaffen. KMU sehen sich jedoch aufgrund ihrer geringeren Größe oftmals besonderen Hindernissen gegenüber, die ihr Wachstumspotenzial hemmen können. Die wichtigsten unlängst ergriffenen Initiativen zur Unterstützung des Wachstums von KMU ...

Trade policies have different impacts on different groups of women and men. Carefully assessing the likely gender implications of specific trade agreements is therefore essential to ensure that both women and men benefit from the gains from liberalisation and are adequately protected from its negative effects. This study, commissioned by the European Parliament Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs upon request by the FEMM Committee, reviews evidence and makes recommendations ...

With the publication of this inaugural edition of the "Global Trendometer," the EPRS Global Trends Unit seeks to contribute to the process of identifying and addressing medium- and long-term trends, and their possible implications for policy-making in the European Union. Three essays and eight two-page vignettes on different geopolitical, economic, technological and social issues paint a broad-ranging picture of developments that may shape Europe’s future.  

In September 2015, the United States Environmental Protection Agency claimed that Volkswagen had installed illegal software on some of its diesel vehicles, to modify emissions of certain air pollutants. Subsequently, the company has been the subject of legal action brought by consumers, investors, non-governmental organisations and government agencies. In many cases, the plaintiffs have gathered their actions together into collective (or class action) complaints. In the United States, complaints ...

The European Engineering industry, by far the biggest exporter of goods to the US, suffers from a range of TBTs (Technical Barriers to Trade) when exporting to the US. After two decades of trying – in vain - to reduce the costs of these TBTs, TTIP should address them, yielding significant economic gains. US standards, relevant for US safety regulation, are very rarely international standards from ISO and IEC, in sharp contrast with the EU. This is costly for EU exporters. Conformity assessment issues ...

The Monthly Highlights publication provides an overview, at a glance, of the on-going work of the policy departments, including a selection of the latest and forthcoming publications, and a list of future events.

This study, provided by the Policy Department A at the request of the Industry, Research and Energy Committee (ITRE), aims to assess whether and to which extent European energy markets and manufacturing industries would be affected by the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Although the negotiations are currenly on-going, the analysis shows that the TTIP will improve the EU’s security of energy supply through adding liquidity and competition to the natural gas market. The TTIP ...