Using the crisis as an opportunity

31/03/2009

Using the crisis as an opportunity: the need for proactive European industrial policies in the next 5 years

31 March 2009, 15:00-17:00h

Panel debate with Günter Verheugen, Poul Nyroup Rasmussen and Peter Scherrer.

In the context of the near collapse of our financial markets and with a steep and potentially prolonged recession threatening many industries, the role of the EU to maintain and develop the framework for high value-added industrial activities is crucial.

Industry remains vitally important for a successful European economy to create jobs, to boost productivity, to fuel innovation and to raise social standards. Active industrial policies able to tackle the radical transformation industry is undergoing and to mobilise the economy and society around sustainable industries, will contribute to maintaining and developing world class industrial activities within Europe and will be able to deliver on our common social and environmental objectives.

The event is hosted in the FES Brussels office in Brussels.

For more information, please contact Judith Kirton-Darling, EMF Industrial Policy Adviser. Please register for participation.

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