european economy

This thread is designed to share interesting charts about economic indicators to compare where countries stand. Salaries have increased considerably from 2010 to 2024 in new EU member states. The fastest wage growth were in Latvia (+77%), Lithuania (+67%), Estonia (+40%) and Poland (+38%)...

The European automotive industry is entering a critical phase shaped by the transition to electric vehicles and the rapid rise of China as a global industrial and technological competitor. What was once a stable and dominant sector, deeply embedded in the economic, social, and cultural fabric of...

The creation of a new European social media platform called W was announced at the 2026 Davos World Economic Forum. It positions itself as an alternative to X (formerly Twitter), emphasizing user verification and EU data sovereignty amid tensions with US platforms. Key Features W requires users...

Anger towards the US has probably never been so high in Europe at any time in history. Never would we have thought that the US government would stab us in the back, threaten to invade and annex European territory, start a trade war, try to dismantle NATO, etc. More shockingly recent polls show...

With the increasing pressures and threats from the US on Europe (invasion of Greenland, higher tariffs for countries that don't support US invasion of European territory, etc.), it is becoming increasingly important for Europeans to stop relying on American products. I already proposed European...

President Trump's tariffs are forcing a re-organization of world trade away from the United States. More and more countries are signing free trade agreements between each others. In 2 days the EU is due to sign a free trade agreement with Mercosur countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay...

European Digital Sovereignty: Why Supporting Local Tech Matters In an era of geopolitical uncertainty and escalating tensions between Europe and the U.S., digital sovereignty is more critical than ever. Recent trade disputes, data privacy conflicts, and the risk of sanctions or regulatory...

You may have heard of their digital euro. But what is it exactly? It has nothing to do with cryptocurrency stable coins like the USDT. It's way for the European Union to become an independent from American credit card companies like Visa and MasterCard by making card payments directly from...

Donald Trump has announced that he intended to impose tariffs of 10% or 20% on all imports to the US. I have asked ChatGPT to compute a ranking of of European countries by the highest proportion of their GDP tied to exports to the United States. Ireland: 22.86% of GDP Hungary: 12.21% of GDP...

Over the last few years the news have been assailing us on a nearly daily basis about the woes of the Greek and Spanish economies. The way unemployment has been skyrocketing in these two countries has grabbed people's imagination and filled many Europeans with fear and apprehension about the...

What are people thoughts on the economic performance between germanic nations such as the Uk and Germany vs Latin countries like France and Italy? Also what would happen to the economy of Europe in general if a common language was introduced, or two common languages one based on germainc roots...