
In the report presented to the European Council on April 18, 2024, the former Italian President of the Council, Enrico Letta, now President of the Jacques Delors Institute, issues a warning about the economic decline and loss of competitiveness of Europe.
For Enrico Letta, this decline is not irreversible. He calls for an urgent and collective effort.
In his report, Enrico Letta attributes Europe’s decline compared to other major world economies largely to the ongoing fragmentation of markets and economies, nearly 40 years after the adoption of the Single European Act of 1986. This Act was the cornerstone and laid down the landmark achievement of the European construction, the European Single Market impulsed and conducted by Jacques Delors, based on the four freedoms of movement (goods, services, persons, and capital) that now urgently needs improvements to be fully efficient.
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