The Commission presents a ten-year strategy aimed at boosting the European economy..

Presented at the end of the longest period of recession has ever known the European Union, the European strategy in 2020, highly anticipated, makes no secret of the considerable challenges that lie ahead. The economic crisis has revealed deep fissures in an economy already subject to the constraints of globalization, the increasing scarcity of resources and an aging population. The Commission considers that these problems can be overcome, provided that Europe is moving towards a transformation that will make it a more innovative and market friendly environment, promoting social well-being.

The thrust of the strategy are the promotion of low carbon industries, investment in the development of new products, exploiting the possibilities of the digital economy and the modernization of education and training. Five quantitative targets are presented, including the employment rate up to at least 75% (today, only 69% of the population of working age in employment) and 3% of gross domestic product to research and development, instead of the current 2%, leaving the EU behind the U.S. and Japan.

, which amounts to 20 million people out of poverty.

In the field of education, the Commission recommends to take measures reducing the dropout rate to less than 10% – it is currently 15% – 40% and allowing young people to explore their thirties in being owners of a diploma of higher education (against 31% today).

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