For the next three decades, the European Union is likely to be internally divided as never before, relying on a zombie economy and struggling with growing conflicts between generations and social classes.
According to the new secular stagnation theory, the ongoing technological changes and unfavourable demographic trends reduce demand for capital and labour.
Over the past 15 years, the Three Seas countries have been among the fastest-growing regions in the European Union.
The rivalry between the United States and China is a battle of two global systems: the Bretton Woods monetary system and China’s New Silk Road initiative, the germ of a parallel system.
Among the Visegrad Group countries, Poland and Czechia had the largest number of enterprises manufacturing motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers.
The threat of recession, the migration crisis and Brexit are just some of the challenges that have recently exposed the EU’s internal problems.
In 2016, trade between member states amounted to over 3 tn euros. Although the EU treaties do not mention protectionism outright, reducing it – or even eliminating it – is one of the fundamental aims of the EU internal market.