DRAGHI Report – is the future of Europe all about competitiveness? SOLIDAR sees more social justice in it

The long-awaited report authored by Mario Draghi, the famous former European Central Bank President, is titled “EU competitiveness: Looking ahead” and was presented on 9th September 2024. It was requested by the European Commission and reflects his personal vision of the future of European competitiveness. Besides mirroring Draghi’s own view, this report is particularly important for the future of the EU as a whole, setting a clear political and policy direction for the next five years.  

But what is the role of Social Europe in this vision? And what will the EU follow when the direction indicated by the Social Pillar, which was defined in the European Commission’s own words as the “beacon guiding us towards a strong social Europe”, and the one indicated by the imperative of competitiveness will diverge? While to answer this last question we will have to wait and see, in this Briefing Paper SOLIDAR summarises the vision contained in the Draghi report and analyses its implications for Social Europe.  -awaited