The President of the Eurochambres, Vladimír Dlouhý, said this Tuesday at the Forum Europa in Brussels that Donald Trump's victory in the United States elections is a wake-up call for the European continent to apply policies to stimulate its competitiveness.

"Unfortunately, Europe has had many wake-up calls but we still haven't woken up", said Dlouhý during an event organised by the New Economy Forum in the European capital.

The President of Eurochambres, former Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, warned that the European Union and its governing bodies have many more enemies than the American president himself.

The President of the Jacques Delors Institute and former Prime Minister of Italy, Enrico Letta, said on Wednesday at the Forum Europa in Brussels that “the most important demographic challenge today is related to the ability to integrate immigrants”.

During an informative meeting organised by the New Economy Forum in the EU capital, Letta answered a question about what policies the European Union should adopt in the face of the demographic problem and the aging of the workforce.

Letta admitted that it is a complicated issue, but considered that the single market can offer some solutions to this challenge.

Some solutions, he said, involve the 27 working together to study what they can do in matters such as social affairs, the welfare state or opportunities in terms of mobility, among other issues.

The President of the Jacques Delors Institute and former Prime Minister of Italy, Enrico Letta, said this Wednesday at the Forum Europa in Brussels that he "firmly" hopes that Donald Trump does not become president of the United States again after the elections on 5 November.

During an informative meeting organised by the New Economy Forum in the EU capital, Letta expressed concern about the possible return of the Republican candidate Donald Trump to the White House, if he defeats his rival Kamala Harris at the polls.

Letta said that he “firmly hopes that Trump will not be the next president of the United States, but if he is, we have to be prepared”.

He added that “I think that the second Trump, I fear, will not be the first, he will be worse than the first, for many reasons”.

The President of the Jacques Delors Institute and former Prime Minister of Italy, Enrico Letta, said this Wednesday at the Forum Europa in Brussels that the European Union must seek the integration of telecommunications, energy, banking and financial services companies in order to compete in the global market.

Letta said this at an informative meeting organised by the New Economy Forum in the capital of the EU, during which he also pointed out that the latest results of the Austrian elections, with the victory of the extreme right, “and other important signals that we are receiving” indicate that Europe “is plunged into political chaos everywhere”.

The President of BusinessEurope, Frederik Persson, said this Thursday at the Forum Europa in Brussels that it is urgent that the European Commission implement the recommendations included in the report prepared by Mario Draghi to improve the competitiveness of the continent.

At this event organized by New Economy Forum in the European capital, Persson valued that the 200 suggestions of the report "go in the right direction to overcome the situation we are in”.

Along these lines, he valued that unlike a few years ago "now everyone talks about competitiveness, the question is, of course, that we recognise the problem". Therefore, he valued that "the President of the Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, says that it is at the top of our agenda and at the center of our action”.