The lack of investment weighs on real prospects and opportunities in the medium to long term, as private investment has been below the EU average for years.
There are no adequate financial instruments in Lithuania or they are not flexible enough: Vilnius must seek finance sustainable areas more quickly.
Digitalisation is a tool to simplify life: at the heart it’s the trust in the institutions and the conviction that everyone will reap its benefits.
EU leaders have reached a compromise to unlock the €1.8 tn Recovery Fund: any sanction could only start after approval by the EU Court of Justice.
Brussels is ready to endorse the alternatives and proceed without Warsaw and Budapest, whose subsidies are estimated at 3% of GDP.
The diversified economic structure and low exposure to sectors affected by the pandemic allow Warsaw to contain the recession.