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Unequal Europe - Tackling Social, Economic & Regional Divides

Online conference, Monday 4 October 2021, 16:00 -18:00

Unequal Europe is a long-term research project which analyses regional inequalities in several EU countries. On 4 October, Björn Hacker, Professor of European Economic Policy at HTW Berlin, presented the Policy Study on the European overview "Unequal Europe - Tackling Regional Disparities in the EU".

Nicolas Schmit, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, delivered a keynote speech. Maria Joao Rodrigues, FEPS President; Constanze Krehl, Member of the European Parliament; Cristina Rat, author of the Romanian study; Maija Mattila, author of the Finnish study and Philipp Fink, Director FES Nordic Office, also took the floor and participated in the debate.

 Agenda | Policy Study

The report has been produced as part of a European collaboration with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and the Foundation for European Progressive Studies at the European level. The project has previously produced a similar analysis in Germany, Finland, ItalyRomania, and Sweden. Analyses are underway in Estonia. The indicators have been selected in collaboration with researchers from the Institut für Landes- und Stadtentwicklungsforschung.

ℹ️ Unequal Europe is the latest publication of the Unequal Europe Project in collaboration with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

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Monday, 04 October 2021