Press Release: 2013 industrial structure report highlights need for industrial renaissance

According to a European Commission report published on 17 February 2014 on the current status of EU industry, most sectors have still not regained their pre-crisis level of output and significant differences exist between sectors and Member States.

The 'EU industrial structure report 2013: Competing in Global Value Chains' sheds more light on the downward trend in manufacturing. Also highlighted are the mutually beneficial links between manufacturing and services as well as the importance of global value chains. The report ultimately underlines the growing need to mainstream industrial competitiveness into other policy fields.

These issues, recently highlighted by the Commission's Communication on a European Industrial Renaissance, will be directly addressed at the forthcoming Competitiveness Council meeting on 20-21 February 2014.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Communication From The Commission To The European Parliament, The Council, The European Economic And Social Committee And The Committee Of The Regions For a European Industrial Renaissance http://www.europeansources.info/record/communication-from-the-commission-to-the-european-parliament-the-council-the-european-economic-and-social-committee-and-the-committee-of-the-regions-for-a-european-industrial-renaissance/

ESO: Background information: Commission calls for immediate action for a European Industrial Renaissance http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-commission-calls-for-immediate-action-for-a-european-industrial-renaissance/

European Commission: DG Enterprise and Industry: EU Industrial Structure: EU Industrial Structure Report 2013: Competing in Global Value Chains http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/industrial-competitiveness/competitiveness-analysis/eu-industrial-structure/files/eu_ind_struct_report_2013_en.pdf

European Commission: RAPID: Memo, MEMO/14/111: 2013 EU industrial structure report highlights challenges and opportunities of EU re-industrialisation http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-111_en.pdf

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