Hungarian minister: Europe needs turnaround in competitiveness
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Next week’s meeting of European Union higher education and research ministers in Budapest will focus on restarting Europe’s competitiveness, the culture and innovation minister said on Saturday.
In a video statement, Balázs Hankó said it was “unacceptable” that central and eastern Europe had one-tenth of the resources for research per inhabitant compared to western Europe. He said it was therefore crucial to bolster relations among European regions and create a level playing field in innovation in the interest of boosting Europe’s competitiveness.
Concerning the two-day meeting of EU higher education and research ministers starting on Monday, Hankó said the recent Draghi report also showed the need for a turnaround in competitiveness, as the EU’s competitiveness has declined by 8 percent over the past decade, and both China and the United States have overtaken Europe.
Good example of how small minded Hungary’s middle class elites are with such attitudes one hears about EU, west and women leaders, not just politics, but culture of complaint and playing the victim.
Much like Turkey and the Balkans who want everything ‘western’ including respect, but don’t understand that it must be earnt, over time through trust, reliability and honesty.
Hungary and Hungarians are not interested?