Peer Ederer, who heads the Lisbon Council's Human Capital Index Project, says the biggest problems university systems face today are high dropout rates and too few skills taught for later careers -- problems most current spending proposals do little to address.

The Luxembourg politician, who is set to take up a record third term in the next European Commission, was speaking at an event hosted by the Brussels-based think tank, the Lisbon Council.

Speaking at a gathering organised by Brussels-based think tank The Lisbon Council, Reding said her first priority for the next commissionw ould be to reate a legal framework to make it easier for consumers to access digital content wherever it is produced in Europe.

"Growing Internet piracy is a vote of no-confidence in existing business models and legal solutions. It should be a wake-up call for policy makers," she told the seminar, organised by the Lisbon Council think-tank.

Anlässlich einer Rede vor dem Thinktank The Lisbon Council am Donnerstag in Brüssel entward EU-Medienkommissarin Viviane Reding die Grundzüge der EU-Netzpolitik für die kommenden fünf Jahre.

The industrial world’s borrowing spree “decreases its ability to maneuver,” said Paul Hofheinz, president of the Lisbon Council, a Brussels research group.

A broader, more inclusive understanding of innovation is vital if the Lisbon Agenda is to successfully tackle future economic and social challenges, argues Ann Mettler in this article.

Speaking at a meeting hosted by the Lisbon Council, a Brussels-based think tank specialising in innovation and growth, Wyckoff said all the available indicators suggest that risk-taking has fallen significantly.

Interview with Ann Mettler

Paul Hofheinz, former reporter of the Wall Street Journal. Today he is a top expert on innovation and human capital. Founder of the Lisbon Council, which promotes European competitiveness.