Rapid reaction

Colin Macilwain presents five take-home messages from the Re-Industrialisation of the European Union 2016 forum in Bratislava.

*SLOVAKIA MAY HAVE RE-INDUSTRIALISED, BUT THE REST OF US CAN’T

Despite niche successes such as Slovakia’s booming car assembly industry—VW alone makes 2,000 cars each day at its impressive new plant outside Bratislava—there’s no ready prescription available to reverse the steady, long-term decline in manufacturing, as a percentage of the EU’s total economy.