European economy

The European Parliament has voted to approve the EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility, to get the economy back on its feet whilst paving the way to a green transition. We take a look at a green hydrogen plant in France hoping to take advantage of its funds.

In this edition of Real Economy, we take a look at the European Green Deal and the role of the European Social Fund (ESF) in creating new green jobs and supporting training in green skills.

"The fact we have this downturn does create some room for accelerating what needed to happen anyway: the green deal and digitisation," said the ECB's chief economist Philip Lane.

The European Union could use its seven-year budgetary plan to tackle inequalities that have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading European thinktank Bruegel says.