KEY CHALLENGES

The Facts

In June 2016 British voters were asked: Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or Leave the European Union

% of GDP (December 2017)

Under the rubric of Globalization 4.0, a series of “Global Dialogues” in Davos will focus on the following interrelated areas:

Source WEF

National competitiveness is defined as a set of institutions, policies and factors that determine the level of productivity

2018 Ranking of EU countries

Chapitre premier: Affaires européennes

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Source: Oxfam

Last year saw the biggest increase in billionaires in history, one more every two days. This huge increase could have ended global extreme poverty seven times over. 82% of all wealth created in the last year went to the top 1%, and nothing went to the bottom 50%.

Dangerous, poorly paid work for the many is supporting extreme wealth for the few. Women are in the worst work, and almost all the super-rich are men. Governments must create a more equal society by prioritizing ordinary workers and small-scale food producers instead of the rich and powerful.

Top political leaders

The Prime Minister lost the Parliament's vote on Brexit on January 15, 2019 by 432 to 202. The leader of the opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, has put forward a motion of no-confidence in the government that will be debated today.