Joe Lynam

And yet, since the Draghi report, it's fair to say that change is coming to make Europe more competitive.

Hopefully, yes.

But he does say spend.

hundreds of billions every year to make Europe more competitive.

You definitely don't have that in the United States.

Thank you so much, Ifilo, for coming in.

That is Ifilo Kalfin, the executive director of Eurofound, the EU research arm into the workplace.

Breakfast Business with Enterprise Ireland on Newstalk.

Good morning and welcome to Breakfast Business and thank you to Eamon Torsney.

It is Friday, the 21st of November at 6.31.

Happy World Vasectomy Day to all those who celebrate.

Coming up on today's show, we'll be talking to the EU Research Agency about whether the European social model might be too generous.

And we'll be chatting to the founder of the exclusive footwear brand, Dune, and all the markets as usual.

You can email us business at newstalk.com.

But first, let's have a look at the main business stories in the newspapers and websites, which we shall do in the exalted and never over-excited company of Austin Hughes.

Good morning, Austin.

Good morning, Joe.

And will you be going, out of curiosity, at the end of March for a visit?

Yes, I see you're ruling out North Macedonia, making that final.

Anyway, let's start with a little bit of business.