Sentence examples for serious competitiveness from inspiring English sources

If we don't realise we are falling behind, we will face a serious competitiveness issue.

In return, the commission took a firm line on reforms, calling on the French government to do more to overhaul pensions, simplify taxes, cut spending and liberalise the economy and labour market in order to fix what it called a "serious" competitiveness problem.Much of the credit for the deal belongs to Pierre Moscovici, France's finance minister.

"The chancellor has backed his words on the importance of manufacturing in rebalancing the economy and tackling climate change in a cost effective manner with concrete action," said Gareth Stace, head of climate and environment policy at EEF. "This sends a clear signal that government recognises the serious competitiveness issues at stake from rising energy prices".

Over the longer term, our nation needs a serious competitiveness strategy and a coordinated approach to creating jobs.

What we want is to make it clear that the status quo is no longer an option today, that Europe has serious competitiveness problems when compared to other regions of the world and that we intend to put this right by adapting and renewing our social model.

This is the only way to address the two lasting legacies of this crisis – the serious loss of competitiveness in many of our Member States, and persistent unemployment, with all its social consequences.

It would also send a message that the kingdom is serious about enhancing competitiveness and fighting corruption in a soccer sector in which members of the ruling family allegedly would interfere with referees and management when clubs were not performing to their liking.

In the end the euro's most egregious sinners—France and Italy, along with Belgium have been given more time to convince the commission that this time, they are really, truly serious about passing competitiveness-boosting structural reforms, and that they are getting their fiscal houses in order.

It was found to face "serious imbalances", particularly declining competitiveness and falling share of exports.

The finance minister, an amiable technocrat named Simba Makoni, admits that the peg has had "serious repercussions on export competitiveness", and has called for a managed float.

Portugal, also at the centre of market turbulence, today announced radical reforms to its labour laws in an attempt to convince markets and EU leaders that it is serious about improving its competitiveness.