Chile prepares for a runoff between Jeanette Jara and José Antonio Kast, with the latter leading a right-wing movement. Kast, with 23.9% of the votes, adds support from other right-wing factions and is the favourite. Jara must attract moderate voters to avoid an ultraconservative shift and counter the antidemocratic risk of Kast.
Latin American immigration in Spain is almost half of the total and 66% outside of Europe. It has a low educational level compared to the native-born, although higher than the Asian and African. There is educational and occupational diversity. The most educated have lower employment rates due to the delay in recognizing titles and the creation of low-skilled positions in the private sector. Additionally, there is a high school dropout rate among Latin American adolescents, making their labor and social integration difficult.
The Workforce of the Future initiative aims to modernize labor records in the US to quickly identify needed workers and their skills, reduce bureaucracy, and improve response to disruptions like the pandemic. Examples from Germany, Australia, and Brazil show that standardizing formats and coordinating between agencies improve data quality and response agility to crises.
Russian military thinkers use non-military and indirect military measures, such as disinformation and cyberattacks, to achieve strategic objectives and prepare the battlefield. Europe must better understand Russian thinking, share information, reduce the grey area and innovate to counter these activities. Western policies, although with efforts from the EU and NATO, remain defensive and reactive.
Germany faces challenges in its transition to sustainable value chains and carbon-neutral economic growth, exacerbated by labor and skills shortages. The immigration of qualified workers, even from outside Europe, can address these shortages. Training and recruiting workers with green skills from climate-vulnerable countries can create synergies between economic policy and development cooperation. The need for qualified green workers is crucial to ensure economic competitiveness and transition to a climate-sustainably future.
