Von der Leyen overlooks cost-of-living crisis and job quality

In the eyes of European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, the socio-economic challenges for the coming year remain the same: labour and skills shortages, inflation and creating an attractive business environment. Von der Leyen spoke in front of the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday (13 September) in her yearly state of the union speech.

The EU's unemployment rate remained at an historic low of 5.9 perc...