Europe's traditional long summer holidays have been called into question by Neelie Kroes, the bloc's competition commissioner.
Speaking in a European Parliament committee hearing on Thursday (6 October), the Dutch official urged vacations to be spread out in order to boost the sluggish European economy.
"We can't permit in Europe a situation where for three months in the summertime we don't function because of the summer holidays," she said, according to British media reports.
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Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.