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The mighty Danube river in Budapest (Photo: www.spotmob.com)

EU's 'Danube strategy' aims to double salaries

The final draft version of the Danube Strategy, prepared by the European Commission which, together with an associated Action plan, is to be finalised next week and unveiled on 8 December. The draft papers, seen by WAZ EUobserver, set highly ambitious goals: to ensure that, within 10 years, nobody in the Danube basin will need to leave their home region for the sake of higher education or employment or in search of growing prosperity elsewhere. The strategy also aims to double average income ...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

The mighty Danube river in Budapest (Photo: www.spotmob.com)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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