The award of public contracts in the EU amounts to €1.9 trillion per year.
Contracts are put out to tender, and won by whichever company the national, regional or local public body deems fit, although in half of cases they are won by whoever offers the lowest price.
The reality on the ground is that by not including social provisions, the 2014 EU directive regulating public procurement...
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Paula joined EUobserver in January 2023 and left for Euronews in 2024. Previously she worked for the Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial, where she covered mainly economic and financial affairs.