[Leo Carpathian]

I thought the other (Soviet) Union had "... the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world," (just not enough bread and freedom).

We are OK if EUweenie gubmint is going economize.

[camle]

86,000 per job. pretty goood if ya ask me.

[Gary - Peters]

They can't buy the jobs back.

Performance and Cost versus the never-ending supply and demand relationships dictate whether you will keep your jobs or stay in business.

The EU (or just France) recently got past the 35 hour work week rule.

I welcome the competition !!!

[The Electrician]

Seen one centralized, planned economy, seen all of 'em... It sounds like little more than a modified Soviet 5-year plan (made into an EU 6-year plan), or another "Great March Forward", with equal probability of meeting their rosy targets.

Too bad they don't do a similar impact assessment for reducing taxes, reducing the burden of socialist institutions on GDP, reducing bureaucracy, increasing personal freedom, etc.

[ThinkDifferent]

Report authors ignorant of broken window fallacy, says me.

[JohnnyZ]

925,000 jobs...... kinda like the US in the past 5-6 months?

(No nitpicking please)

[Zathras]

Looks like a "buzz word" list from a new college grad's resume.

[Billthedrill]

Whoa, waiddaminnud...they're actually creating 215,000 jobs in research and projecting that the upshot of those 215,000 jobs is another 710,000 based on research success? I love an optimist, but jeezelouise...

[Chode]

we're in the business of being in business...