competitiveness was published, commissioned by the european commission under the leadership of mastitov mario draghi, the former head of the european central bank. the picture is gloomy. growth in europe has been slowing down for a long time, but we did not pay attention to it. i would say that 2 years ago, we would never have started such a conversation like today, because everything was fine, globalization was good for us, unemployment was steadily falling, but now we can no longer ignore it, by all indications, we have lost our main supplier of cheap energy, russia. these are the words of the former head of the european central bank and former prime minister of italy, mario draghi, who , at the request of the european commission, presented a 400-page report on the state of affairs in europe. the report says that the gap with the us and china in technological development is widening. in addition, 2024 - the first year in which europe cannot count on population growth, and its numbers will steadily decline. and by 2040 , 2 million workers will disappear from the labor market every year. and their p