{
  "id": 16101969,
  "title": "‘The best on Earth’: Can weak economic growth undermine Europe’s ‘very sophisticated social system’?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/the-best-on-earth-can-weak-economic-growth-undermine-europes-very",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T19:59:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20261022-the-best-on-earth-can-weak-economic-growth-undermine-europe-s-very-sophisticated-social-system"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Can Europe continue to sustain one of the world's most ambitious social models while falling increasingly behind its major economic competitors? For Pascal Lamy, former European Commissioner for Trade and former Director-General of the World Trade Organization, this question lies at the heart of the continent's mounting economic and political tensions. Lamy looks beyond the immediate turmoil in…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}