The SEDEC Commission of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) adopted on 27 November an opinion by Emil Boc, mayor of the Romanian city Cluj-Napoca and former prime minister of the country.

In his opinion, Boc stresses the need to address the challenge of "brain drain", or the emigration of highly qualified people to a more developed country. He explains that one out of four high-skilled workers has left his country, and urges the Union to address the social and economic imbalances betw...