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• Economic & Social Affairs

  Insane in Spain

  

  24 April 2012 – Insanity and utter ineptness - no other words are more suitable to describe the continued path of austerity imposed by the EU on Spain. As one of the best pupils in the fiscal class on the eve of the financial crisis, and with a current (...) by Mathias Maertens

• Economic & Social Affairs

  Young, gifted and unemployed in 2012

  

  19 March 2012 – Young Europeans could be forgiven for feeling like they are part of a lost generation. Despite growing up on a continent where access to education is available like never before, an increasing number of young people are finding themselves (...) by Emily Hoquee

• Economic & Social Affairs

  Mario Monti and his European dilemma

  

  14 March 2012 – “I am convinced that we will never have the United States of Europe. The main reason is that we do not need it”. Mario Monti passed judgment in an interview given to the German newspaper Die Welt just before the bilateral summit on January 11 in (...) by Nicola Vallinoto

• Economic & Social Affairs

  EU Reforms Farm Aid: One Big Budget, Many Interests

  

  23 February 2012 – EU officials have presented a proposal on the reform of the EU farm subsidies for the period post-2013. The EU will not cut the budget, but change its priorities and promote eco-friendly methods in agriculture. Today agriculture may seem as a (...) by Sarah Dejaegher

• Economic & Social Affairs

  The EU’s incomplete path to economic governance

  

  16 February 2012 – The current path to economic governance set by EU leaders is the right one and needs to be consolidated. However, it is insufficient when it comes to ensuring the long-term sustainability of the euro and European economic growth. As the crisis (...) by Artus Galiay

• Economic & Social Affairs

  Setting the right example in curbing climate change

  

  6 February 2012 – As of 1 January 2012, the aviation sector is included in the Europe-wide emission trading scheme (ETS) for reduction of greenhouse gasses (GHGs), and not a moment too soon. Not only is the EU finally sanctioning a heavy-polluting industry, but (...) by Mathias Maertens

• Economic & Social Affairs

  DSK falls...Europe risks too

  

  3 June 2011 – Mr Strauss-Kahn’s resignation is not at all an exclusive affair of the IMF. The sex-assault charges which obliged him to step down as IMF Director may have serious consequences in Europe too. According too an informal agreement, the US is used (...) by Alessio Pisanò

• Economic & Social Affairs

  Mario Draghi at the ECB : Mission “Save the Eurozone”

  

  31 May 2011 – Mario Draghi has been appointed as the new Director of the European Central Bank (ECB). After months of mutterings, the European leaders agreed on Mr Draghi leading the most important financial body in Europe currently run by Jean-Claude (...) by Alessio Pisanò

• Economic & Social Affairs

  The new Stability and Growth Pact: not far enough?

  17 May 2011 – The Stability and Growth Pact, restricting the budgetary policies of the members of the European Union (EU), is to be modified again. The Commission and the Council will conclude the reform negotiations with the European Parliament in June 2011. (...) by Alain de Raymond | 1 comment

• Economic & Social Affairs

  “The Euro is intertwined with the very idea of the European project”

  

  28 March 2011 – The path to the Euro is a long one. As Oldřich Dědek, Chief Coordinator for Euro Adoption in the Czech Republic reminded us, the project for economic integration started in the mid-50s, finally reaching a common currency in 1999. The project is a (...) by Morgan Griffith-David and Chloé Fabre

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