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How to build European services markets

Policy brief by John Springford
28 September 2012

European services markets are still overwhelmingly national. There are big economic gains to be made from opening them up.
Issue 86 October/November 2012

26 September 2012
Eurozone: Are the building blocks falling into place?
By Simon Tilford
What Romney would mean for Europe
By Clara Marina O'Donnell
Cameron's choice: Play to the gallery or keep Britain safe
By Hugo Brady
Hollande, the Germans and 'political union'

Insight by Charles Grant
25 September 2012

François Hollande wants a more equal Franco-German relationship. But tensions over managing the eurozone crisis and reforming EU treaties are straining that relationship.
Outsiders on the inside: Swiss and Norwegian lessons for the UK

Policy brief by David Buchan
24 September 2012

The Norwegian and Swiss association agreements with the EU increasingly frustrate many Norwegians, Swiss and the EU itself. They do not provide an attractive template for the UK.
Time for a European Civil Liberties Union?

Insight by Hugo Brady
21 September 2012

Liberty and the rule of law in central and eastern Europe needs a champion. A European Civil Liberties Union is part of the answer.
How seriously can investors take Draghi's assurances?

Insight by Simon Tilford
31 August 2012

The ECB's upcoming programme of government bond purchases will not be big enough to dispel investors' fears that troubled euro members might quit the currency union.
Will a new German constitution save the euro?

Insight by Katinka Barysch
29 August 2012

German politicians from government and opposition want a referendum on a new pro-European constitution. But this does not mean that Berlin is preparing for eurobonds.
Burma: An EU foreign policy success

Insight by Charles Grant
23 August 2012

Burma's rulers could not modernise its economy unless the EU lifted sanctions. But the EU insisted on political reform, which is now happening.