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Why France is threatening to leave Schengen

Insight by Hugo Brady
30 April 2012

President Sarkozy is using the EU's Schengen area as a political football. But French concerns over passport-free travel in Europe will persist after the elections.
How to create a single European electricity market - and subsidise renewables

Policy brief by David Buchan
26 April 2012

Renewable energy needs subsidy. But different national subsidy schemes threaten energy integration. Schemes should be harmonised, even if the amount of subsidy continues to differ.
Governance reforms have left the euro's flawed structure intact

Insight by Philip Whyte
18 April 2012

European leaders have presided over a major overhaul of the way the eurozone is run. But the eurozone's basic institutional configuration remains as unstable as ever.
Energy efficiency: Made in Denmark, exportable to the rest of the EU?

Insight by Stephen Tindale
11 April 2012

Denmark has Europe's most energy efficient economy. Copenhagen should stand firm behind the Commission's proposals on energy efficiency, which would save billions of euros.
The European Union budget 2014-20: More boldness needed

Policy brief by John Peet, Stephen Tindale
05 April 2012

Economic circumstances will make EU budget negotiations even more difficult than usual. Britain, France and Germany should drop their normal preconditions.
The US-Russia reset is over

Insight by Charles Grant
02 April 2012

Can the 'reset' between Russia and the US survive the return to the presidency of Vladimir Putin? Probably not, given the number of divisive issues.
Tackling the scourge of youth unemployment

Insight by John Springford
28 March 2012

European youth unemployment is unacceptably high. Governments are trying to push young people into work, despite weak demand: they would do better to educate them.
Issue 83 April/May 2012

23 March 2012
How to keep Britain in the EU
By Charles Grant
Stable public finances require stronger business investment
By Simon Tilford
A new political bargain in Afghanistan
External author(s): Edward Burke