Europe's economy Single market EU & US recovery
  • The future of Europe's economy: Disaster or deliverance?
    Report by Paul De Grauwe, George Magnus, Thomas Mayer, Holger Schmieding, 18 September 2013
    The future of Europe's economy: Disaster or deliverance?
  • The CER commission on the UK and the single market
    Insight by John Springford, 07 June 2013
    The CER commission on the UK and the single market
  • Why has the eurozone's recovery been weaker than the US's?
    Bulletin article by Philip Whyte, 24 May 2013
    Why the has eurozone's recovery been weaker than the US's?
  • Over but far from finished - The EU's financial services action plan
    Policy brief by Alasdair Murray, 01 September 2004

    The EU has now all but completed the legislative phase of its financial services action plan (FSAP). The action plan is an attempt to reduce the legal obstacles which prevent businesses – whether banks, insurance companies or stock exchanges – from selling their services seamlessly across the EU.
  • Is tax competition bad?
    Bulletin article by Katinka Barysch, 02 August 2004

    EU enlargement was meant to be a cause for celebration. But one seemingly esoteric issue is threatening to spoil the fun: taxation. West Europeans fear that low tax rates in the new member-states will lure companies eastward, taking jobs and investment with them.
  • EU enlargement: How to reap the benefits
    Opinion piece by Katinka Barysch
    Economic Trends, 04 June 2004

    The overall economic impact of EU enlargement is likely to remain small. The newcomers are tiny compared with the existing EU countries and most economic integration has already taken place.

  • Manufacturing first: A new way forward for global trade
    Working paper by Bruce Stokes, 07 May 2004

    Global trade negotiations inside the WTO remain stalled. Recently, negotiators have talked up the prospects for progress in the 'Doha development round' – but no one is expecting an imminent breakthrough.
  • Arrival delayed
    Opinion piece by Alasdair Murray
    The Parliament Magazine, 22 March 2004

    The fact that the EU is not going to meet all its targets should not lead commentators to condemn the whole Lisbon programme, writes Alasdair Murray. At the Lisbon summit in the spring of 2000, EU leaders signed up to an ambitious economic reform programme that is designed to close the economic gap with the United States.

  • From strength to strength
    Opinion piece by Katinka Barysch
    The Parliament Magazine, 23 February 2004

    Will the strong euro strangle Europe's economic recovery asks Katinka Barysch of the Centre for European Reform. Every year since 2000, economists have predicted a recovery in the eurozone. Every year, they have been disappointed. Will 2004 be any different?
  • Policing public sector aid
    Bulletin article by Alasdair Murray, 02 February 2004

    Europe's powerful public sector trade unions are campaigning to protect public services from the disciplines of EU competition and state aid laws.
  • Germany – the sick man of Europe?
    Policy brief by Katinka Barysch, 05 December 2003

    Germany was once the economic motor of Europe. Its large domestic market offered business opportunities for its smaller neighbours. Its high-quality machines powered manufacturing all across Europe. Its sound budget policies set the standard for the other EU countries. In the 1980s, however, the German motor began to sputter. It has since come to a standstill.