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?
  • A half-finished job: The EU’s financial services action plan
    Policy brief by Alasdair Murray, 01 November 2002

    At the Lisbon summit in March 2000, EU heads of government signed up to an ambitious programme designed to achieve a viable single market in financial services by 2005.
  • How to reform the European Central Bank
    Report by Jean-Paul Fitoussi, Jérôme Creel, 11 October 2002

    Europe's macro-economic policy framework is in trouble. Eurozone inflation continues to overshoot the ECB's 'reference value' of 2 per cent. Yet businesses and policy-makers are pleading with the ECB for lower interest rates.
  • European economic reform: Tackling the delivery deficit
    Report by Alasdair Murray, 04 October 2002

    The EU has set itself a series of ambitious economic reform goals but has so far failed to deliver on its promises. Alasdair Murray argues in this report that the Convention on the future of Europe and the forthcoming inter governmental conference provide an opportunity for the EU to think afresh about how it can overcome the institutional obstacles to economic reform.
  • New designs for Europe
    Report by Charles Grant, , 04 October 2002

    Everybody agrees that the EU's institutions are in bad need of reform. In the Convention on the Future of Europe, and elsewhere, a real debate has begun on how Europe should be governed.
  • The Barcelona scorecard: The status of economic reform in the enlarging EU
    Working paper by Edward Bannerman, 03 May 2002

    Only a new 'High Representative for Economic Policy' can ensure the EU meets its 2010 target of becoming "the most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy in the world".
  • Closing the delivery deficit: The future of economic governance in Europe
    Policy brief by Alasdair Murray, 03 May 2002

    The EU has set itself a series of highly ambitious economic goals to fulfil in the next decade. Eurozone countries are committed to ensuring the longterm health of the single currency, which will mean further economic integration. The Union will need to incorporate successfully at least ten dynamic but diverse accession country economies.
  • Learning from Europe: Lessons in education
    Working paper by Nick Clegg and Dr Richard Grayson, 03 May 2002

    'Learning from Europe' is a significant contribution to the debate on how our public services can be improved, drawing on lessons from other European countries.
  • The Barcelona European Council
    Policy brief by Edward Bannerman, 01 March 2002

    The EU's ten-year plan to transform itself into "the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world by 2010" is running out of steam. The forthcoming summit in Barcelona on March 15 and 16 needs to reenergise Europe's faltering commitment to the 'Lisbon agenda' of economic reform.