Chapter 1 of the report discusses the immediate macroeconomic outlook for the global economy, with a particular focus on the European situation.

Chapter 2 The European Energy Conundrum: Power Failure / Formulate an effective bargaining strategy to ensure a global reduction in CO2 emissions / Establish a European energy union with a single market that does not discriminate against suppliers from other countries. / Eliminate fixed feed-in...

Chapter 1 of the report discusses the immediate macroeconomic outlook for the global economy, with a particular focus on the European situation. Chapter 2 focuses on Switzerland, and specifically on the lessons that Europe can learn from the Swiss experience in maintaining cohesion while...

Authors of the Report on the European Economy 2015

European energy policy is currently poorly coordinated between the member states of the European Union, although substantial gains could be achieved through enhanced cooperation both at the European and the global level. The argument in favour of a European energy union – a genuine common...

The original premise of the Single Market was that the promotion of economic integration brings prosperity to the European Union, reduces income disparities across member states, and by reducing differences between member states and within regions, it enhances social and political cohesion...

The European Union is committed to the principle of the free movement of people within its frontiers, which is central to the concept of EU citizenship. But this principle has given rise to concerns caused by the inclusion of more Eastern European countries with much lower wages. Many people in...

Chapter 1 of the report discusses the immediate macroeconomic outlook for the global economy, with a particular focus on the European situation. Chapter 2 focuses on Switzerland, and specifically on the lessons that Europe can learn from the Swiss experience in maintaining cohesion while...

This chapter identifies the factors that led to imbalances in the euro area, which resulted in the current balance-of-payments crisis. The chapter also discusses how rebalancing might be achieved, and how fiscal policy could accelerate this process.

This chapter investigates two of the most widely debated aspects of US fiscal and financial integration: (1) the responsibility of the federation for state-level debts and for the creditworthiness of states; and (2) the working of a federal central bank. Today’s fiscal federalism in the United...