In the run-up to the Intergovernmental Conference of the Member States of the EU in 1996, criticism of the convergence …

countries, but also in sensitive areas in the EU itself, particularly the Common Agricultural Policy. Will agricultural policy …

system of generally recognized rules. What strategy should the EU adopt to help create those rules? *** DIRECT SUPPORT *** A …

EU and the likely impact of the Single European Market on the pattern of corporate integration. …

The pattern of migration into the EU and within the EU has changed greatly in recent years. Does this make it necessary … to introduce a common European migration policy? How is the planned eastern enlargement of the EU to be seen against this …

current debate on the EU budget for the period 2007 to 2013 and introduces five scenarios. The first is identical to the … European Commission's proposal; the second is based on reducing the budget to 1% of the EU's GNI as proposed by the six major … a '1% EU GNI'; however, the expenditures for providing 'EU-wide value added' are left unchanged and it is envisaged that …

led to the proposal of a comprehensive review of the EU budget in 2008/2009. This provides an opportunity for initiating … fundamental reforms of the revenue side of the EU budget. One course of reform relies on the principle that the 'own resources … disadvantage that the potentially available resources would ensure only a rather small proportion of the revenues of the EU budget …

On a global level, the EU emerges as the most important foreign direct investor, also if considering extra-EU … investments only. This reflects the capability and propensity of EU firms to internationalize their business activities. A joint …-2008 respectively, to reveal several facts and trends concerning the competitive position of EU firms in the BRICs and vice versa. The …