The new policy environment of EMU affects economic, political, and social cohesion in different ways: the policy mix and menu will be reconfigured; it will provide for more macroeconomic stability in cohesion countries; economic competition will intensify and change patterns of specialisation; and...

In March, the European Commission released its Europe 2020 strategy proposal, which strives for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and greater policy coordination between the EU and national governments. While the document was greeted with scepticism in some quarters, others believe it lays...

Books reviewed: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, The European Union' Trade Policies and Their Economic Effects K. Dyson, The Politics of the Euro-Zone N. Vanhove, Regional Policy: A European Approach K. Cordell, Poland and the European Union R. Hall, A. Smith and...