The Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union, adopted in March 2012 and entering into force in January 2013, was presented as a reinforcement of the Stability and Growth Pact. The present Brief argues that this new Treaty does not seem to offer a...

A question increasingly raised in recent years is whether the trend towards longer life expectancy has been accompanied by comparable increases in the expectancy of life in good health (active or disability-free life expectancy). Formulating an answer to this question is of essential importance...