Policy focus 3 July 2017 Macron and absolute responsibility By Patrice de Beer If there were one word to characterise these elections, it was crafted by Melenchon and is “dégagisme”, or cleaning-out.
Policy focus 20 March 2017 Italy’s Jobs Act in European perspective: The flawed economics of flexibility By Martin Myant The causal connection between labour market flexibility and employment—a key idea behind Italy’s Jobs Act—does not find much support in the empirical evidence.
Policy focus 14 April 2016 Moving towards a fiscal capacity for the euro area By Eulalia Rubio The implementation of a strengthened fiscal capacity for the Eurozone should proceed by taking into account all its political and economic implications.
Policy focus 3 March 2016 Spain’s social model in the balance as parties attempt to form a government By Sofia A. Perez As Spanish parties struggle to form a coalition government after the latest elections, at stake is not only the future of the country’s social model, but also the leadership of the country’s left.
Policy focus 11 December 2015 Whither European unionism? By Angie Gago The recent congress of the European Trade Union Confederation closed a four-year cycle during which the union movement faced the worsening of the economic crisis, the reinforcement of austerity policies and the creation of a new European economic governance.