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Implementing economic reforms – are EU Member States responding to European Semester recommendations?

Deroose, S. & Griesse, J. (2014) “Implementing economic reforms – are EU Member States responding to European Semester recommendations?“, ECFIN Economic Brief, Issue 37, October 2014.   Summary: For the past four years, the EU has issued country-specific recommendations for economic reform to its Member States under the European Semester. A synthetic indicator of EU-wide implementation of these recommendations shows a score of just over 40%. While this is higher …Read More

The Green Democratic Reboot

Green European Journal (2014) The Green Democratic Reboot, Green European Foundation, Annual Print Edition 2014, September.   In recent years, the volume of articles and books dedicated to the democratic crisis has been constantly expanding. The same is true of the literature addressing the ecological crisis. Yet a simultaneous reflection both on the ecological and on the democratic crisis has not accompanied this proliferation. This is the intention of this …Read More

Deleveraging, What Deleveraging? The 16th Geneva Report on the World Economy

Buttiglione, L., Lane, P., Reichlin, L. & Reinhart, V. (2014) “Deleveraging, What Deleveraging? The 16th Geneva Report on the World Economy“, VoxEU Organisation, 29 September.   The world has not yet begun to deleverage its crisis-linked borrowing. Global debt-to-GDP is breaking new highs in ways that hinder recovery in mature economies and threaten new crisis in emerging nations – especially China. This column introduces the latest Geneva Report on the …Read More

Researchers’ Report 2014

European Commission (2014) Researchers’ Report 2014, DG Research and Innovation, Deloitte, September.   The conditions for the completion of the European Research Area, as requested by the European Council (Member States are adopting the necessary reforms, research stakeholders are implementing the ERA actions, the Commission increased its support to ERA through Horizon 2020 and the monitoring mechanism has been agreed and established) are now in place. The ERA Progress report …Read More

Vocational education and training and the Great Recession: supporting young people in a time of crisis

Heyes, J. (2014) “Vocational education and training and the Great Recession: supporting young people in a time of crisis“, Report 131, European Trade Union Institute (ETUI).   During the last five years training and education policies have received strong support at European and international levels. Emphasis has been placed on Initial Vocational Education and Training (IVET) and apprenticeships – which enable workers to gain a foothold in the labour market …Read More

Official discussions on Greece’s 5th program review to incept in mid-September: Key items on the agenda

Petropoulou, P. (2014) “Official discussions on Greece’s 5th program review to incept in mid-September: Key items on the agenda“, Eurobank – Greece Macro Monitor, 22 July.   This report takes a close look on a number of quantitative targets and structural benchmarks included in the agenda of the 5th review of Greece’s adjustment program, expected to commence in mid-September. It also provides an overview of the progress already made by …Read More

Mending the Fractured Economy, Smarter State – Better Jobs, Final Report of the Adonis Review

Adonis, A. (2014) “Mending the Fractured Economy, Smarter State – Better Jobs, Final Report of the Adonis Review“, An Independent Review for the Labour Party, supported by Policy Network, July.   The final report of the Adonis Review, Mending the Fractured Economy: Smarter State, Better Jobs, sets out reforms to boost innovation, tackle skills shortages and address youth unemployment, support growth companies, and empower city and county regions. Speaking ahead …Read More

Shifting EU Institutional Reform into High Gear: Report of the CEPS High-Level Group

Blockmans, S. & Piedrafita, S. (2014) “Shifting EU Institutional Reform into High Gear: Report of the CEPS High-Level Group“, Politics and Institutions, CEPS Task Force Reports, 19 March.   To contribute to the important debate on EU institutional reform in the run-up to the European Parliament elections and the start of a new Commission, CEPS formed a High-Level Group on EU Institutional Reform under the leadership of Danuta Hübner MEP …Read More

Annual Report: Situation of Asylum in the European Union 2013

European Asylum Support Office (2014) Annual Report: Situation of Asylum in the European Union 2013, Publications Office of the European Union, July.   The 2013 Annual Report on the Situation of Asylum in the European Union aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the number and nature of applications for international protection made in the EU28 and how they were processed by the Member States (MS), in order to indicate …Read More

Industrial relations in central public administration: Recent trends and features – Executive summary

Eurofound (2014) “Industrial relations in central public administration: Recent trends and features – Executive summary“, Publications, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, July.   This report maps current developments in industrial relations systems in the central public administration sector across Europe, covering all EU Member States except Croatia, which joined the EU in mid-2013. The present study is based on data collected through the network contributing …Read More