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Beyond banking: What the financial crisis means for the EU

Posted: November 23rd, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: Economy | Tags: , | No Comments »

The world is in the midst of a financial crisis which will have far-reaching implications for the EU – not just for the region’s immediate economic outlook, but also for the future of the euro, financial regulation, economic reform and global governance.

The crisis will also impact the EU’s ambitions to tackle climate change as well as its relations with the US, Russia and China. This CER policy brief examines how the financial crisis will affect the politics and economics of the EU.

Centre for European Reform

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Is EU competition policy and obstacle to innovation and growth?

Posted: November 23rd, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: Economy, European Union | Tags: | No Comments »

European countries need to improve their record of developing high-tech businesses if they are to prosper. This was explicitly recognised in the EU’s Lisbon agenda of economic reforms launched in 2000.

The reasons for Europe’s poor record of innovation are complex, but one factor may be competition policy. In this CER essay, Simon Tilford argues that EU competition rules are less favourable to innovation and hence competition than their advocates believe. 

Essay by Simon Tilford, Centre for European Reform

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