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2025, Progressive Yearbook 2025
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2024 has been an election year in the EU, which is the usual opportunity for EU citizens to discuss and, to some extent, determine the political future of further EU integration. This time, the June elections were followed by particularly intense debates on the economic future of Europe. To frame the policy debates leading up to the establishment of the new European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen and Mario Draghi presented the report “The future of European competitiveness”. Draghi was not alone in thinking about the future of the EU economy. We should, in particular, pay attention to the reports authored by Enrico Letta and the expert group chaired by the LSE professor Andrés Rodriguez-Pose. The combined lessons of these reports should not only lead to action that aims to improve the EU’s business model but also to further boost the social dimension of the EU. Here, we outline these connections in the light of EU policy evolution and in the broader context of transatlantic political developments and globalised economic warfare.
Low growth, high unemployment in Southern European member states, TTIP negotiations and EU economic integration stalling, this is how headlines about the EU economy often look like these days. This issue of the Future of Europe Observer analyses the implementation of current EU measures put in place to counter economic stagnation, shedding light on planned policies the EU has announced in this field. Our authors include the following ZEI Fellows (MES Class of 2016 ): Malin Berg von Linde, Ksenija Nikolic and Jiayin Liu.
Development in Turbulent Times, 2019
A new debate on the future of Europe has emerged which will define the path of the Europan Union in the years ahead. This time, the debate on the future of European integration begins with contributions from across the EU to overcome the state deficit crisis. The evolving European consensus will construct a new dimension of European interests with regard to economic, fiscal, and budgetary policies. It will shape the scope and legitimacy of the European Union. Hence, for the time being it is worth recognizing the diverse nature of the debate and the European-wide scope of contributions to it. This new “Future of Europe Observer“ will regularly provide a pan-European platform for contributors to share differing voices and perspectives from across the EU and beyond. We begin our journey with a background summary of the most relevant events and positions of the past three years, collected by fellows of the ZEI Master of European Studies, Class of 2013.
The Forum aims to promote a wide consensus between wellknown European experts, who share the view that there is the urgent need for a major change of the European economic policies, in order to enhance the growth of investment, innovation and environmental quality in the EU. The discussion at the Forum is based on the document, published on December 2018 on Academia.edu, which has been read by more than 1.200 persons: https://www.academia.edu/38031947/Discussion_Group_Growth_Investment_and_Territory_2018_The_response_to_the_needs_of_the_citizens_and_the_turnaround_in_European_policies_a_common_cultural_and_political_platform_for_a_radical_change_in_European_economic_policies_December, . This discussion on a “New European Industrial Strategy” is especially important in this critical phase of the European Economy, after the elections of the European Parliament and when the new elected European Commission is designing his policy program. The Forum is organized in partnership with the “European Economic and Social Committee” and it is promoted by the Group “Growth Investment and Territory”, the Giuseppe Di Vittorio Foundation and the AiSRe - Italian Association of Regional Science.The Organizing Committee of the Forum is made by : Riccardo Cappellin, Enrico Ciciotti, Gioacchino Garofoli, Maurizio Baravelli, Elena Battaglini, Leonardo Becchetti, Marco Bellandi, Roberto Camagni, Enrico Marelli, Luciano Pilotti, Marcello Signorelli. A document in 10 points summarizes the major policy indications of the Forum. About 50 well-known experts have contributed with a short paper (7-14 pages) focused on the future development of European Economic policies. These papers will be made available at this link of Academia.edu. In the next future a e-book will be published by an international editor.
European Political Science, 2016
he Conference on the Future of Europe: 25 Ideas from ZEI, 2021
In this issue of the Future of Europe Observer, the Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI) presents 25 ideas for the Conference on the Future of Europe, to which ZEI keeps providing input by contributing its own proposals for debate on the official online platform. The co-authors of this issue include scholars from the ZEI network and alumni of the ZEI Master of European Studies as well as students of Political Science at the University of Bonn. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all of them.
Brain Drain or Brain Gain?, 2011
The majority of papers published in the last decades on European Union policy strongly stress the importance of the so-called Lisbon Strategy approved in the year 2000. The same applies to studies and reports on the shift of the European countries towards modernisation and restructuring policy in recent years. This EU development strategy defines a new direction for the coordination of national policies. But why has it become so important? One of the reasons is the fact that many of the papers are based on the concept of "knowledge society" as the key driver for an increased competitiveness of all political and economic regions of Europe. In this context, the term "knowledge" means the inter-linkage of education (including training, qualification, skills) and innovation (including research, information and communication). The use of the concept represents an important shift in the European strategy: further development would not only be based on investment in material infrastructures, but also more on the immaterial ground. However, this Lisbon Strategy was criticised by many politicians and opinion-makers in the first years of this century because the European structures were not prepared for such a quick change. At the same time, the focus for investment moved away from the traditional support of industrial sectors (manufacturing, agriculture and fisheries, construction) towards the "new economy" sectors. The vision of a knowledge society remained appealing also in a changing international context: the Middle East wars (Afghanistan, Iraq and Israel-Palestine) and the fast growth of the Chinese economy. However, the shadows of new recessions have strongly questioned the options made by the European Council. New challenges have emerged with the need to redefine collective strategies in terms of European development as set by the Lisbon strategy. "Europe 2020" is one more attempt to define a new strategy. But at present no clear path has been identified. Whether the programme will bring about progress for the European economies, or is again an illusion, is not yet clear. This shows, however, that new paths and common strategies are still needed in Europe.
2006
The report analyses globalisation and the policy challenges it poses for Europe. The report comprises 13 articles by European experts, the first describing the globalisation phenomenon and its consequences in the light of latest economic research, followed by three commentary articles to supplement the globalisation analysis. EU competitiveness and EU countries' structural policy are then surveyed in general. Two articles examine the EU internal market, while four articles analyse innovation policy widely. The final two articles discuss political governance of global and European economic policy issues.
European Political Economy Review, 2003
Europe's economic governance is not only highly complex, but also increasingly inefficient and unsustainable in the long run. This conclusion is reached from the theory of collective action and the difficulties in democratic legitimacy. The solution would be the ...
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