The new corporation in Europe
by Dalia Marin on 02 September 2008
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Category: POLICY BRIEFS
Topics: Competition and single market, Emerging economies and development, Labour, migration and ageing, Trade, investment and competitiveness
This Policy Brief examines how Europe‘s corporations are changing the way they do business since the 2004 EU Enlargement. Dalia Marin argues that firms are adapting to heightening global competition by shifting decision-making processes. The author gives policy recommendations in the areas of EU neighbourhood and trade policies.
The new food equation: do EU policies add up?
by Juan Delgado, Indhira Santos on 19 July 2008
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Category: POLICY BRIEFS
Topics: Climate change and energy, Emerging economies and development, Trade, investment and competitiveness
This policy brief, Juan Delgado and Indhira Santos look at how EU policies should be adjusted to the higher food prices. The brief makes three policy recommendations: innovation in biofuels should be encouraged but biofuels targets should be abandoned as they are expensive and distort agricultural and energy markets. Freer trade is needed for both efficiency and food security reasons. But more open markets will further increase the price of food for importing countries. An immediate and sustained aid increase should therefore be agreed.
Strait is the gate - Europe‘s immigration priorities
by Jakob von Weizsäcker on 19 July 2008
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Category: POLICY BRIEFS
Topics: Labour, migration and ageing
This policy brief sets out priorities for a common European immigration policy. Migratory pressure on the EU is rising, some member states with a significant stock of immigrants are facing major integration challenges, and the EU is struggling to attract and retain top talent in the global competition for high-skilled workers.
The policy brief identifies three priority areas for European policy action: high-skilled migration, irregular migration, and asylum.
A tail of two countries
by Alan Ahearne, Juan Delgado, Jakob von Weizsäcker on 01 June 2008
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Category: POLICY BRIEFS
Topics: Budgetary and monetary policies, Financial markets and regulation, Labour, migration and ageing
The outlook for two of the euro area‘s best performing economies to date, Ireland and Spain, has darkened dramatically recently amid severe downturns in housing markets. What do these countries‘ experiences tell us about the functioning of EMU?
Bruegel‘s new policy brief ‘A Tail of Two Countries‘ examines the behaviour of housing markets in Ireland and Spain during EMU and considers what features and policies may have facilitated the overheating of housing markets in these countries. It also discusses the role of large migration flows in spurring growth in housing.
Is structural spending on solid foundations?
by Indhira Santos on 19 February 2008
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Category: POLICY BRIEFS
Topics: Budgetary and monetary policies
Bruegel‘s new policy brief ‘Is Structural Spending on Solid Foundations?‘ analyses the performance of EU structural funds, asking questions that need to be addressed in the ongoing budget review: Is each euro invested where it will yield the highest return? And how much real redistribution across regions occurs as a result of structural funds?