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EU should pay member states to get rid of coal

The European Union should act to ensure the continued transformation of its energy system, and encourage member states to overcome their dependence on

The European Commission should drop its ill-designed idea of a finance minister

Beyond the opposing ideas of Jean-Claude Juncker and Wolfgang Schäuble for future euro-area governance, Guntram Wolff explores how alternatives such a

Beyond the Juncker and Schäuble visions of euro-area governance

Two diametrically opposed visions of the euro-area architecture have been put forward. Departing from both Juncker’s and Schäuble’s proposals, the aut

Eurozone or EU budget? Confronting a complex political question

This week’s European Commission reflection paper is the latest document to ponder a distinction between EU and euro-area budgets. But do we need to sp

What could a euro-area finance minister mean?

The idea of a euro-area budget and finance minister have been around for a long while, but the arrival of President Macron gives the proposals new imp

Brexit: EU budget

On 25 January 2017 Zsolt Darvas appeared as a witness at the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Union, Financial Affairs Sub-Committee.

Income convergence during the crisis: did EU funds provide a buffer?

Did EU funds play an important role in limiting the hit of the crisis on regional income?

Income convergence during the crisis: did EU funds provide a buffer?

This paper shows that economic convergence continued during the crisis for the EU as a whole, although at a slower pace, but for regions in the EU14,

Northern Ireland and EU funds

EU funding for the UK has risen considerably since 2000, but funding predominantly goes to rural and less developed areas, meaning that Northern Irela

Is Europe saving away its future?

The Crisis affected public spending. Research and innovation is one area often highlighted as needing protection. This column does not find strong evi

Undercutting the future? European research spending in times of fiscal consolidation

Are R&D budgets being smartly used to address growth? How is the crisis affecting public Research & Development budgets across the EU?

Europe's growth problem (and what to do about it)

The issue: The European Union's pre-crisis growth performance was disappointingenough, but the performance has been even more dismal since theonset of

Europe’s Dysfunctional Growth Compact

EU Cohesion spending: policy can deliver what economic research cannot

Chart of the Week - The EU cohesion record: how did the crisis contribute?

The numbers behind a new EU Growth Fund