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Issues related to economic growth have been very high on the EU agenda in recent years and growth has been a prioritised policy issue ever since the adoption of the Lisbon Strategy in 2000. The report surveys the debate on growth and summarises economic research on economic growth.
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This report concerns the role of the national courts in the application and enforcement of Community law. According to the author the European Union is presently under a "constitutional momentum". Even if the text of the Treaty will not be ratified the constitutional Treaty will probably affect...
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This study investigates the nature of the relationship between small states and the European Commission, posing the question whether the Commission is a small state's "best friend".
Focusing in particular on the Belgian, Greek, Finnish and Hungarian experience, the key findings indicate...
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In 2005 the stability pact of the EU was reformed. The revision followed upon violations of the EU fiscal rules by several countries and the breakdown of the pact’s enforcement mechanism. A key question is what contribution the revised stability pact can make towards upholding fiscal discipline...
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The last decades have been characterized by deep regional integration in Europe as well as the emergence of new integration agreements in other parts of the world. This process has spurred an extensive debate about what the economic effects of integration are, both on insiders and outsiders....
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This report concerns the future role for Swedish monopolies in the EU. The authors argue that the Swedish monopolies for alcohol and pharmaceuticals may be compatible with the EC-law if they do not discriminate against foreign suppliers and if they can be considered to be...
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The countries in "the class of 2004" are now full-fledged members of the European Union, with equal rights to participate in the policy process shaping its future. This implies a quality leap in their political status. From having been "policy takers", bound to adapt to the policy legacy of EU15...
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In discussions on priorities in the European Union, a formula often invoked is that of European added value.
The present study seeks to shed light on this concept by tracing its intellectual origins, examining its use in three policy areas and suggesting ways of converting it from an all-...
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In October 2004 the heads of the member states of the European Union signed a treaty on the establishment of a constitution for Europe. This constitutional treaty should have been ratified by all the member states by November 2006, a fact that raised questions at the time about how such a...
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This paper looks at the evolution of Britain’s role in Europe in the light of the issues facing the UK Presidency in the second half of 2005
The report was presented at the seminar The UK 2005...
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In this report the author gives an analysis of the Constitutional Treaty and its implications for criminal law. Would it have been possible for Sweden to ratify the Treaty without changing the basic Swedish law or would such a change have been necessary following the implications in the field of...
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Rapporten tar upp nationalekonomisk forskning med relevans för förslaget till ett nytt konstitutionellt fördrag. Bland annat diskuteras de nya beslutsreglerna i ministerrådet, begränsningen av antalet ledamöter i EU-parlamentet och införandet av den utträdesklausul i det nya fördraget som...
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Published in April 2005, this paper assesses the Luxembourg presidency, with a particular focus on the Stability and Growth pact and the Lisbon Process, two major challenges for the presidency.
The report was presented at the seminar...