Enhanced Supervision of the Financial Market in the EU: Insights from the Literature (2010:3epa)

The economic and financial crisis was one of the most important issues handled during the Swedish EU presidency. The outcome, preceded by at times difficult negotiations, was a political decision concerning a new framework for supervision of the financial market in the EU.

In this analysis, the authors survey the literature in the field in question. Their study shows, among other things, that the supervision structure may well run into problems when various national systems are forced to co-exist within a common framework.

The analysis is in Swedish.

Which Common Policy for Agriculture and Rural Areas beyond 2013? (2009:4op)

The European Commission recently launched a discussion on the architecture of direct payments, with a view to rethinking the philosophy of agricultural regulation within the EU. The debate has been pursued under the Swedish EU Presidency. The European Commission will present a communication to launch a public debate on this theme during the summer or early autumn of 2010.

The EU Budget Review: Mapping the Positions of Member States (2008:2)

In December 2006 the Institute for World Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (IWE) was commissioned by SIEPS to map the interests of the EU Member States and their positions with regard to the EU budget, in order to analyse both the prospects for reform, as well as the possible content of such a reform, during the budget review 2008/2009.

The Purse of the European Union: Setting Priorities for the Future(2008:1op)

SIEPS’ annual conference 2007 was held on the theme The Purse of the European Union: Setting Priorities for the Future. The conference was arranged in the light of the EU budget review process that was launched in September 2007 and which is expected to be concluded in 2008-2009.

From Policy Takers to Policy Makers: Adapting EU Cohesion Policy to the Needs of the New (2005:5)

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, the new Member States will now also be "policy makers", taking full part in the collective deliberations concerning the further development of this acquis.

The Net Migration From the New EU Countries

The paper is primarily an empirical study in which the net migration from the new EU Member States to Sweden is forecasted. The results indicate that free movement for workers has a positive and statistically significant effect on migration flows. The effect is, however, comparatively small in relation to the concerns expressed in the pre-enlargement debate.