More Shopping OptionsThe time has come to open a lucid debate on the ways and means to make Europe better deliver democracy and sustainable growth. The Report on the State of the European Union examines the progress of European integration and focuses on economic aspects of the process. This second volume in the series, explores the four crises of contemporary Europe, those of growth, trust, inequalities and unity. The report is written in an accessible way and will be a useful resource for academics, students, policymakers, journalists and government advisors.
Jean-Paul Fitoussi is President and Jacques le Cacheux is Professor of Economics, both at the French Observatory Economic Situations.
PART 1: ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES * A Fugitive Boom? * PART 2: NORMS AND INSTITUTIONS * Social Norms and Macroeconomic Policies * Growth Policies in Europe: A Problem of Collective Action? * Macroeconomic Policies in the EUCT * PART 3: COHESION AND ENLARGEMENTS * European Integration and the Dynamic of Inequalities * Understanding the Eastern Enlargement * Fiscal Policies in the CEEC After May 1st 2004 * Turkey and the EU: A Very Long Engagement * PART 4: TOWARD A POLITICAL EUROPE? * Were the Elections of June 2004 Truly 'European'?
