November 20, 2014
It’s a bad start to what looks as if it could be a very challenging day for the UK government with UKIP looking likely to win the by-election in Rochester and Strood. This morning the European Court of Justice (ECJ) Advocate General Niilo Jaaskinen i…
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bank bonus, banker bonus, bonus cap, CRD4, EBA, ECJ, germany, UK-EU relations |
November 11, 2014
As we’ve said on many occasions, it is not only the UK that is having problems reconciling EU free movement with maintaining control over national welfare systems; Germany has recently tightened up its own domestic rules recently and the country also f…
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access to benefits, denmark, ECJ, EU free movement, germany, immigration, right to reside test |
The German Bundestag today approved changes to the country’s Immigration Act which are meant to prevent the abuse of EU free movement. This is not yet a done deal as the Bundesrat – the German upper house – needs to approve the changes, and the grand…
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November 5, 2014
The extraordinary rise of Podemos, Spain’s eight-month-old protest party, continues. A new Metroscopia poll for El País, released on Sunday, showed that the party would win a Spanish general election, if held today, with 27.7% of votes. The Socia…
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anti-establishment parties, austerity, germany, Merkel, Pablo Iglesias, Partido Popular, Podemos, Rajoy, Spain, Spanish elections |
The European Commission has this morning released its Autumn 2014 Economic forecasts. While these forecasts can often be quite mundane owing to the very managed message they are trying to send, this set look to be a bit different (see here for our take…
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commission, deflation, economic forecast, forecast, France, germany, inflation, labour market reform |
October 29, 2014
The European Commission has given France and Italy a preliminary nod through on their draft budgets for 2015. In a statement released yesterday evening, Commission Vice-President Jyrki Katainen said:”After taking into account all of the further informa…
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austerity, EU fiscal rules, European Commission, fiscal treaty, flexibility, France, germany, Hollande, italy, Katainen, Merkel, Renzi |
October 23, 2014
Open Europe Berlin Director Michael Wohlgemuth has written an interesting piece for World Review, looking at the current status of the German economy. Here it is:The German economy is showing clear signs of weakening. GDP declined by 0.2 per cent in th…
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austerity, CDU, European Commission, eurozone, germany, growth, investment, juncker, Merkel, open europe berlin, SPD |
September 17, 2014
The new French government, led by Prime Minister Manuel Valls, yesterday won its first vote of confidence in the National Assembly. That was expected, but the big news is that Valls and his government have fallen well short of winning an absolute major…
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austerity, European Commission, France, French economy, germany, Hollande, Merkel, Montebourg, Valls |
September 16, 2014
The ‘digital agenda’ was a key plank of Jean-Claude Juncker’s ‘campaign’ to become European Commission President and will be one of the top priorities for the next five years. Indeed, his new look Commission has its own dedicated ‘digital single market…
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digital economy, European Commission, germany, Jean-Claude Juncker |
September 4, 2014
The European Central Bank (ECB) holds its monthly meeting in Frankfurt today – the day after ECB President Mario Draghi’s 67th birthday.As usual, Open Europe’s Head of Economic Research Raoul Ruparel has published a preview on his Forbes blog, explaini…
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deflation, Draghi, ECB, eurozone, France, germany, italy, low inflation, QE, quantitative easing, Spain |
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