Tag: economic governance

World leaders agreed on 27 June in Toronto to take different paths towards assuring lasting growth and making their banking systems safer, a reflection of the uneven and fragile economic recovery in many countries.

European business groups have heaped pressure on EU leaders ahead of tomorrow's key summit in Brussels, accusing politicians of failing to embrace pro-growth reforms.

The euro is still under construction but a brilliant future lies ahead, Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip told EurActiv.fr in an interview.

French centre-right MEP Alain Lamassoure yesterday (10 May) called on EU leaders to set up an annual "European Convention" on economic policy to ensure that the bloc's long-term growth strategy, Europe 2020, "doubles the Union's growth potential".

The G20 summit, which starts the day after tomorrow (2 April), will demonstrate how fast the balance of power is shifting from the old US-led economic order towards emerging market nations, although it is much too early for a productive debate about a new world currency.

Published in Bruegel's collection of essays Fragmented Power: Europe and the Global Economy, Benoît Coeuré and Jean Pisani-Ferry's contribution assesses the problems faced by the EU in its attempts to play a leading role on the world stage.

The Convention on the Future EU will discuss the final report of the Working Group on Social Europe in its plenary session on 6 February 2003. The Working Group members reached a broad consensus on the values and objectives for the EU's social policy, but remained divided over the definition of the competences and the possible extension of co-decision and qualified majority voting on social issues.

The Convention on the future of Europe is divided over the issue of economic governance, discussed at its last plenary session on 7-8 November.

The European Convention will debate the issue of whether to introduce additional economic and social objectives and competencies in EU policies at its next session on 7-8 November.