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Reforms, Institutions and Governance

1. Managing change in Europe
2. European Economic Governance

It is the conventional wisdom that the European economy has lagged significantly behind the global competition, despite some considerable variations among countries. Most of the pessimistic analyses of the current state of the EU economy tend to focus on the need for welfare reform and on the persistence of rigidities, especially in labour markets.

IEP takes a rather different view. The EU has in fact strong and unexploited potential, mainly in the area of human capital and demand management that is peculiar to the European region. Little attention has been paid to these strengths, for reasons that range from the actual design of EMU economic governance to public and private actors' attitudes.

It is generally accepted that there are inherent flaws in the design of EMU economic governance that need to be addressed to better exploit Europe's potential. IEP intends to offer solutions to the current deficiencies, and concrete ways to improve EMU institutional set-up.

Related Past Events

Exploiting Europe's strong potential: is governance the answer?
Chatham House, 6 November 2007

Managing Change in Europe - Report Launch
Brussels, 3 July 2007

Accounting for growth in the Eurozone EEGM Workshop
Chatham House, 24 May 2007

Managing Change in Europe
Innovation: A Tool For Change? How New Processes Can Improve Performance & Boost Productivity
Chatham House, 8 February 2007

Managing Change in Europe
Can Organisational Flexibility Help Europe Improve Productivity & Boost Economic Growth?
Chatham House, 26 January 2007

Managing Change in Europe
Skills, Talent & Cultures: How to Create a Resilient Workforce in the Face of Globalisation and Change?
Chatham House, 13 December 2006

Is Southern Europe suffering euro area stress - and should the new member states worry?
Chatham House, 11 July 2006

SAIS Bologna Center - Chatham House workshop
Communication, Credibility, Legitimacy, and Accountability
Bologna, Italy, 2-3 December 2005

Rethinking European Economic Governance
Chatham House, 30 June 2005

Papers

Managing Change in Europe: Practical Recommendations for Business and Policy-makers
Chatham House and the Pendo group, July 2007

IEP WORKING PAPER 06/01 - The Rule of Law and Agency: The Case of Competition Policy
Imelda Maher, March 2006

IEP BRIEFING 06/03 - The EU needs a strong US economy, not reform
Erik Jones and Benedicta Marzinotto, March 2006

IEP BRIEFING NOTE 06/01 - The Unnecessary European Social Model
Benedicta Marzinotto, January 2006

IEP WORKING PAPER 05/03 - Financial Stability in Eastern Europe - A Macroeconomic Perspective
Max Watson, December 2005

IEP WORKING PAPER 05/02 - The Broad Economic Policy Guidelines: Past, Present and Future
Servaas Deroose, Dermot Hodson and Joost Kuhlmann, November 2005

IEP BRIEFING 05/02 - European Economic Governance: Forging an Integrated Agenda
Erik Jones, February 2005

Articles

Italy: Give Prodi a chance
Paola Subacchi, International Herald Tribune, May 2006

How profligacy can become a virtue
Vanessa Rossi and Paola Subacchi, Financial Times, Feb 2006