European unemployment insurance
By Léo Aparisi de Lannoy and Xavier Ragot The return of growth cannot eradicate the memory of how the crisis was mismanaged at the European […]
récession
France – the sick man of Europe?
by Mathieu Plane – Economist at OFCE (French Economic Observatory – Sciences Po) The year 2014 was marked for France by the risk of European […]
Austerity without end – or, how Italy found itself trapped by European rules
By Raul Sampognaro If the budget submitted by France is out of step with the rules on fiscal governance in the euro area (see the […]
Manic-depressive austerity: let’s talk about it!
By Christophe Blot, Jérôme Creel, and Xavier Timbeau Following discussions with our colleagues from the European Commission [1], we return to the causes of the […]
From austerity to stagnation
By Xavier Timbeau Since 2010, the European Commission has published the Annual Growth Survey to stimulate discussion on the occasion of the European semester, during […]
Is the euro area out of recession?
By Philippe Weil At its meeting on October 9th, the Euro Area Business Cycle Dating Committee of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in London […]
Competitiveness: danger zone!
By Céline Antonin, Christophe Blot, Sabine Le Bayon and Catherine Mathieu The crisis affecting the euro zone is the result of macroeconomic and financial imbalances […]
Why France is right to abandon the 3% public déficit target by 2013
By Mathieu Plane Given the statements by the Minister of Economy and Finance, the government seems to have reached a decision to abandon the goal […]
So far so good …
By Christophe Blot The euro zone is still in recession. According to Eurostat, GDP fell again in the fourth quarter of 2012 (‑0.6%). This figure, […]