High levels of sovereign debt have become a serious issue in the Eurozone. This does not just affect the individual member states: The European debt crisis has shown that difficulties in one euro-area country can spread to the...

How are decisions made in the euro area? And how democratic are they? These questions moved to the centre of the debate during the euro crisis. Under tremendous time pressure, solutions had to be found for stabilising the euro....

In the European Union, each member state is responsible for its tax system. Different national regimes help with tax competition, but can also lead to tax evasion or unfair rules in the Single Market. That is why better...

The four freedoms govern the movement of goods, persons, services and capital within the EU. They are the cornerstones of the Single Market and the common currency. Many citizens see them as the greatest achievement of the...

The euro does not provide its members with any option to leave. This protects the common currency against speculative attacks on the one hand. The euro crisis demonstrated on the other hand how difficult it is for Eurozone...

Economic imbalances keep recurring in the EU. Differences in trade balances dominate the debate. Germany has been generating very high surpluses for years and meets criticism for this reason. Are imbalances a threat to the EU, and...

Ten years after the economic crisis, youth employment in Europe is still not back to its pre-crisis level. This is especially true for countries in southern and eastern Europe. The report looks at the development of youth labour...

Aufwachsen und faire Bildungs- und Teilhabechancen – unabhängig von ihrer sozialen, ökonomischen und kulturell-ethnischen Herkunft. Ausgehend von diesen Grundüberlegungen haben der Expertenbeirat und das Projekt „Familie und...

Rising poverty, youth unemployment and impending sovereign bankruptcies – Europe has been undergoing a stress test almost permanently since the financial crisis began in 2008. For a number of years, the opportunities for people to...

Die Talfahrt an den Arbeitsmärkten in Europa ist gestoppt. Fast zehn Jahre nach Ausbruch der Wirtschaftskrise 2008 geht es endlich wieder leicht bergauf in Sachen sozialer Gerechtigkeit. Trotzdem bleiben Probleme bestehen: In...