The Future of EU Finances

18 October 2017

This Position Paper is a response to the Reflection Paper on the Future of EU Finances by the European Commission. The goal of this …

The consequences of restricting the Posted Workers Directive

11 October 2017

Posted workers are temporarily sent from one member state to another, usually for projects of short duration. There were 1.1. million posted workers in …

Basel regulations: a danger for European banks

13 September 2017

The ongoing Basel IV discussions seek to impose additional capital requirement on banks, a move that would disproportionately affect those in Europe.
Whilst the …

Employment in privatised utilities

8 September 2017

On 15 June 2017, the Directorate General for Internal Policies published a report which maps the recent history of privatisation and examines the risk …

Displacement Jobs – On the Swedish Employment Subsidies

4 September 2017

The Swedish labor market makes use of twelve different forms of employment subsidies involving three percent of the entire active work force.
In this …

Excessive labour market regulation will not help to combat inequality

23 August 2017

On 28 September 2017, the European Parliament Employment and Social Affairs Committee (EMPL) will vote on an initiative by Spanish MEP Javi Lopez (S&D) …

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A Joint Open Letter on the Posting of Workers

4 October 2017

Posting of workers plays an essential role in the Internal Market and the cross-border provision of services. Simply put, posting of workers allows a …

Growing Strength of Populists

Marek Tatala // 1 October 2017

For the second time, the Swedish think tank Timbro has presented its “Authoritarian Populism Index”. The index “aims to shed light on whether populism …

A Joint Open Letter on the Future of EU Finance

The EU budget has been a result of political negotiations and trade-offs between Member States rather than a well-grounded financing of mutually agreed pan-European …

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