Globalization has been accused of being the source of many problems. Some claim that this would justify a fundamental change of the EU regime that takes international competitiveness of the economy as its point of departure. This would have consequences for the present set-up of the EU cohesion...

Stage 1. Assessing the problems and defining the main policy orientations -- Stage 2. Designing a solution-oriented intervention system -- Stage 3. Specifying objectives and matching these with instruments -- Stage 4. Implementing actions and delivering results -- Stage 5. Checking effectiveness...