Recent research examines the differences between voluntary Article 73 EWC agreements signed before the Directive came into force in September 1996, and article 6 agreements signed since that date. [Author vide copyright]]

This first issue of a revised approach to the ERM quarterly includes: an overview of relevant indicators such as GDP growth and the unemployment rate; the overall ERM statistics for the second quarter 2006; an examination of the often neglected issue of restructuring in the public sector with...