This policy paper summarizes four corridor studies on bilateral social security agreements (BSSAs) between four EU …

The free movement of people and of workers (intra EU mobility) is one of the corner-stones of the EU. It has … overwhelmingly benefitted the citizens of the EU member states both in the countries of work and in the countries of origin. Earlier … and large refuted. At the same time, EU mobility policies still need a significant deepening and upgrading, to deal with …

Five EU Presidents presented in 2015 is far from sufficient to reduce the risks of the Euro zone falling apart by Brexit … type developments or new economic shocks. The EU Presidents rely too much on high international economic growth smoothing … the convergence in labor productivity between EU member states, while the more likely low growth scenario shows a serious …

Europe and the European Union are close in values, in culture and in attitudes. Yet the EU has made little attempt to … education and language. When the EU made the borderlines between European countries less visible, the language boundary remained …, standing in the way of easy communication between citizens of different EU countries. We advance the "Learning Union" as a …

A sustainable EU Immigration Policy aims to contribute to a vibrant European society through more effectively and … selectively managed immigration from outside the EU, more attention to integration of immigrants, more rooting out of … have settled. Immigration from outside the EU is often opposed, mainly because of sluggish integration combined with …

This essay discusses the determinants of youth unemployment within the EU and then the alternative policy options … currently at stake. We argue that youth unemployment regards especially some peripheral EU countries and is due to a mix of … should be to reform the Maastricht Treaty so as to allow each EU country to reach the Europe 2020 targets. Moreover …

the US experience for European level unemployment benefit or welfare schemes. Given the strong position of the EU member …