idea that Germany was suffering from "reform paralysis". However, the part of these reforms that specifically concerned …Radical labour market reforms were implemented in Germany between 2002 and 2005, reforms that overturned the received … controversial and changed the party-political landscape in Germany. Shortly after the reforms were introduced, a trend reversal took …

This report provides an overview of resource efficiency policies and instruments in 31 member and cooperating countries … collect, analyse and disseminate information about national experiences in developing and implementing resource efficiency … efficiency and explores similarities and differences in policies, strategies, indicators and targets, policy drivers and …

Member States are permanently excluded. However, there remains a risk that France and Germany will use the idea of a … whether the core is driven by France and Germany or led by a trilateral grouping including the UK. The future of core Europe … depends on Germany. The idea of a core Europe still has enormous appeal in Germany, given its long intellectual tradition and …