This brief reviews the evolution of the US and the European labour markets since the beginning of the financial crisis. In the US, the unemployment rate and the share of long-term unemployment grew very fast, during the crisis, thereby reaching levels close to those in the EU. Does that mean...

...l’insertion dans la mondialisation pourrait être mieux maîtrisée et, transitoirement, la politique commerciale extérieure commune, en mettant dans une certaine mesure le marché communautaire à l’abri de chocs commerciaux trop forts en provenance de pays tiers, pourrait favoriser la...

At the beginning of the 21st century, Europe and Latin America are still seeking the formula that would lend a strategic character to their relationship. Most recently, the Summit in Vienna in May 2006 failed to do so. Both partners reactivated their relations which had never been broken but...