This article focuses on the sound and significant fiscal imbalances in the 2008-2018 period the EU Member States attained, mainly due to the last global financial crisis. A coordinated response, primarily induced by Stability and Growth Pact, was required to restore budget equilibrium and...

In this paper, using the EU-SILC 2006 data-set, we seek to explore the extent to which a consideration of welfare regime and socio-economic differences in poverty levels and patterns and variation in the consequences of poverty for economic stress can assist us in making informed choices between...