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This report contains three separate papers, each addressing selected issues concerning natural gas policy and security of gas supply in Europe. The over-arching themes are vulnerability (to supply disruptions, to supplier pricing power) and fragmentation; and measures designed to overcome them,...
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, excepting Russia and most post-Yugoslav countries. Despite weak growth in the EU, exports of the accession countries (and of …
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This policy paper, prepared as part of the Background Study for the European Competitiveness Report 2009, analyses the external trade in goods and services between the EU and the BRICs. The paper starts with the analysis of the global position of the EU and the BRICs in world trade (using the...
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Vladimir Putin's presidency (2000-2008). The speed of Russia's catching-up was then even faster than that of the new EU member … Russia. Nevertheless, before the outbreak of the global crisis, the medium-term growth outlook was generally positive …, although a growth slowdown appeared inevitable already at that time. After September 2008, the global crisis hit Russia …
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such as China, Russia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Their engagement has been most evident in the areas of … visibly intensifying rivalry between the EU on the one hand and Russia and China on the other, the question therefore arises …
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Russia. Rather, a new chapter of enlargement policy is beginning in the shadow of war. After Turkey and the six Western … Balkan countries, the third enlargement area is formed by Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia in Eastern Europe. Ever since Russia …
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Unlike the crisis years of 2007-2009 (when the insolvency of large banks was a major problem), the current round of the global financial crisis has fiscal origins. Almost all developed countries suffer from an excessive public debt burden that has been built up over the last two decades or more....
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Twenty years of euro history confirms the euro's stability and position as the second global currency. It also enjoys the support of majority of the euro area population and is seen as a good thing for the European Union. The European Central Bank has been successful in keeping inflation at a...
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