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 …

Germany and the UK whether the self-employed are less likely to move or migrate than employees. Using longitudinal data from … in employment status we found little evidence that the self-employed in Germany and the UK are more rooted in place than …