In vielen Staaten der EU, vor allem in Deutschland, boomen derzeit die innovativen Umwelt-technologien. Dieser Trend bestätigt diejenigen, die seit Langem darauf hinweisen, dass eine anspruchsvolle Umweltpolitik wichtige Wachstums- und Modernisierungspotenziale besitzt. Und er widerlegt...

EU Member States are committed to the maintenance of a strong Defence Technological Industrial Base (DTIB) in Europe. At a meeting of the European Defence Agency (EDA) Steering Board in May 2007 Ministers declared that "a strong DTIB is a fundamental underpinning of the European Security and...

The European Union is a successful integration experiment, with an increasing number of member countries and an unexpected depth of integration. According to many indicators, it is the largest economic region in the world, leading in many "beyond GDP" indicators representing well being including...

One lesson of the Great Recession has been that countries with higher shares of industry in their GDP seemed to be less affected by the crisis. Consequently, the call for an industrial renaissance has become stronger. Industrial policy has now become a top priority in countries where it was not...