Only the Economy Can Win This Game
By Manfred Kurz From a historic point of view, it is hardly surprising that a union goes through a very critical phase six decades after its foundation. Political unions form…
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Wolfgang Eder on State Interventionism in Europe
Even 20 years down the road, our most important competitor won’t be China, it will be North America. American society is shaped by a fundamental optimism that we have lost…
Schüssel on Privatisation as an Economic Tool
Recently, United Europe presented a study on the privatisation potential in the European Union. Now, the organisation’s President Wolfgang Schüssel follows up on the argument in a piece published by…
Making the Juncker Plan Work
Given the enormous need for infrastructure investment in Europe, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has put forward a far-reaching plan to draw in private capital. Yet while sufficient capital is…
Wolfgang Schüssel Makes the Case for Reforms
If you look at how European maps depict the world, Europe is huge. On the right, you have Russia. Way over on the left, there is America, and at the…
Jens Spahn Explains His Generation’s View of Europe
I am part of a generation that truly lives Europe. It is normal for us to live, to study, to work in Helsinki, Barcelona, London, Paris, Warsaw, or Bucharest. For…
Make Privatisation Part of the European Growth Agenda
Privatisation, if done right, is an important driving force for growth. Given the pessimistic economic outlook for Europe, privatisation should be put high on the political agenda. Yet doubts remain…