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Schüssel on Privatisation as an Economic Tool

Dorian Simon — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 12:07:56 +0000

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 the Globalist.

In his article, Schüssel makes a strong case for using privatisation as an economic tool. In the present situation, eurozone governments cannot sustainably restore growth by increasing public spending or reducing interest rates. Public debt in the eurozone is already to high, while the European Central Bank is keeping interest rates extremely low.

Selling publicly-owned assets could raise some much-needed extra revenue for financing investment, Schüssel writes. Even more importantly, privatisation greatly improves the productivity of the companies involved. This boosts competitiveness and can substantially contribute to growth.

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Please find more articles on this subject:

Long article in the Dutch newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad on Oct, 19th 2014

Report with pictures from the event in Brussels published by the political newspaper The European Sting on Oct. 15th. 2014

for articles in German please check our German site

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Registration for the research report “How to Help Ukraine’s Economy Reform and Grow”

Dorian Simon — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 19:14:03 +0000

Date:	April 15, 2015 Reception: noon to 12.45 Key note and discussion: 12.45 to 14.15 (approx.)
Venue:	Residence Palace, Rue de la Loi 155, 1040 Brussels

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Conversation with Joe Schoendorf “Watch it: Silicon Valley has only just begun”

Dorian Simon — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 09:20:35 +0000

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Launch of the research report “Squaring the circle – Improving European infrastructure financing”

Dorian Simon — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 18:38:30 +0000

Please register until March 10, 2015: [contact-form-7]The post Launch of the research report “Squaring the circle – Improving European infrastructure financing” first appeared on United Europe.