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The necessity for regional policy-makers to find a balance between shaping and adapting to structural change is well-known. But to what extent does this apply to a European strategy with a «soft» governance process relying largely on benchmarking and peer pressure - the Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Jobs? Paradigms for an increase of competitiveness - also regional competitiveness - spelled out so often and vigorously lose their degree of assertiveness, when turning to economic theory for their foundations. The authors - economists and political scientists with practical experience in EU institutions - deal in their contributions with different issues relevant for decision-makers in modern regional policy. By doing so, it is possible to challenge the seemingly established consensus on what is feasible in the EU and what is not.
EuroGuide describes the structure, function, and activities of institutions, bodies, and agencies of the European Union and other European intergovernmental organizations.
This is the official guide to the administrative structure of the European institutions and a reliable source of information concerning the names and addresses of high-ranking civil servants.
This is a new sixteenth edition of the Directory of EU Information Sources. It brings together a broad range of information sources, comprising not only the various constituent institutions of the European Union, their personnel, publications, information websites and representations in Europe and the rest of the world, but also diplomatic representation in Brussels, European-level trade and professional associations and NGOs, consultants and lawyers specializing in EU affairs, Press Agencies, EU grants and loans programmes, and universities offering courses in European integration. This is the most comprehensive compilation of contacts and published information on the European Union, providing access to over 12,500 information sources.
This annual directory gives contact details for key members of the institutions and agencies of the European Union, including the European Parliament, the Council, and the European Commission, down to the level of heads of basic operational units. Also known as the Inter-institutional directory of the European Union (IDEA), it contains information updated to July 2006, and it supersedes the 2005 edition (ISBN 9278402583) and the July 2005 update (ISBN 9278403024).
Internationale Entwicklung und wachsende wirtschaftliche Verflechtung erfordern eine enge deutsch-französische Zusammenarbeit. Die Kenntnis des Partnerlandes und der Austausch der Ideen, gegenseitige Kommunikation über wichtige Erkenntnisse und Anregungen sollen über das Frankreich-Jahrbuch vermittelt werden.
Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Am 01.01.1999 erfolgte durch die Vollendung der EWWU ein maßgeblicher Schritt für das Zusammenwachsen der europäischen Staaten. Gleichzeitig ging die exekutive Kompetenz in geld- und währungspolitischen Fragen von den Mitgliedstaaten auf die neu geschaffene EZB über. Damit wurden erstmalig Befugnisse für dieses konstitutive Gebiet der Makroökonomie von der nationalen Zuständigkeit an eine Gemeinschaftsinstanz übergeben. Mit der Einführung des Euro-Bargeldes zum 01.01.2002 war die Währungsunion dann auch greifbar. Heute ist das Euro-Währungsgebiet nicht nur einer der wichtigsten Wirtschaftsstandorte weltweit, auch die Einheitswährung hat sich in dieser k...