European growth : what's to be done

By: Jean Pisani Ferry, Bruegel

Some proposals on how to kick-start the economy.

Fannie and Freddie on the rope

By: Wolfgang Münchau

When house price are expected to decline by 30%, some strange things are happening

A primer on the EU's Reform Treaty

By: Andrew Duff, MEP

This is an update version of Andrew Duff's analysis of the agreement on the Reform Treaty, and the mandate for the IGC.

What about Core Europe?

The Treaty marks and masks the growing division of Europe. Core Europe has always been an inevitability, the only question was how it would come about.

The price of the Constitution

By: Wolfgang Münchau

There may well be a deal onthe Constitution this week, but the decision to bypass referendums at all costs will be a big political mistake that will reverberate for years to come.

The mathematics of European voting rights

By: by Wolfgang Munchau

What is a fair voting system for the European Union? It looks as though, thanks to Poland, European leaders will be forced to debate this difficult question at their summit this week. Here is a short outline of the mathematics of voting in the EU.