Spain: a 2018 budget on target, if the Commission likes it or not
By Christine Rifflart With a deficit of 3.1% of GDP in 2017, Spain has cut its deficit by 1.4 points from 2016 and has been […]
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Trump’s budget policy: Mortgaging the future?
By Christophe Blot While the momentum for growth has lost steam in some countries – Germany, France and Japan in particular – GDP in the […]
The potential headache of measuring economies in public expenditure
By Raul Sampognaro Since 2009, the French budget deficit has been cut by 3.3 GDP points, from 7.2 percent of GDP in 2009 to 3.9 […]
Revising the budget in Croatia: yes, but … for whom and why?
By Sandrine Levasseur Under the excessive deficit procedure that Croatia has been subject to since 28 January 2014, the country’s government has been obliged to revise […]
Austerity in Europe: a change of course?
By Marion Cochard and Danielle Schweisguth On 29 May, the European Commission sent the members of the European Union its new economic policy recommendations. In these […]
In the Netherlands, change is for now!
By Christophe Blot While France has just reaffirmed that it will meet its commitment to reduce its budget deficit to below 3% by 2014 (see […]
And what if the austerity budget has succeeded better in France than elsewhere? [1]
By Mathieu Plane Faced with a rapid and explosive deterioration in their public accounts, the industrialized countries, particularly in Europe, have implemented large-scale austerity policies, […]
Why France is right to abandon the 3% public déficit target by 2013
By Mathieu Plane Given the statements by the Minister of Economy and Finance, the government seems to have reached a decision to abandon the goal […]
Spain: a lose-lose strategy
by Danielle Schweisguth At a time when the IMF has publicly recognized that it underestimated the negative impact of fiscal adjustment on Europe’s economic growth, […]
Could France have a different fiscal policy?
By Jérôme Creel Shouldn’t the economic crisis that is gripping the euro zone, including France, lead to calling into question the approach being taken by […]