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STATE OF THE UNION 2012
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SCHUMAN REPORT
ON EUROPE
STATE OF THE UNION 2012
by the Robert Schuman Foundation
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Publication edited by
Thierry Chopin and Michel Foucher
Publication edited by Thierry Chopin and Michel Foucher
Translated by Rachel Ischoffen and Helen Levy
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Table of Content
Preface
Jean-Dominique Giuliani ......................................................................................... 19
1. The European Union and the Crisis: Between Doubt and Necessity
Governance of the European Union, two years after the Lisbon Treaty
(Jean-Dominique Giuliani) ............................................................................... 21
Europe – Afterwards. From Crisis Federalism to Pragmatic Federalism
(Thierry Chopin and Jean-François Jamet) ....................................................... 29
After Fukushima, is a European Energy Policy still Possible?
(Joachim Bitterlich) ........................................................................................... 35
Does Germany still see Europe through the Franco-German Prism?
(Frank Baasner) .................................................................................................. 39
Europe’s Promise: Why the European Way is still the Best Hope
in an Insecure Age (Steven Hill) ........................................................................... 43
2. Facing the Economic and Financial Crisis: Regulation, Investment,
Solidarity
The Euro, Markets and Politics (Christian de Boissieu and Olivier Passet) ......... 51
For a Political View of Financial Regulation (Jean-Pierre Jouyet) ........................ 59
Aviation, Defence and Security Industries Want a Strong Europe
(Jean-Paul Herteman) ........................................................................................ 63
The Budget: For a European Solidarity Pact (Alain Lamassoure) ......................... 69
An Investment Strategy in EU: A Means to Compensate
for the Lack of Fiscal Transfers (Stefaan De Corte) ........................................... 73
The Emerging European Social Model, an Asset to Face the Crisis
(Yves Barou) ....................................................................................................... 79
3. Europe and the New World (Im) Balances
European Times: From One Crisis to Another (Michel Foucher) ........................ 85
The Euro: Spectator or Player in the World’s Financial Imbalance?
(Mathilde Lemoine) .......................................................................................... 89
What European “Power”? (Pierre Hassner) .......................................................... 95
Has the Euro Crisis Sounded the Death Knell of the Union’s Strategic Ambitions?
(Nicole Gnesotto) .............................................................................................. 99
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Europeans and the Arab Revolutions: What Role Is there for the EU
in the Southern Mediterranean? (Luis Martinez) ............................................. 103
European Values in the New Global Context (Wilfried Martens) ....................... 107
4. Interview
There Are More Reasons Today For Europeans to Unite Closely
Jean-Claude Trichet, Former President of the European Central Bank ............... 111
5. A Summary of Political and Legal Europe
The Economic Crisis Rocks the European Governments
but the Supremacy of the Right Continues to Grow (Corinne Deloy) ............ 117
Gender Balance, a European Model (Pascale Joannin) ........................................ 125
Moderate Legislative Output, Marked by Financial Governance
and the Internal Market (Pierre-Antoine Molina) ............................................ 133
European Opinion and the Crisis (Bruno Aguilera Barchet) ............................... 139
6. The European Union in Statistics (Franck Lirzin and Sebastian Paulo) .......... 143
List of Maps
1957-2012: European Integration
Territories of Europe
Energy Resources Europe Wide
Energy in the EU States
France – Germany, 2011
USA – EU
Crisis in Europe, 2011
Euro Map
Aeronautical, Defence and Security Industries in Europe and in the world
Unemployment and Activity in the EU Member States
Working Time and Union Membership in the European Union Member States
The Arc of Crises
Euro in the world
World Security: European Union Intervention and Participation
European External Action Service
The EU and the Arab Revolutions
Political Europe in 2012
Populism in Europe
Women’s Europe
European Public Opinion and the Crisis (1)
European Public Opinion and the Crisis (2)
Intra community trade, 2010
The EU and World Trade in Goods : Trade in Merchandise, 2011
The European Union in the World: trade agreements
Population of the EU Member States
Internal migrations
External migrations
The EU and Asylum Requests
Public Debt
Research and Innovation in the European States
Industry in the EU Member States
EU Budget, 2011
Use of the Structural Funds by the European Union Member States
SCHUMAN REPORT ON EUROPE
The State of the Union 2012
Publication edited by Thierry CHOPIN and Michel FOUCHER
Contributors to this book:
Bruno Aguilera Barchet, Frank Baasner, Yves Barou, Joachim Bitterlich,
Christian de Boissieu, Stefaan De Corte, Corinne Deloy, Jean-Dominique
Giuliani, Nicole Gnesotto, Pierre Hassner, Jean-Paul Herteman, Steven Hill,
Jean-François Jamet, Pascale Joannin, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, Alain Lamassoure,
Mathilde Lemoine, Franck Lirzin, Wilfried Martens, Luis Martinez,
Pierre-Antoine Molina, Olivier Passet, Sebastian Paulo, Jean-Claude Trichet.
