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IREF launches a petition against a new European treaty

Jacob Arfwedson — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:38:18 +0000

The European economy is under threat. But it is not by producing another treaty that it will be saved. In order to restore the trust required to produce economic progress, the states first must enforce the existing treaties, in particular the Maastricht rules on a 3 per cent deficit and a debt of 60 per cent of GDP. If you support this position, please send us a message by clicking on contact@irefeurope.org

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Ten Thousand Commandments 2011

IREF — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:07:38 +0000

It is often rightly pointed out that the EU has (so far) no power to tax. True. But it has the power to regulate and uses it! If both, taxation and regulation have a profound impact on companies' and, if only indirectly, on consumers' decisions, taxation attracts more public attention largely because data on taxation are more readily available. As a consequence, the impact of EU and member states regulations on our economies tends to be underestimated. How can we correct for this? A look at the work done in the US by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, will provide some inspiration.

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EU budget keeps growing in 2012

IREF — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:47:24 +0000

While several EU member states are facing an unprecedented sovereign debt crisis and others are struggling to cut their spending to avoid the crash, the EU Budget and Financial Programming…

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Why the EU should think twice before granting a loan to Greece

IREF — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:52:53 +0000

The disaster everyone feared for several months finally occurred yesterday – Greece’s credit rating was reduced to junk status and financial markets slumped. Moreover, Portugal’s debt has also been downgraded, Spanish stocks plunged more than four percentage points and in Italy it was difficult to sell government bonds.

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Recently published official data on 2009 economic growth are showing disparities among EU countries

IREF — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:34:01 +0000

Last week, Eurostat published the statistics on GDP growth for 2009 and it is without surprise that we read in the data a slowing down of economic growth for OECD countries. The average decrease in GDP points for EU countries is -4.2%. But this average is hiding some astonishing disparities.

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