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Commonalities and fault lines in EU economic policy visions
Analysis of the main party manifestos for the 2024 elections
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Eisl, A. “Commonalities and fault lines in EU economic policy visions: Analysis of the main party manifestos for the 2024 elections”, Blogpost, Jacques Delors Institute, May 2024
This blogpost analyses the electoral manifestos published by the main European parties ahead of the 2024 European elections. After a brief general overview, it focuses on the manifestos’ economic policy chapters. The blogpost presents the party positions on six economic key issues that included in the manifestos, covering fiscal, monetary and regulatory policies: EU budget and investment plan, EU taxation and tax harmonization, European economic governance, monetary policy, Single market, and trade policy. It concludes with an outlook of what the commonalities and fault lines in the different EU economic policy visions imply for the next five years.
SUR LE MÊME THÈME
ON THE SAME THEME
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Politicising the Union ? Indeed, but how ?
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