The Economic Governance the EU Needs

Economic governance

Good Governance and Economic Performance

On economic governance, there was a need to see a concerted effort to address good economic governance at the global level and good corporate governance.

From the current Russian regime s perspective, declarations that EU and NATO expansion is about spreading values, accountable institutions, and good governance, not military or economic competition, is beyond hypocritical.

Strong economic governance rules, however, will not suffice.

More European economic governance is not a panacea.

The Europe 2020 strategy, approved two years ago in part to improve economic governance, is a good starting point, offering the basis for the growth compact that some EU governments have sought.

7.2 Women's right in state, economic and social governance

The EU recognized the importance of good governance, strengthened democratic institutions and action against corruption for sustainable development, and that each country had the primary responsibility for its own economic and social development.

The EU is ready to play a major role in building a new system of global governance.

The real crisis facing Europe is one of economic governance.

So it is with economic governance anarchy would be devastating.

If the way that the EU raises money is made more democratic, deciding how to spend that money would become more democratic, too. This is crucial to ensure the legitimacy of the eurozone s economic governance.

Developing countries would implement sound economic policies accompanied by good governance.

Ms. Lisa Dreier, Associate Director, Policy and Governance, World Economic Forum

Ten countries joined the fifth enlargement of the European Union (EU) in 2004, having fulfilled the Copenhagen Criteria that contribute to institutionalizing EU standards for governance and public administration.

The US and EU aid agencies are rightly supporting rule of law and good governance programs in the region.

Economic growth in the EU was near zero in 2003.

Economic fears are not the only concern for EU citizens.

The implications for global economic governance need to be understood and addressed.

Efforts are being made in the areas of political and economic governance.

In other words, EU leaders began to complicate fiscal governance, ultimately creating an inefficient, inescapable labyrinth of regulation and bureaucracy.

The lack of effective global economic governance has important implications for capital flows.

But this change in global governance must not be limited to economic policymaking.

Yet the need for effective global economic governance remains more urgent than ever.

Progress made in the implementation of the Governance and Economic Management Assistance Programme

The EU accession agenda continued to drive the country's economic reform programme.

Here are seven commonsense principles of global economic governance that they might agree on.

Malawi faces serious problems in instituting an effective system of political and economic governance.

Having gained time, EU governments, the European Commission, and the European Central Bank have now turned their attention to improving future governance.

In terms of economic output, today s EU is on par with the US.

Equally important is a renewed commitment to economic reform in the EU itself.

As statist models of economic development become more appealing, democratic governance will become less so.

It will demand global coordination of monetary policies, and some form of global economic governance.

Considerable efforts have been made by the Government, thanks to good political and economic governance.

On good governance, the concept was universally accepted and was not limited to economic aspects.

Many of the socio economic and budgetary challenges confronting Africa are associated with bad governance.

Had the treaty been approved in 2005 as intended, it would have been in place for six years, and the strain placed by the crisis on EU economic governance so visible in the eurozone s recent problems would have been much more manageable.

It will now form the basis for strengthening the EU Afghan partnership across a wide range of areas, including political and economic governance, security sector reform and justice sector reform, counter narcotics, development, human rights, civil society and refugee return, education and culture.

Sarkozy regards an EU economic government as a way to preserve his leadership in the EU beyond France s Council presidency, which is now ending.

This manner of governance bodes well neither for economic growth nor democracy in the long term.

Today's reconfirmation of the Monterrey partnership reaffirms our shared commitment to economic growth and sound governance.

The EU budget is an investment vehicle that boosts economic growth and creates jobs.

But EU membership has always been about more than economic integration and trade flows.