EU: the social models of the 27 Member States at the heart of the debate on the future European economic governance

Unofficial list.  For the “Pact for Competitiveness” she proposed, the Chancellor considers that “the model chosen should come from the country that meets the most requirements,” namely Germany.  This is at least what the partners read in the series of proposals presented by Berlin and backed up by France.  This proposal should lead to a “Pact for Competitiveness” by the spring summit, in March.  Nevertheless, Euractiv.com uploaded the unofficial list of measures to be debated, attached to this article.  In addition to the abolishment of wage indexation systems and the increase in retirement age, one can find the obligation for the Twenty-Seven to inscribe the “debt alert mechanism” into their constitutions, a common basis for corporate income tax, the establishment of a crisis management regime for banks, and an increase in research expenditure.
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res to be debated, attached to this article. In addition to the abolishment of wage indexation systems and the increase in retirement age, one can find the obligation for the Twenty-Seven to inscribe the “debt alert mechanism” into their constitutions, a common basis for corporate income tax, the establishment of a crisis management regime for banks, and an increase in research expenditure.

Index. “Wage costs differ across the euro zone” the German Chancellor said on Friday. “This doesn’t mea

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