Bertelsmann Stiftung (Publisher) (PDF), 2016 sim europe POLICY BRIEF 02/2016: Mercato del lavoro e politiche sociali in Italia: le sfide e i cambiamenti A otto anni dal conclamarsi della crisi, l’Italia deve fare i conti e affrontare una molteplicità di sfide economiche e sociali. Ad aggravare la situazione una struttura demografica sfavorevole e grandi disparità tra il Nord e il Sud del Paese. Recentemente sono state...
Bertelsmann Stiftung (Publisher) (PDF), 2016 sim europe POLICY BRIEF 02/2016: Labour Market and Social Policy in Italy: Challenges and Changes Eight years after the outbreak of the financial crisis, Italy has still to cope with and overcome a plethora of economic and social challenges. On top of this, it faces an unfavourable demographic structure and severe disparities between its northern and southern regions....
Bertelsmann Stiftung (Publisher) (PDF), 2016 Facts on the European Dimension of Displacement and Asylum: Lebanon Every third person in Lebanon is a refugee. Many are living in poverty and need legal recognition of their status, as well as access to education and health care. The government is paralyzed, civil society active. Europe is providing considerable financial aid, but achieving...
Bertelsmann Stiftung (Publisher) (PDF), 2016 Estrangement Day: The implications of Brexit for the EU In a post-imperial burst to define the boundaries of its sovereignty, Britannia is ruling the waves again, albeit in the form of air time devoted to the fallout from its referendum vote rather than in a show of force from its flotilla. It was with disbelief and sorrow that...
Bertelsmann Stiftung (Publisher) (PDF), 2016 Facts on the European Dimension of Displacement and Asylum: Morocco More than three million Moroccans live in the European Union. 158,000 people of Moroccan origin live in Germany, 70,000 of whom were born there. A good 10,000 were registered in Germany in 2015; approximately 3% have been recognised as refugees.
Bertelsmann Stiftung, Institute of Public Affairs (Publisher) (PDF), 2016 Frayed Partnership German-Russian relations have been in decline since 2014, not only politically but also in the opinion of the public. Not only has the Russian-Ukrainian conflict dealt a blow to the former “special relationship” between Moscow and Berlin, but there have also been strong...
Jacques Delors Institut - Berlin, Bertelsmann Stiftung (Publisher) (PDF), 2016 The Economic Costs of Non-Schengen Schengen means travelling without borders and has been a European success. But the agreement from 1995 has come under pressure from two sides: the unprecedented influx of refugees and the terrorist threat in Europe.
Bertelsmann Stiftung (Publisher) (PDF), 2016 sim europe POLICY BRIEF 01/2016: Young people at risk: Challenges and policy options for the UK The UK has seen the share of young people at risk of poverty or social exclusion rise to as high as 32.6 percent. In order to improve social inclusion for the British Youth, three challenges have to be mastered.
Bertelsmann Stiftung (Publisher) (PDF), 2016 Facts on the European Dimension of Displacement and Asylum: Syria The Syrian civil war started with the mass demonstrations which broke out in the wake of the Arabellion in Syria in March 2011. Yet Assad’s regime did not respond to the protesters’ major demands, which included, in particular, more political and economic participation. On...
Jacques Delors Institut - Berlin, Bertelsmann Stiftung (Publisher) (PDF), 2016 Labour Mobility in the Euro Area: Cure or Curse for Imbalances? ur mobility in a currency union can be both a curse or a cure. The policy papers look at the years following the crisis of 2008. Did labour mobility increase or decrease imbalances and instability in the euro area? In times of low growth, the data suggest that labour...