Report on the State of the European Union

JEAN-PAUL FITOUSSI is President of the French Observatory Economic Situations (OFCE), France. - FIORELLA SCHIOPPA is Professor of Economics at the University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy. -

• PART 1: DEMOCRACY AND LEGITIMACY Democracy and Legitimacy and Political Representation in the EU Institutions Overruled Europa: Market vs. Democracy in the EU PART 2: CONVERGENCE AND COHESION The Mirages of Nominal Illusion: Variations on Convergence Regional Differentials and Cohesion Policies in the European Union PART 3: MACROECONOMIC POLICIES The Conduct of Macroeconomic Policies in the Euro Asia The European Policy Mix: Law and Order PART 4: SOCIAL INTEGRATION European Indicators for Social Cohesion: A Step Forward Along the Lisbon Path From Tax Competition to Social Race to the Bottom? European Models and the Challenge of Mobility