Negotiations on the new EU financial framework for 2014 to 2020 are well underway. Due to the tense budgetary situation of many EU Member States, each budget item needs to be re-examined. EU regional policy,…
Every year, the European Union and its Member States spend billions of euros for funding Research and Development (R&D) projects both in companies and public research organisations. The aim is to strengthen…
The euro crisis is putting a strain on the German economy. Economic growth will thus remain weak in the near future and will not improve until next year. The institutes forecast an increase of GDP by 0.8 per…
Nowadays, thousands of patents are protecting innovative products like the smartphone. Such growing patent thickets increasingly hinder the innovation process of national economies. For many firms, the patent…
Germany’s top office markets still register a slight upswing in 2012. For 2013, however, stagnation is expected. Vacancies, top rents and high yields will remain nearly constant. These are the findings of the…
In the context of the current economic crisis, Germany is often accused of generating a high current account surplus at the expense of other EU states. To reduce surplus growth, Germany is thus asked to…
Over the next few months, the danger of inflation in the eurozone is likely to decrease. In the middle of the current year the inflation rate was at 2.4 per cent. A recent survey of the Centre for European…
