This publication examines the importance of trade in services for the integration of non-EU members into the European Single Market. Further liberalisation is found to be a critical factor to deeper integration with the enlarged EU, which accounts for a quarter of global GDP and foreign direct investment. The planned Euro-Mediterranean free trade area for goods is judged as a positive first step, but additional measures are needed for deeper integration, including liberalisation of services trade. The study gives a detailed assessment of individual sectors, including core services relating to transport, telecommunication, financial markets and electricity, as well other markets such as tourism, IT and distribution services.

Annotation The main objective of this report is to outline key policy issues that need to be addressed in order to achieve energy sector reform at the national and regional levels.

Die Zuwanderung in die Schweiz hat sich in den letzten Jahren dank des Personenfreizügigkeitabkommens mit der EU deutlich zugunsten von Hochqualifizierten verschoben. Diese "Elitenmigration" ist zu einem wichtigen Motor des Wirtschaftsaufschwungs geworden. Trotz dieses Paradigmenwechsels wird die politische Debatte über Migration noch immer von den Problemen früherer Zuwanderungswellen dominiert (z.B. Ausländerkriminalität, Integrationsprobleme). Avenir Suisse analysiert die wirtschaftlichen, sozialen und politischen Auswirkungen der neuen Migration und zeigt, wie sich die Schweiz auch zukünftig im internationalen Wettbewerb um die besten Köpfe positionieren kann. Die verschiedenen Facetten der neuen Migration werden auf spannende und erhellende Art aufgefächert und allgemein verständlich vermittelt. Der farbig illustrierte Sammelband bietet eine Mischung aus analytischen Beiträgen, Porträts und Interviews.

This study considers the infrastructure and regulatory policy reforms required by the 15 EU member states and 12 Mediterranean countries, in order to establish a common multimodal transport framework to facilitate the smooth flow of goods, people and investment across the emerging Euro-Mediterranean free trade area. It reviews transport logistics issues involved and examines the national and cross-border policy measures needed in the air, maritime and land-based transport sectors. The study benchmarks sector performance and policies against international best practice, and draws on transport policy lessons from other regions, as well as the experience of internal reforms of the EU Single Market.