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The article discusses the implications of good capitalism on the economy of Europe. It proposes that good capitalism ensures social justice and ecological sustainability at high level of economic prosperity. It indicates that the issue behind good capitalism is finding the right balance between market, state, and society. It also emphasizes the importance for capitalism to be controlled by both state and society to develop productive dynamics.

The author reflects on the future of Europe and the Constitution from the level of the regions and regional government. She mentions the crisis in the constitutional process which is caused by the negative outcomes of the referendums held in France and the Netherlands. She enumerates the economic and social issues which are of most concern to the European public including socio-economic stability and domestic security.

The article discusses African migrants in Europe, and specifically examines the experiences of Senegalese immigrants who arrived in Spain for work. The author describes the motivations for emigrating from Africa to Europe and the effect their presence in Europe has had on economic and social conditions, which are not as negative as many officials indicate.

The article discusses issues concerning the socio-economic inequalities in Europe. It mentions the economic as well as banking and unemployment crises in the continent which were triggered by irresponsible austerity policies. It also mentions the deterioration of living standards for millions of Europeans as well as issues about social mobility and low wages.

The article discusses the relation between justice and equality in the society's institutional order in Europe. It highlights the sphere of social regulation where justice is given strictly equal treatment. It explains how social institutions have affected the degree of such socioeconomic inequalities.

The article examines the role played by the European Union in the creation of a European consciousness, specifically discussing economic and social aspects of the organization. The piece assesses the performance of the European Union, evaluating its ability to adhere to its stated aims of combining economic prosperity with social responsibility. INSETS: The Euro: A Common Currency for Europe;Lesser-Known Roles: The EU Keeping Europe Healthy & Safe;"Soft Power"--The EU on the World Stage.

The article looks at the rejection of a referendum on a European Union Constitution by French and Dutch voters. For those who fancied that they were building a United States of Europe, a combined power with more people and a bigger economy than the United States of America, the double "no" to the European Union's constitution from France on May 29, 2005 and the Netherlands on June 1, 2005 has been a cruel collision with reality. It is economic and employment failure, especially in the core countries of the euro zone, that lies at the root of voters' dissatisfaction both with their leaders and with the EU--a point confirmed by the deep unpopularity of the Schröder government in Germany and the Berlusconi government in Italy. The cure for this failure is easy to prescribe: economic reforms and further liberalisation, which have worked in Britain, Ireland and the Scandinavian countries. Such reforms are being promoted by the commission under its Lisbon agenda, including its much-abused directive to liberalise trade in services. Yet the leaders of France, Germany and Italy now have a fundamental objection: that their voters turned against them precisely because they tried, somewhat timidly, to bring in reforms. Many European leaders are now even less likely than they were to pursue the Lisbon agenda or to implement economic reforms at home. That is highly regrettable. It is also unlikely to bring success, because it will perpetuate the low growth and high unemployment that are surely more to blame for governments' unpopularity than any reform.

When a Scottish businessman named James Wilson founded The Economist 160 years ago this summer, he used the conventional means of circulating a prospectus. Yet the prospectus itself was far from conventional. But most of the document consisted of a single, 14-page article, a polemical essay about the economic, social and political benefits of free trade. Such words could easily have been written today, especially given that economic and technological progress seems at present to be held hostage by the uncertainties and insecurities of war, terrorism and other destabilizing forces. 1843 was a time of entrenched protectionism, symbolised by the hated "corn laws" which restricted imports of foodstuffs and so raised the cost of living. By contrast today, in 2003, the cause of liberal capitalism and poverty reduction has just had its best few decades in the whole of history.In both periods, the consequences of a technologically driven mania cast a shadow over politics and economics: now, it is the bust following the boom of the "new economy" of information technology and the Internet. Economic crises in the poor world have reminded people of capitalism's inherent instability. Unemployment in the rich world has reminded people of its inherent tendency to create inequality and of the disruptive effect on existing jobs when poor countries such as China or India succeed in growing richer. And if it comes to pass, the principal culprit is likely to be the abuse in recent years in the rich countries of both capitalism and democracy that coincided with, and was greatly reinforced by, the "new economy" boom of the late 1990s.

The article focuses on Europeanisation. It imparts that there will come a time that passports in Europe will be supplied uniformly. It cites the television advertising and billboards in 1992 which implies of the establishment of a common European market and a single economy from Jutland to the Algarve and the Aran Islands. It also mentions that slow pace of the Europeanisation of economic, legal and social of institutions will speed up in the 1990s.

The article discusses the social, political, and economic conditions of Europe during the autumn of 2007. Particular attention is given to Belgium, which has been dealing with political unrest since its parliamentary elections in July and a government that is far from coherent. The author reports that Belgium's divisions run across linguistic lines, and after decades of near-constant constitutional changing, politicians are out of ideas. Article topics include European identity and culture.