The Report on the State of the European Union examines the progress of European integration and focuses on economic aspects of the process. This second volume in the series explores the four crises of contemporary Europe, those of growth, trust, inequalities and unity.  

Introduction: Europe Beyond the Treaty
PART 1: ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES
A Fugitive Boom?
PART 2: NORMS AND INSTITUTIONS
Social Norms and Macroeconomic Policies
Growth Policies in Europe: A Problem of Collective Action?
Macroeconomic Policies in the EUCT
PART 3: COHESION AND ENLARGEMENTS
European Integration and the Dynamic of Inequalities
Understanding the Eastern Enlargement
Fiscal Policies in the CEEC After May 1st 2004
Turkey and the EU: A Very Long Engagement
PART 4: TOWARD A POLITICAL EUROPE?
Were the Elections of June 2004 Truly 'European'?

JEAN-PAUL FITOUSSI is President of the French Observatory Economic Situations (OFCE), France.

JACQUES LE CACHEUX is Professor of Economics at the French Observatory Economic Situations (OFCE), France.