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13/09/2007 - The OECD’s first Economic Survey of the European Union, to be published on Thursday 20 September 2007, assesses the effectiveness of EU-wide policies in boosting growth and living standards among the 27 member countries. It looks at the progress towards a single market and sets out the reforms necessary to open up energy and other network industries, improve cross-border worker mobility and make regional and agricultural policies more effective.
The survey will be available to journalists in English on the OECD's password-protected website at 11.00 a.m. Paris time (09.00 GMT) for immediate release.
A news conference on the survey will be presented by the OECD’s Secretary-General, Angel Gurría, at 11.00 a.m. the same day at the OECD headquarters, 2 rue André Pascal, Paris 75016.
A Policy Brief with the main conclusions of the survey will be freely accessible in pdf format (in English and French) on the OECD’s web site at www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/eu. You are invited to include this internet link in reports on the survey.
Among the questions investigated by the survey are:
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What has the EU achieved?
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Why is reform needed?
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What will the services directive do?
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Which network industries need to see tougher competition?
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Are financial markets sufficiently integrated?
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Does agricultural support need to be reformed further?
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Is regional policy achieving its goals?
Journalists will be allowed advance access to the electronic version of the publication, by e-mail and under embargo, four hours ahead of release time. For journalists in Asia/Pacific time zones such advance access is allowed 12 hours ahead of release time.
The study will be sent by e-mail on request only. In asking to receive the survey under embargo, journalists undertake to respect the OECD’s embargo procedures. Requests to receive the survey by e-mail under embargo, to register for the news conference or to obtain a password to access the website, should be sent by e-mail to Louise Fietz in the OECD’s Media Division.
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