THE STATE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION REPORT. Europe in a period of transition

THE STATE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION 126 such as the Revue du Marché Unique Européen, the Re- vue du Marché Commun et de l’Union Européenne or the Revista Española de Derecho Europeo. José Candela Castillo is Professor of Philosophy of Law, Morals and Politics at the Faculty of Law of the Universidad Com- plutense de Madrid. Carlos Carnero González is senior advisor at Vinces Consulting. He has served as a member of the European Parliament (1994-2009) and member of the Convention that drafted the European Constitution. He has been Spanish ambassador-at-large for European in- tegration, and Vice-President of the Party of European Socialists. He has also been member of the regional par- liament of the Community of Madrid (Asamblea de Ma- drid), where he is the spokesperson for economy of the Socialist Group and President of the Committee for the Recovery. He has been Managing Director of Fundación Alternativas. Carnero is member of the Scientific Coun- cil of Real Instituto Elcano and professor in the master programme on the European Union of the Institute of European Studies at the University CEU-San Pablo. He has co-written several books on European issues and writes regularly for various media. The Spanish govern- ment awarded him the Order of Constitutional Merit and the Order of Civil Merit for his work related to the European Union and foreign affairs, and he has received the Medal of the European Parliament. He is a university graduate in tourism. José Luis Escario. Professor of International Tax- ation at the International University of La Rioja (UNIR), expert in tax matters at the European Economic and Social Council, member of the European Affairs Council of the Fundación Alternativas and fellow of the Aspen Institute Spain. He has been a consultant to the European Parliament on tax issues (TAXE 1, 2 and 3 and PANA), associate researcher at the Fundación Carolina and head of Taxation for the Private Sector at Oxfam Intermón. Author of the book Paraísos Fiscales (Catarata, 2011), he has published numerous articles on issues related to the European Union, Latin America, development coopera- tion, global governance and the fight against tax havens. Paloma Favieres has been coordinator of the state legal service of the Spanish Commission for Refugee Aid (CEAR) since 2012.A counsellor of the Illustrious Bar As- sociation of Madrid since 1990, she is an expert counsel in Human Rights, Migration and Asylum. She specialises in legal advice to applicants for international protection and refugees in the territory and at border posts, as well as in litigation before the Spanish and, when necessary, European courts. Representative of the organisation in the European Council on Refugees and Exiles network (ECRE). Member of the Legal Committee of the Forum for the integration of immigrants in Spain. Representative of the organisation in the Council for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination or Ethnic (Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality).Writer of the CEAR Annual Report on the situation of refugees in Spain. José-Manuel Freire has been head of the Interna- tional Health Department of the National School of Health (Spain) and, among other activities related to health in Europe, he has been a member of the EU High Committee on Health and the Chief Medical Officers Group, as well as a member representing Spain on the Standing Committee of the WHO European Office. He has also chaired the EHMA (European Healthcare Management Association) and the Council of Europe Expert Group on Good Gov- ernance of Health Systems. He is a doctor and has been Minister of Health of the Basque Country and Director General of the National School of Health. Marta Galiano Sevilla holds a PhD in Econom- ics from the Complutense University of Madrid and a postgraduate degree in Specialisation in Economic and Monetary Union from the UNED. She has been an Econ- omist in the Studies and Analysis Department of the Economic and Social Council of Spain since 2006 and Associate Professor of Applied Economics in the Faculty of Economics at the San Pablo CEU University. For more