The euro
CER podcast: Berlin versus Brussels: The politics of EU fiscal rules
12 April 2023
In this week's episode of the CER podcast Sander Tordoir discusses the EU's fiscal rules.
En wéér is de eurozone niet voorbereid op een crisis
20 December 2022
Het Financieele Dagblad
De crisisbestendigheid van de eurozone wordt keer op keer op de proef gesteld. Dit brengt ook risico's voor de Nederlandse economie met zich mee.
CER podcast: Will the EU unblock Hungary's funds?
30 November 2022
Camino Mortera-Martínez and Sander Tordoir discuss the dispute between Hungary and the EU.
The EU recovery fund is a historic step, almost
21 May 2020
Financial Times
Frugal states may block needed transfers to the south but there is a way forward.
Merkel, Macron and the euro
07 June 2018
Politico
In an email forum, three experts chime in on the German chancellor’s proposal for the eurozone.
CER podcast: Will there be reforms for the eurozone?
08 December 2017
Agata Gostyńska-Jakubowska and Sophia Besch review the Commission's new proposals for eurozone reform, and look at what EU leaders should discuss at the euro summit next week in Brussels.
Der Schlüssel für Macrons Erfolg liegt auch bei der EZB
08 June 2017
Makronom
Die heutige EZB-Sitzung hat gezeigt, dass die Zentralbank offenbar gewillt ist, dem politischen Druck zu widerstehen und ihre aggressive Geldpolitik beizubehalten. Das ist die richtige Entscheidung – und insbesondere für Emmanuel Macron enorm wichtig. Denn aus Deutschland wird Frankreichs Präsident wohl nur sehr bedingt die Unterstützung erhalten, die er für eine erfolgreiche Amtszeit braucht.
CER podcast series: The economics of populism, episode three
30 November 2016
In this episode, Martin Hellwig and Agnès Bénassy-Quéré discuss ‘Has trade liberalisation and financial globalisation gone too far?’
CER podcast series: The economics of populism, episode two
25 November 2016
In this episode, David Willetts and Nicholas Crafts discuss 'Was Brexit a rebellion against globalisation?'
CER podcast series: The economics of populism, episode one
16 November 2016
In this episode, Barry Eichengreen and Martin Wolf discuss 'Are macro-economic policy failures behind the rise of populism?'
CER podcast: Five questions on the economic implications of a Brexit for the EU
13 May 2016
In the second episode of a series of podcasts on the implications of a Brexit for the EU, Simon Tilford explains the economic consequences for the EU.
Judy Asks: Can debt relief save the euro?
11 May 2016
Carnegie Europe
A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.
Judy Asks: Will the eurozone crisis come back?
20 April 2016
Carnegie Europe
A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.
The European unicycle
16 November 2015
NIESR
I attended the annual Centre for European Reform conference at Ditchley Park earlier this month, with the topic 'Has the euro been a failure?'. The conference was attended by a fairly impressive list of British and continental European economists and policymakers.
A troubled euro needs a softer Germany
25 September 2015
The World Today: Chatham House
For those of us who think that the European Union is a good idea, the euro’s travails in recent years have been very trying. We had long assumed that the euro would encourage trade and investment across frontiers, thereby deepening the single market and boosting competition.
Will the Eurozone caucus on financial regulation?
01 September 2015
Speech by Julie Dickson, Member of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank, at a lunch discussion organised by the Centre for European Reform, at Morgan Stanley, London, 1 September 2015.
Financial Times: Has Greece crisis created a two-speed Europe?
04 August 2015
Christian Odendahl talks to the Financial Times about the Greek crisis (4:48).
David Cameron should stand up to the eurozone
31 July 2015
Financial Times
Can Britain, a country that plans to keep its own currency, feel comfortable in an EU that is increasingly focused on the euro and its troubles? As David Cameron’s government starts negotiations with its partners on the terms...
The eurozone’s fault lines
14 July 2015
The New York Times
Without crucial reforms, the currency union is likely to remain in a political no man's land, whatever happens to Greece.