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Insight by John Springford, 07 June 2013
Why has the eurozone's recovery been weaker than the US's?
Bulletin article by Philip Whyte, 24 May 2013
The working time directive: What's the fuss about?
Policy brief by Katinka Barysch, 26 April 2013

Europe needs service-market liberalisation

Opinion piece by John Springford
The Wall Street Journal, 20 September 2012

In exchange for sharing southern Europe's debt burden, Germany is demanding liberal economic reforms in those countries. Yet Germany is not following its own advice.
Peut-on croire Draghi?

Opinion piece by Simon Tilford
Les Echos, 05 September 2012

LE CERCLE. Mario Draghi, le président de la Banque Centrale Européenne, a affirmé à plusieurs reprises que la BCE ferait tout ce qui est nécessaire pour sauver l'euro.
Can Draghi be believed?

Opinion piece by Simon Tilford
Project Syndicate, 03 September 2012

LONDON – Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, has repeatedly claimed that the ECB will do everything necessary to save the euro.
How seriously can investors take Draghi's assurances?

Insight by Simon Tilford, 31 August 2012

The ECB's upcoming programme of government bond purchases will not be big enough to dispel investors' fears that troubled euro members might quit the currency union.
Will a new German constitution save the euro?

Insight by Katinka Barysch, 29 August 2012

German politicians from government and opposition want a referendum on a new pro-European constitution. But this does not mean that Berlin is preparing for eurobonds.
A banking union – it is necessary, but is it likely?

Bulletin article by Philip Whyte, 27 July 2012

Could the EU's summit of June 29 come to be regarded as a watershed? Following umpteen crisis summits that have failed to tackle the root causes of the eurozone crisis, EU leaders finally got to the heart of the matter: the need to break the vicious interaction between weak banks and fiscally weakened states.
Britain, Europe and the City of London: Can the triangle be managed?

Essay by Philip Whyte, 20 July 2012

The City of London's future will be shaped not just by a tougher regulatory environment, but also by uncertainties about Britain's relations with the EU.
Has the eurozone reached the limits of the politically possible?

Insight by Simon Tilford, 12 July 2012

The limited measures agreed at June's summit are unlikely to take effect, suggesting that the eurozone has already reached the limits of the politically possible.

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