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What a banking union means for Europe
Essay by Philip Whyte, 05 December 2012
Alice in euroland: What political union for the single currency?
Insight by Philip Whyte, 09 October 2012
Has the eurozone reached the limits of the politically possible?
Insight by Simon Tilford, 12 July 2012

Continuity and change in Germany's EU policy

Insight by Charles Grant, 06 September 2013

Germany's EU policy is shifting. It will seek a 'grand bargain' with France but be tougher on the Commission. Treaty change is moving off the agenda.
The spectre of default stalks the eurozone

Bulletin article by Simon Tilford, 24 July 2013

A popular narrative has taken hold across much of the eurozone. The economic situation, so the story goes, is improving, or at least bottoming out, and the necessary institutional reforms are being put in place.
UK has cut too deeply, but don't misread Greece's hardship

Opinion piece by Simon Tilford
Financial Times, 26 June 2013

From Mr Simon Tilford.Sir, The UK Treasury may well be guilty of many of the failings Philip Stephens attributes to it (“The best spending cut of all? Shut down the Treasury”, June 24).
Commentary on Irene Finel-Honigman's article: And the key question is whether a stronger eurozone will split the EU apart

Opinion piece by Philip Whyte
Europe's world, 20 June 2013

The friction between what Irene Finel-Honigman calls "economic rationale" and "political will" has been the driving force behind European integration.
Can national parliaments make the EU more legitimate?

Insight by Charles Grant, 10 June 2013

The euro crisis has hit the EU's legitimacy. Part of the answer is to give national parliamentarians a bigger role in the EU.
The CER commission on the UK and the single market

Insight by John Springford, 07 June 2013

The CER's commission was launched this week. Policy experts, economists and business people will examine the economic case for and against EU membership.
A dose of inflation would help the eurozone medicine go down

Insight by Simon Tilford, 16 May 2013

Eurozone policy-makers are complacent about the risks of low inflation. If the euro is to survive, inflation will need to rise significantly, especially in Germany.
Britain could reshape Europe if it would only try

Opinion piece by Charles Grant
Financial Times, 14 May 2013

Is there any point in Britain staying in the EU if it is outside the euro? No, according to increasing numbers of British eurosceptics and European federalists.

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