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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

London to Germany: Now save the euro

Opinion piece by Katinka Barysch
The Globalist, 31 October 2012

Plenty of policy makers and analysts in the United States and the United Kingdom think Germany is destroying the euro. The Germans think they are saving it. Clearly, they both can't be right.
Will the euro crisis lead to the break-up of EU member-states?

Insight by Tomas Valasek, 24 October 2012

The crisis is fuelling separatism in Spain and Belgium. But elsewhere in Europe separatists do poorly. Scotland's example may yet discourage others from following Catalonia and Flanders.
Alice in euroland: What political union for the single currency?

Insight by Philip Whyte, 09 October 2012

The eurozone needs to be embedded in a 'political union' if it is to work better. The question is: what sort of political union?
Eurozone: Are the building blocks falling into place?

Bulletin article by Simon Tilford, 26 September 2012

On the face of it, September was a good month for the euro. For once, market expectations were met. The European Central Bank (ECB) belatedly opened the way for action to address the ruinous polarisation of government borrowing costs in the eurozone.
Hollande, the Germans and 'political union'

Insight by Charles Grant, 25 September 2012

François Hollande wants a more equal Franco-German relationship. But tensions over managing the eurozone crisis and reforming EU treaties are straining that relationship.
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.

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