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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

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.
European austerity: Turn or TINA?

Insight by Simon Tilford, 25 April 2013

Despite the overwhelming weight of evidence, both empirical and theoretical, many policy-makers will continue to trot out Margaret Thatcher's favourite line: there is no alternative.
It's the politics, stupid!

Bulletin article by Simon Tilford, 25 March 2013

Many economists have been accused of being too gloomy about the euro because they underestimate the degree of political commitment that eurozone countries have made to the euro.
Eurozone slump derails Britain's economic strategy

Insight by Simon Tilford, 28 January 2013

The British government's drive to rebalance the UK economy has foundered on falling exports to the EU; UK exports to the rest of the world are booming.
Has the ECB done enough to save the euro?

Insight by John Springford, 25 January 2013

The ECB may have done enough to stop euro break-up for now, but markets are likely to test its willingness to buy government debt.
Europe places too much faith in supply-side policies

Insight by Simon Tilford, 18 January 2013

The damage done to Europe's growth potential by very low investment and mass unemployment is likely to offset the benefits of structural reforms.
Europe's future in an age of austerity

Briefing note by John Springford, Philip Whyte, Simon Tilford, 18 December 2012

The CER invited leading economists and policy-makers to debate the implications of fiscal austerity for economic, political and monetary stability.
A multi-tier Europe? The political consequences of the euro crisis

Briefing note by Katinka Barysch, 07 December 2012

Euro members must integrate more to save the single currency. But will a two-tier EU destroy the single market and lose the support of the people?

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