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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

The eurozone's grand bargain: Political pain without economic gain?

Bulletin article by Philip Whyte, 01 April 2011

Ever since the eurozone crisis broke out in late 2009, European leaders have sought to reconcile two mutually incompatible objectives: the need to restore market confidence in the zone's indebted periphery; and the unbending refusal of creditor countries in the core to turn the zone into a 'transfer union'.
Is Germany really rebalancing?

Bulletin article by Simon Tilford, 01 February 2011

Germany has rightly been criticised for its dependence on exports and its huge trade surpluses. In normal times, when economies are growing healthily, trade imbalances pose less of a problem.
Can Greece be saved?

Insight by Katinka Barysch, 20 January 2011

Will Greece have to restructure its debt? Among most West European economists and investors, this now seems to be a foregone conclusion.
Euro crisis: In defence of investors

Insight by Simon Tilford, 17 January 2011

The eurozone’s fiscal position is better than the US and UK, and the crisis-hit members of the currency union are doing more to strengthen their public finances than either of these countries.
Reflections on Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa and the euro

Insight by Charles Grant, 13 January 2011

At the end of last year, Europe lost Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, an eminent central banker and economist, and one of the founding fathers of the euro.
Eurozone: Time for damage limitation

Insight by Simon Tilford, 09 December 2010

Time is running out to prevent the eurozone crisis from imperilling Europe's banking system and with it the integrity of the currency union. It is beholden on policy-makers to minimise the economic (and hence political costs) to the EU.
The eurozone enters a critical phase

Bulletin article by Simon Tilford, 01 December 2010

On November 21st Ireland accepted financial support totalling around €90 billion from the EU and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). There was an awful inevitability about this outcome.
The next five years of the euro crisis: Five key questions

Bulletin article by Charles Grant, 01 December 2010

Will the euro break up?

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