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  • What a banking union means for Europe
    Essay by Philip Whyte, 05 December 2012
    What a banking union means for Europe
  • Alice in euroland: What political union for the single currency?
    Insight by Philip Whyte, 09 October 2012
    Alice in euroland: What political union for the single currency?
  • Has the eurozone reached the limits of the politically possible?
    Insight by Simon Tilford, 12 July 2012
    Has the eurozone reached the limits of the politically possible?
  • 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?
  • Why Berlin won't back down on euro reform
    Briefing note by Katinka Barysch, 19 November 2010

    The German plan for a eurozone insolvency procedure has spooked the markets and drawn political fire.

  • The price of German leadership
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    Financial Times, 17 November 2010

    The euro, the European Union’s boldest and most ambitious project, is under threat. Divisions among Europe’s leaders, and their inability to stabilise the euro, have damaged the EU’s reputation on other continents. The good news is that the EU now has an emerging leader.

  • Eurozone policy-makers are playing with fire
    Insight by Simon Tilford, 15 November 2010

    There is an awful inevitability about the latest instalment of the eurozone crisis, which looks highly likely to culminate in Ireland being forced to seek a bailout from the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF).
  • Why Germany is not a model for Europe
    Opinion piece by Philip Whyte
    Der Tagesspiel, 10 November 2010

    Germany's economy has been winning numerous plaudits of late. It is not hard to see why. Previously much-vaunted economies "Ireland, Spain, the UK and the US, to name just four" lived way beyond their means for far too long.

  • Europe dances to Germany's tune
    Insight by Charles Grant, 03 November 2010

    For much of this year, the response of European leaders to the eurozone crisis has been hesitant and fractious. But when the European Council met in Brussels on October 28th and 29th, the EU appeared to be acting with greater purpose and sense of direction.