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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?
  • Why Germany is not a model for the eurozone
    Essay by Philip Whyte, 22 October 2010

    Many Europeans believe that confidence in the eurozone is best restored by turning the region into a larger version of present-day Germany. However, Germany is not the world-beating economy of current myth.

  • What currency wars mean for the eurozone
    Insight by Simon Tilford, 15 October 2010

    The dollar has now fallen to $1.40 against the euro. This is still below the low of almost $1.60 that it reached in the middle in July 2008, but it represents a steep decline from under $1.20 in early June. Moreover, the US currency is likely to weaken further.
  • Divisions remain over euro reform
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 08 October 2010

    Europeans agree that the management of the euro must be improved to prevent future crises, or deal with them better if and when they happen.
  • The political consequences of the euro crisis
    Bulletin article by Katinka Barysch, 01 October 2010

    The eurozone crisis is changing the way the EU works. It is reinforcing a number of trends that had already been visible over the last decade or so: a shift towards a Union in which governments are in the driving seat, large countries matter more than small ones, and more decisions are taken by subsets of member-states.

  • EU economic reforms fall short on growth
    Opinion piece by Simon Tilford
    Financial Times, 30 September 2010

    The European Commission announced proposals for reform of eurozone governance on Wednesday, calling for closer monitoring of member states’ public finances and tougher penalties for alleged fiscal ill-discipline.
  • How to fix the eurozone
    Opinion piece by Katinka Barysch
    International Herald Tribune, 27 September 2010

    A recent European Union meeting to review blueprints for better management of the euro got overshadowed by a noisy row over France’s decision to send scores of Roma – or gypsies – back to Bulgaria and Romania.
  • How to save the euro
    Essay by Simon Tilford, 14 September 2010

    Current efforts to reform the eurozone are set to fall dramatically short of what is required to secure the future of the single currency. Poor economic growth prospects, rather than fiscal ill-discipline, lie at the heart of the currency union's problems.

  • Has Germany become Europe's locomotive?
    Insight by Philip Whyte, 02 September 2010

    The German economy has been growing exceptionally strongly of late. In the second quarter of 2010, it expanded faster than any other economy in the G7 and faster than at any time since the country’s reunification in 1990.