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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

What a banking union means for Europe

Essay by Philip Whyte, 05 December 2012

A full banking union is needed to stabilise the eurozone. However, even an embryonic union could drive a wedge between the eurozone and the EU-27.
Germany's opposition and the euro crisis

Bulletin article by Katinka Barysch, 26 November 2012

Although Germany’s next general election is not scheduled until October 2013, the campaign started in earnest on 28 September 2012.
Eurozone: Trouble in the core?

Bulletin article by Simon Tilford, 26 November 2012

Many people lazily assume that the eurozone is now split into a strong, prosperous core and a weak, depressed periphery.
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.

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