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Closer union is essential but may drive us apart

October 14, 2011

While closer fiscal union can help solve today’s crisis, the public backlash will cause some Member States to pull away over the next decade. Still, it’s better to separate the currency crisis from the political crisis as simultaneous catastrophes would be unbearable. The future remains uncertain but key elements of a plan to end the… » read more

Posted by Gary Finnegan

Economy & Euro, EU Priorities and Opinion, EU Treaty & Institutions, Financial Services

, crisis, economic governance, EU, Euro, Fiscal union

EU Summit: Predict the Headlines

October 11, 2011

Let’s predict the headlines for the next EU summit: – Day before the summit: EU leaders divided ahead of crunch summit This one comes with stories of how impossible it will be to come to any agreement and how Obama has been on the phone screaming at Sarkozy to recapitalise French banks – Night of… » read more

Posted by Gary Finnegan

Economy & Euro, EU Priorities and Opinion, EU Treaty & Institutions, Financial Services

, economic governance, EU summit, Euro, European Council

Fixated on the future, at the expense of the present

September 30, 2011

With Greece on the brink, Brussels is dangerously distracted by efforts to invent new European rules and institutions which will help prevent future sovereign debt crises. After protracted negotiations, MEPs and the European Council – which represents EU Member States – came to an agreement on the so-called “Six Pack” economic governance package. The deal… » read more

Posted by Gary Finnegan

Economy & Euro, English, EU Priorities and Opinion, EU Treaty & Institutions, Financial Services

, economic governance, Euro, Financial crisis

Ending the euro ‘permacrisis’

July 11, 2011

At every turn the euro crisis gets harder to solve. With every emergency meeting; with every short-term fix, a credible solution to the eurozone’s debt mountain becomes less likely. Europeans are sick of living in a state of permacrisis. We have grown numb to the real urgency that surrounds the problem because the news headlines… » read more

Posted by Gary Finnegan

Economy & Euro, Elections, English, EU Priorities and Opinion, EU Treaty & Institutions, Financial Services

, debt, ecb, economic governance, EU, eurobonds, Financial crisis, greece, Italy

Archives for economic governance

Closer union is essential but may drive us apart

EU Summit: Predict the Headlines

Fixated on the future, at the expense of the present

Ending the euro ‘permacrisis’

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