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Tag Archives: ECB
Apr 12 2017
Could Grexit follow Brexit?
Comments Off on Could Grexit follow Brexit?By Panos Chatzinikolaou In the summer of 2015, the EU saw one of the most turbulent times in its 60-year history. The election of the radical-left party SYRIZA, and its leader Alexis Tsipras, put Greece on a collision course with its … Continue reading
Jul 7 2015
Grexit remains unlikely, but time is against the Greek government
Comments Off on Grexit remains unlikely, but time is against the Greek governmentBy Lorenzo Codogno Eurozone finance ministers met today (Tuesday 7 July) to discuss the Greek debt crisis following the country’s ‘No’ vote in its bailout referendum on 5 July. While a Grexit remains unlikely, the risks have clearly increased since … Continue reading
Posted by: July 7, 2015
Tagged with: debt crisis, ECB, Greece, Greek Referendum, Grexit, Structural reform
Jun 2 2015
Europe entrapped? An interview with Claus Offe
Comments Off on Europe entrapped? An interview with Claus OffeBy Claus Offe and Daniel Whittall Europe remains mired in a crisis as much political as it is economic. The crisis has been long in the making and its dynamics stem from the institutional structures that govern European politics. In Europe Entrapped Claus Offe, Professor … Continue reading
Posted by: June 2, 2015
Tagged with: Claus Offe, Crisis, ECB, EU, Institutional framework
May 18 2015
Eurosceptics at a Junction: Antagonising the EU for the Sake of it is Risky
3 CommentsBy Alessio Colonnelli All right-wing parties seem to dabble in anti-EU rhetoric more or less radically: the EU weakens the prerogatives of their nation-states. Germany’s Christian Democratic Union is a conspicuous exception; it sharply antagonises the further-to-the-right Alternative for Germany, … Continue reading
Posted by: May 18, 2015
Tagged with: Brexit, ECB, Euro, Euroscepticism, UKIP
Jan 28 2015
The End of Austerity in Europe?
5 CommentsBy Max Hänska After a spectacular swing to the left, away from a political establishment that ruled the country uninterrupted for decades, Greece’s election signals the changed mood that is taking hold of Europe. Austerity has failed. What economists have … Continue reading
Posted by: January 28, 2015
Tagged with: austerity, Crisis, default, ECB, elections, Eurozone crisis, SYRIZA
Oct 1 2014
Why Italy Will Not Make It
17 CommentsBy Roberto Orsi Three articles by prestigious commentators (Ambrose Evans-Pritchard and Roger Bootle for The Telegraph, Wolfgang Münchau for Financial Times) have recently appeared in the financial press about the economic situation of Italy and the (in)stability of its national … Continue reading
Posted by: October 1, 2014
Tagged with: Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, austerity, Decline of Europe, default, ECB, Eurozone architecture, Eurozone crisis, Financial Times, German Constitutional Court, Implosion, Italian economy, Italian public debt, Maastricht, Mario Draghi, Neo-Keynesian policies, Neoliberalism, Reforms in Italy, Roger Bootle, The Telegraph, Wolfgang Münchau
Jul 3 2014
European economy’s invisible transformation: expulsions and predatory capitalism
2 CommentsBy Saskia Sassen Parts of our economies, societies, and states in Europe are being stripped bare by an extreme form of predatory capitalism.[1] And this stripping can coexist with growth in much of our economies. The majority of workers and … Continue reading
Posted by: July 3, 2014
Tagged with: ECB, European economy, Inequality, unemployment
Jun 10 2014
Mind the Gaps: The Political Consequences of the Great Recession in Europe
5 CommentsBy Diego Muro and Guillem Vidal The financial crisis that started in 2008 had an unanticipated magnitude. What at first glance appeared as a manageable frailty of the financial sector rapidly derived into a Great Recession with on-going continuity into … Continue reading
Posted by: June 10, 2014
Tagged with: Accountability, democratic deficit, ECB, Gini, Gini coefficient, Inequality, legitimacy
Apr 2 2014
What has been agreed on banking union risks reigniting, rather than resolving the crisis
Comments Off on What has been agreed on banking union risks reigniting, rather than resolving the crisisBy Iain Begg In December 2013 EU finance ministers negotiated an agreement aimed at establishing a banking union, with further talks between the European Parliament and the Member States ending in an agreement last week. Iain Begg provides a detailed … Continue reading
Posted by: April 2, 2014
Tagged with: banking union, ECB, Euro, Eurozone, financial stability
Jan 28 2014
The Germans vs. Mario Draghi
1 CommentBy Henrik Mueller As the stress in financial markets is bound to return, the ECB and its president may run into a severe reputational crisis in the Eurozone’s biggest country. This column looks at the deeper roots of German anti-ECB … Continue reading
Posted by: January 28, 2014
Tagged with: Axel Weber, Bundesbank, Draghi, ECB, Eurozone, Jens Weidmann, Monetary Policy, Quantitative easing