Can the IMF Save the World?

By: Barry Eichengreen, University of California, Berkeley

Only if the IMF comes up with some new ideas.

Germany's nuclear paranoia

By: Wolfgang Münchau

In my latest FT Deutschland column, I argue that the German Social Democrats are in a right mess over nuclear. This entry contains an English synopsis, and the original column in German.

Papademos says eurosystem should supervise large banks

ECB vice president says co-ordination among existing supervisors is not sufficient to deal with the challenge of cross-border banking; German coalition parties are preparing for a €40bn stimulus package; the Czech prime minister plans a timetable for euro area accession; Martin Feldstein, meanwhile, repeated his prediction that the euro is ultimately doomed.

Who is Henri Guaino?

President Sarkozy's European advisor is either stupid or he wants to destroy the euro area - or both.

Watch out! The Euro Area is getting more assertive

By: Wolfgang Münchau

The trip to China by Trichet, Almunia and Juncker will not make much difference in terms of China's exchange rate policy. But it is a start of a more assertive representation of the euro area's best interests. And that is good news.

Eurozone breakup would trigger the mother of all financial crises

By: Barry Eichengreen

Households and firms would shift deposits to other euro-area banks producing a system-wide bank run. Investors would create a bond-market crisis. Here is what the train wreck would look like.

Some thougths about the future of the euro

By: Susanne Mundschenk and Wolfgang Münchau

Forget Italy, or Spain. The real danger to the long-term sustainability of the euro are the continued ideological differences between France and Germany, which have widened since the start of the EMU in 1999.