Coordination, Representation, Nomination
Sarkozy's coup d'etat
28.10.2008
By: Wolfgang Münchau
Events are moving in Sarkozy's favour. New banking bailouts, and a euro area wide stimulus package will have to be negotiated at euro area level.
How to deal with Spain and Ireland?
22.07.2008
By: Wolfgang Münchau
This is possibly the worst time to bash the ECB. The biggest risk to the euro area aera economy is a meltdown of the Spanish economy, something which the ECB can do nothing about. We need to consider a quid-pro-quo IMF style liquidity injection into the Spanish economy in exchange for assurances on policy changes.
The French EU presidency - a bumpy road ahead
02.07.2008
By: Daniela Schwarzer, SWP and Eurozone Watch
Since the Irish voted against the Lisbon Treaty, France’s political priorities for its six months EU Presidency seem overly ambitious and slightly out of touch with the overall political situation in the EU. The success of the French presidency depends crucially on Sarkozy's capacity to moderate a way out of the current deadlock situation and to refrain from polarising his allies.
The global euro needs stronger institutions
12.05.2008
By: Wolfgang Münchau
Institutions matter. They create their own agendas. Nobody knows this better than the European Commission itself.
16.01.2008 What actually happened in Berlin
12.12.2007 Who is Henri Guaino?
12.07.2007 Is Sarkozy winning?
10.07.2007 Mr Sarkozy and the euro
09.07.2007 The gentlemen's agreement fails Europe too
Eurointelligence Briefing Notes
Economic reforms in the euro area: Is there a common agenda? by Xavier Debrun and Jean Pisani-Ferry, Bruegel
Despite the recent growth revival, the state of the euro area economy remains vexingly disappointing. What is taking place is too little, too late and the very fact that output growth only started to pick up in the fourth year of the global recovery suggests that something must be wrong. Against this background, the overriding priority remains to design and implement policy packages aiming at: Increasing potential output through higher employment, higher labour participation, and higher productivity; Ensuring that actual output does not lag behind gains in potential output.