Other Euro Area Countries
Ireland's Jamaica Coalition
25.06.2007
By: Marc Coleman, Sunday Independent
Ireland now has a coalition of Fianna Fail, the Progressive Democrats and the Green Party. There are some uncanny parallels to German politics.
The Economics behind the Irish Elections
30.05.2007
By: Marc Coleman, Economics Editor, Irish Times
At face value, the economy’s performance seemed to justify the government’s re-election. At 6 per cent, Ireland’s GDP growth last year beat most other countries in the EU. What lies behind these figures is less impressive. If Ireland had its own central bank and Jean Claude Trichet were its President, he would have died of a heart attack about two years ago.
That kid is not mine! Who will take ownership of Europe?
22.02.2007
By: Sophie in 't Veld, MEP
Today, outgoing Dutch finance minister Gerrit Zalm will hand over the keys of the treasury to his successor Social Democrat Wouter Bos. Mr Zalm is liked and respected by the Dutch people for his integrity and his Calvinist discipline. The contrast could not be any sharper between his care, dedication and responsibility for the Netherlands on the one hand, and the distance, distrust and even hostility towards Europe.
The real reasons to worry about wage settlements in the euro area...
02.02.2007
By: Eurointelligence ECB Watch
... have nothing to do with Germany, but with Italy, Spain and Portugal. This could have been the year when Germany, through a generous pay round, might have reversed some of the competitiveness gains it made during the last eight years at the expense of Southern European members of EMU. We argue that not only is this not going to happen, but the competitiveness gap may actually widen again this year.
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