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No fundamental change in eurozone policy after the German elections

September 11, 2013

Today we released an in-depth briefing on the German elections, and their implications on the eurozone. The top line: don’t expect any fundamental change in Germany’s eurozone policy after the elections.Of the nine proposals being floated to pull t…

Posted by Valeriy Kucheruk

AFD, angela merkel, austerity, Bundestagswahl, CDU/CSU, competiveness pact., debt-pooling, Die Linke, FDP, German 2013 federal election, Greens, SPD

Will the German Social Democracts come out in favour of debt pooling in the eurozone?

March 12, 2013

Last year we highlighted the German opposition’s somewhat ambiguous position on the hugely controversial proposition of debt mutualisation in the eurozone. However, with September’s elections rapidly approaching, it seems the SPD could have nailed …

Posted by Open Europe blog team

britain in europe, Cameron's EU speech, debt-pooling, eurobonds, future of Europe group, German 2013 federal election, German public opinion, peer steinbruck, SPD

Barroso’s Christmas wish list

November 30, 2012

Christmas is approaching and, in that spirit, José Barroso, the President of the European Commission, has written himself a wish list of presents for the EU member states (and particularly the Eurozone) to hand over. The Christmas wish list, or as Bar…

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barroso, debt-pooling, euro, eurobonds, European federalism, european parliament, eurozone, Van Rompuy

Germany’s Summer of discontent?

August 13, 2012

Over the last few weeks, a range of German policymakers have fired broadsides against further German involvement in the eurozone crisis, and against further aid to Greece in particular. Referring to September’s troika report on Greece, Michael Fuchs …

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CSU, debt-pooling, eurobonds, eurozone crisis, FDP, German public opinion, germany, Greek euro exit, SPD

Bavarians are getting increasingly restless over eurozone bailouts

July 27, 2012

Debt-pooling goes down less well in MunichIts not just Spain that has a problem with its regions. Over in Germany, Bavaria is getting increasingly angry over the additional burdens imposed on Germany as a result of the eurozone crisis – both via t…

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Bavaria, CDU, CSU, debt-pooling, eurobonds, German 2013 federal election, german regional elections, germany, Greece, Merkel

The Karlsruhe factor, Part IV

July 12, 2012

Throughout the eurozone crisis, we have often highlighted the gap between the kind of ‘shock and awe’ decisions expected by financial markets, and what national democracies are able to deliver. Nowhere has this been more evident than in the on-goin…

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Bild Zeitung, debt-pooling, esm, European integration, financial markets, fiscal treaty, German Constitutional Court, germany, Martin Schulz, Merkel, schauble, sovereignty

No, Germany has not blinked first over debt-pooling…

June 28, 2012

People have once again been getting rather excited over a media report today. This time it is an interview which German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble gave to the WSJ in which he said:”We are willing to go as far as we need to in order to get…

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debt-pooling, eurobonds. ecb, France, franco-german axis, germany, Merkel, schauble

"Yes to Europe means no to debt pooling"

As so often in the crisis, German tabloid Bild has captured a hugely complex debate – on the possible pooling of present and future liabilities among eurozone members – with a snappy illustration, depicting Merkel’s ‘rock solid’ resistance to the idea …

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Bild Zeitung, debt-pooling, germany, Merkel

Is the EU really like 27 garden gnomes?

June 27, 2012

We’ve been making a concerted effort here on the OE blog to bring you many of the more memorable quotes from the eurozone crisis, and we’ve had at least one more following a debate in the German Bundestag ahead of tomorrow’s European Council summit.As …

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banking union, bundestag, debt-pooling, EU summit, germany, Merkel, quotes of the crisis, summit

Merkel comes out swinging against debt pooling

June 26, 2012

Debt pooling in practice? (h/t Phil’s Stock World)In recent weeks Chancellor Merkel has come under ever-increasing pressure to “do what is necessary” and take the plunge on debt pooling within the eurozone. This pressure has been applied from a wid…

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banking union, debt-pooling, EU summit, eurobonds, germany, Herman Van Rompuy, Merkel