November 19, 2014
The Guilder – was it close to making a comeback? Yesterday, former Dutch Finance Mininister Jan Kees de Jager, who held the role until November 2012, revealed something very interesting. Apparently, the Dutch government, together with the Ger…
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Here’s a round-up of comments from other EU finance ministers about the UK’s £1.7bn EU budget surcharge and the deal struck at today’s meeting. This being EU budget negotiations, everyone is claiming either ‘nothing to see here’ or victory. Apart from…
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Dijsselbloem, EU budget, EU budget surcharge, Noonan, Osborne, Schaeuble, UK rebate |
In the past month there has been a lot of pushing and shoving over the eurozone’s fiscal rules (see here). While renegotiating the Stability and Growth Pact seems off the table, French President François Hollande and Italian Prime Minister Matteo…
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Beelzebub, Dijsselbloem, eurozone fiscal rules, Merkel, Moscovici, Renzi, Stability and Growth Pact |
In a recent briefing, we stressed that David Cameron needs to pick a ‘heavy-hitter’ as UK’s next European Commissioner if he wants to secure a key portfolio for the UK. Our point is reinforced by a quick look at the candidates being (more or …
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Cameron, Dijsselbloem, EU reform, European Commission, France, germany, italy, Katainen, Merkel, Moscovici, Oettinger, Poland, Spain, UK; |
UPDATE (14:15) – One possibility we have not considered in our original blog post is that European Commission portfolios can change. They can be split, broadened, and so forth.However, at this stage it is quite hard to know whether and how this will ha…
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Cameron, Dijsselbloem, EU reform, EU renegotiation, European Commission, juncker, Katainen, MEPs, Moscovici, UK; |
EU finance ministers met today, with the financial transaction tax (FTT) once again topping the agenda. They were presented with a new proposal or brief under which the 11 countries pursuing the FTT under enhanced cooperation could move forward. The pl…
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anders borg, Dijsselbloem, ECJ, enhanced cooperation, EU financial regulation, financial transaction tax, FTT, George Osborne, Netherlands, Sweden, UK-EU relations |
November 22, 2013
German coalition talks are dragging on, but we may have got a hint as to what a grand bargain between the eurozone north and south might look like, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel again appearing to open up for an EU Treaty cha…
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deficit, Dijsselbloem, EU treaty change, European Commission, Eurozone grand bargain, Lisbon Treaty, Merkel, reform contracts, structural reform |
September 6, 2013
Talk surrounding the Irish exit from its bailout programme has been picking up in recent days and weeks given that it is supposed to get off its current bailout programme at the end of this year (the final disbursement of funds is expected sometim…
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banking sector, Dijsselbloem, esm, ireland, irish bailout, OMT |
Ten days ago, we wrote a blog asking, “Will the closure of the public broadcaster set the scene for a coalition showdown in Greece?” Yes, it has. And it’s looking nastier by the day.Greek coalition leaders met for the third time this week yesterday, bu…
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Dijsselbloem, ERT, eurogroup, Greece, imf, Kouvelis, Samaras, Venizelos |
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