February 8, 2012
On his Coulisses de Bruxelles blog yesterday, French journalist Jean Quatremer offered an interesting insight into what Greek MPs earn. In light of Greece’s current economic situation, the figures reported by Libération’s Brussels correspondent are so…
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January 27, 2012
Ahead of the first (full) EU summit of the new year, we’ve put together our thoughts on what progress to expect. As per usual there are lots of topics to be discussed but we don’t expect too many concrete decisions. We’d expect a final draft of th…
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bail-out, EFSF, emu, esm, EU summit, eurozone, fiscal compact, France, franco-german axis, germany, Greece, growth, restructuring |
December 15, 2011
For all those who think that French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be sitting in the Élysée plotting some form of retaliation against Cameron, it has quickly become clear that he has much bigger things to worry about.Rumours have once again been flyi…
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credit rating, EFSF, emu, esm, eu, EU summit, eurozone. bail-out, France, germany |
November 30, 2011
Given its scope in determining the application of Germany’s Constitution (Basic Law), the country’s Karlsruhe-based Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) has emerged as a vital, if low-key, player in the eurozone crisis. We have frequently c…
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accountability, democracy, EFSF, eurozone. bail-out, German Constitutional Court |
October 26, 2011
The hope for a “comprehensive plan” to save the eurozone, as originally touted by the eurozone leaders, looks to be a lost cause. The best outcome we can hope for today looks to be a broad political agreement, with technical details left to be sort…
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banking regulation, banking sector, ECB, EFSF, eu, euro, eurozone. bail-out, germany, italy, Spain, summit |
October 20, 2011
In today’s City AM we argue against the possible use of the EFSF to insure sovereign debt. here is the full piece:As eurozone leaders gear up for their umpteenth summit to solve the Eurozone crisis, they seem to have reached the conclusion that what th…
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October 19, 2011
The window of opportunity for stabilising, or even saving, the eurozone is closing quickly. As EU leaders gear up for a series of key meetings this week, Open Europe has published a new briefing looking at the short-term options available to the eurozo…
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EFSF, emu. bail-out, eu, eurozone, imf, sovereign debt, sovereignty |
Compare and contrast these headlines:Guardian: France and Germany ready to agree €2 trillion rescue fundFT Deutschland: Schäuble ready to leverage bailout fund to €1 trillionConflicting reports emerged yesterday evening as to exactly what would be…
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October 13, 2011
In today’s Wall Street journal, we look at Tuesday’s vote in Slovakia – here’s the full piece:Richard Sulik has emerged as Brussels’s public enemy number one. As leader of Slovakia’s Freedom and Solidarity party, or SaS, Mr. Sulik has consistently a…
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bail-out, democracy, EFSF, moral hazard, Slovakia, sovereign debt |
October 12, 2011
…Slovakian MPs would be up to their eyes in them. The Slovakian EFSF vote has provided us with plenty of action over the past few days, with Richard Sulik’s SaS party certainly putting the cat amongst the eurozone pigeons.One of the consistent themes…
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