September 17, 2012
In her traditional news conference following the summer recess, German Chancellor Angela Merkel walked a fine line in questions about the eurozone crisis, having to maintain a delicate balancing act with regards to different elements within her governi…
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bond purchases, bundesbank, CSU, ECB, German public opinion, Merkel, OMT, schauble, weidmann |
The front page of today’s Die Welt reads “Germans no longer believe in Europe”. According to a TNS Emnid poll carried out in July in Germany, France and Poland on behalf of the Bertelsmann Foundation, support for the EU an…
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barroso, European federalism, eurozone crisis, French public opinion, German public opinion, Maastricht Treaty |
September 13, 2012
Following yesterday’s ruling by the German Constitutional Court in which it gave the go-ahead to both the ESM and fiscal treaty, German politicians from all the main parties were tripping over-themselves to praise the Court and its ruling. Speaking i…
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bond purchases, ECB, esm, fiscal treaty, German Constitutional Court, german media, German public opinion, germany, OMT |
September 7, 2012
As a follow up to our previous blog outlining the unprecendented level of anger in Germany to the ECB’s decision to purchase government bonds, we have picked out a couple of the headlines in the German press today:Die Welt’s front page went …
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Bild Zeitung, Draghi, ECB, ECB balance sheet, german media, German public opinion, germany, OMT |
As a follow up to our previous blog outlining the unprecendented level of anger in Germany to the ECB’s decision to purchase government bonds, we have picked out a couple of the headlines in the German press today:Die Welt’s front page went …
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Bild Zeitung, Draghi, ECB, ECB balance sheet, german media, German public opinion, germany, OMT |
Although Jens Weidmann may have been alone on the ECB executive board in opposing yesterday’s ECB decision to buy government bonds, he looks to have the full-force of German public and media opinion right behind him. Over the last 24 hours, the Germa…
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bundesbank, bundestag, CDU, Draghi, ECB, eurozone, FDP, German Constitutional Court, german media, German public opinion, germany, Merkel, OMT, SPD, weidmann |
August 30, 2012
ECB President Mario Draghi had a long and interesting op-ed in Die Zeit yesterday morning, titled ‘The future of the euro: stability through change’. Interestingly, the piece seems specifically targeted at gaining support in Germany, not unlike Gre…
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crisis, Draghi, ECB, eurozone, eurozone exit, fiscal union, german media, German public opinion, germany |
August 28, 2012
As the next ECB meeting approaches on 6 September, the debate about potential ECB intervention is heating up. This past weekend was particularly interesting with two key German players weighing in with their views – even more importantly these views …
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bundesbank, ECB, German Constitutional Court, german media, German public opinion, germany, Merkel, weidmann |
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 |
The day after the monthly meeting of the ECB’s Governing Council and Mario Draghi’s subsequent press conference – during which he said that the ECB is willing to intervene on the debt markets again but will hold fire for the moment – we’ve summed up a …
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Bild Zeitung, Draghi, ECB, German public opinion, germany, Spain, Spanish bailout, weidmann |
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