S. Micossi – Testing the EU Framework for the Recovery and Resolution of Banks: the Italian Experience

The financial crisis of 2008-09 and the ensuing sovereign debt and banking crises within the Eurozone exposed the presen...

February 15, 2019

A. Leipold – Not Seeing the 50% for the 2.04%. A Missing Piece of EU Economic Governance: The Quality of Public Finance

The public finance situation in Italy and to a lesser extent France has brought the long- simmering issue of the Europea...

February 13, 2019

C. Bastasin: The German-French Treaty: Sign of Strength or of Weakness?

On January 22, 2019, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel signed a bilateral document ca...

January 29, 2019

K. Efstathiou, F. Papadia: The euro as an international currency

Two questions should be answered in relation to the international role of the euro: is a more important international ro...

January 9, 2019

P. C. Padoan: Europe needs reforms for inclusive growth – Do Europeans agree?

The debate about the economic governance of the European Union and of the Eurozone is concentrated on issues related to ...

January 9, 2019

C. Bastasin, M. Mischitelli – The Imaginary Growth: The hidden illness of Italian economic policy

Since the end of September 2018, the Italian government has been involved in complex negotiations with the European Comm...

January 9, 2019

S. Micossi – The Eurozone: a monetary union without a capital market

This Policy Brief calls our attention to the dire state of integration of capital markets within our monetary union, and...

December 12, 2018

S. De Nardis: The unbalanced monetary union

At the root of the Eurozone crisis was the building up of competitiveness gaps, current account imbalances and associate...

December 3, 2018

C. Bastasin, M. Messori: And if Juncker was Italy’s best ally?

The letter that Minister Tria sent on November 13 to the Vice-President and the Commissioner for Economic Affairs of the...

November 27, 2018