A. Baglioni, M. Bordignon – Sovereign debt restructuring: Rules vs Discretion

We discuss the proposal, recently circulated in the policy debate in the euro zone (EZ), related to the restructuring of...

July 19, 2018

C. Bastasin, M. Messori – A new stalemate in the euro area: Italy’s risky position

On June 28-29, European leaders were summoned to Brussels for two long-awaited meetings of the European Council and the ...

July 16, 2018

C. Bastasin, M. Messori – Isolation or convergence: Italy on its way to the European Council Meeting of July 2018

The reform of the European Union and of the euro area has been at the center of the European leaders’ reflections ever...

June 25, 2018

C. Bastasin – People vs Finance: How Brussels should deal with italy’s populist government

Rather than Italy leaving the euro, so far it is the euros that are leaving Italy.Since mid-May, after doubts had emerge...

June 13, 2018

L. Codogno, G. Galli: Populism and the Broken Engine of the Italian Economy

In Italy, the temptation to go back in time, or shut the door to Europe and globalisation is strong, especially after a ...

April 18, 2018

L. Codogno – Greece: Clean exit, for whom?

There seems to be a strong convergence of interests between the Greek government, the European Commission and Eurozone M...

April 3, 2018

C. Bastasin: The Italian Election and the Reform of the Euro Area

Italy’s current electoral campaign has been unprecedented in at least two regards. First,its uncertain outcome is ...

February 13, 2018

M. Messori, S. Micossi – Counterproductive Proposals on Euro Area Reform by French and German Economists

In their CEPR Policy Insight No. 91, Bénassy-Quéré et al. (2018) offer a comprehensive and sophisticated attempt t...

February 13, 2018

L. Bini Smaghi: Reconciling risking sharing with market discipline

The policy paper published by 14 French and German economists in the CEPR Policy Insights series (CPI91) presents a seri...

January 30, 2018