C. Bastasin: A TRAGEDY OR A CATHARSIS

Syriza’s landslide victory just prevented the radical-left party to gain an absolute majority of seats in the Hell...

January 26, 2015

P. Canofari, M. Messori: RISKS OF DEFLATION IN THE EMU – Why is this time so deceitful?

The deep recessions characterizing the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) between the second semester of 2008 an...

January 21, 2015

S. Micossi: Time for the ECB to bite the bullet

The time has come when the European Central Bank must act with ‘unconventional’ tools to achieve its target of an in...

January 19, 2015

V. Termini: THE TIME HAS COME FOR A EUROPEAN ENERGY UNION

After the appointment of the new European Commission, the long-awaited European Council in October ended in a set of Pol...

November 24, 2014

WAS RENZI THE REAL WINNER?
Questions about the Italy-EU fiscal dispute

After a hard-nosed negotiation, the EU Commission and the government of Italy have reached an agreement on the level of ...

October 26, 2014

C. Bastasin: WILL MERKEL CALL FOR EUROBONDS?

Quite unexpectedly, the next months might provide new momentum for Eurobonds. Although political coordination in the eur...

September 25, 2014

C. Bastasin: GERMANS’ FEAR OF PAYING THE DEBTS OF OTHER EUROPEANS

A poll conducted by a German insurance company (R+V Versicherung) revealed that for two out of three Germans, the worst ...

September 19, 2014

G. Majone – EUROPEAN UNION: THE LIMITS OF COLLECTIVE ACTION AND COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP

While a number of political leaders, as well as some scholars and opinion makers, argue that the current crisis of EU-st...

September 9, 2014

P. Bofinger, J.-P. Fitoussi, E. Giovannini, J.Stiglitz: THE EXISTENTIAL DILEMMA OF EUROPE

Europe seemingly is facing an existential dilemma: the rules of the EU and the Eurozone were established by democratic g...

August 6, 2014