M. Messori: HOW TO CREATE A NEW EUROPEAN PLAN FOR INVESTMENT

The Greek crisis which began six years ago, is an extreme case that has brought to light deficiencies of the euro area. ...

September 10, 2015

S. Rossi: Roundtable on monetary policy in a low growth, low interest rate environment

The role of interest rates—short- or long-term, nominal or real—is pervasive in modern economies. Changes in interes...

September 9, 2015

C. Bastasin: German migrants, a shock for the euro area

At the beginning of September, German chancellor Angela Merkel took everybody by surprise, announcing that Berlin would ...

September 7, 2015

L. Codogno: CAN ITALY’S IMMIGRATION CRISIS TRIGGER SOCIO-POLITICAL DISRUPTIONS?

Can the on-going EU immigration crisis become more severe and relevant socio-political stability? In this commentary, I ...

September 5, 2015

C. Bastasin: A 60% DEBT TARGET FOR THE EUROZONE AS A WHOLE

The level of public debt in the euro-area, generally considered excessive, represents the main hurdle on the way to wide...

August 31, 2015

S. Micossi: WHAT FUTURE FOR THE EUROZONE?

The euro is a currency without a state nor economic policy institutions to ensure budgetary discipline and economic conv...

August 30, 2015

S. Micossi: ONLY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT CAN CONSTRUCT A POLITICAL UNION

In his 13 July editorial, Sergio Fabbrini commented on the results of the negotiations between Greece and leaders of the...

July 23, 2015

S. Micossi: IT IS TIME TO RELAUNCH EUROPE

To convince the Syriza government to accept measures to rebalance public finances and their economy, measures they had f...

July 21, 2015

C. Bastasin: TSIPRAS’ BOLD MOVE SHOULD BE PRAISED BY EUROPE

In the end, even in Greece, the euro crisis has resulted in a de facto change in government. As was the case in the past...

July 10, 2015