Grabbe, H. and Lehne, S., (2013), “The 2014 European elections: Why a partisan Commission president would be bad for the EU”, Centre for European Reform, 14 Οκτώβρίου. The EU urgently needs measures to improve its democratic legitimacy and the decisions taken in its institutions. But the most prominent proposal touted in Brussels as the solution to the democratic deficit could make the problems worse rather than better. The idea is …Read More

László A., (2013), “Developing the social dimension of a deep and genuine Economic and Monetary Union”, European Policy Centre, Policy Brief, 13 Σεπτεμβρίου. Introducing systematic monitoring of key employment and social challenges and strengthening employment and social policy coordination would boost the social dimension of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Socio-economic divergence undermines the functioning of currency union, with employment and social crises in individual countries spilling over to others. …Read More

Tsoukalis, Loukas, (2013), “We Need a New Grand Bargain in Europe”, ΖΙΒ 01/2013, Ιούνιος. This article examines the linkages between economics and politics, markets and institutions during the most serious crisis that has hit Europe for decades. With the bursting of a big international financial bubble at its origin, it has exposed a systemic failure in the euro area coupled with different national failures. Many unthinkables have become reality since …Read More