Delors, J., Vitorino, A. and Bertoncini, Y., (2013), “Germany and the EU: a new cycle?”, EurActiv, 30 Σεπτεμβρίου. A new coalition in Germany may revamp its EU policy towards more commitment. The country’s partners will have to get a better grasp of its concerns, but the new constellation can foster further progress in Europe, write Jacques Delors, Antonio Vitorino and Yves Bertoncini. Jacques Delors is founding president, Antonio Vitorino is …Read More
Καλλίτσης, Κ., (2013), “Η μεθυσμένη Ευρώπη”, Η Καθημερινή, 29 Σεπτεμβρίου. Το σχέδιο για το ευρώ ήταν παράγωγο ενός Μεγάλου Σχεδίου για μια Ενωμένη Ευρώπη ειρήνης, ευημερίας και αλληλεγγύης. Το Μεγάλο Σχέδιο είχε τρεις στόχους: (α) Να αποτραπεί ένας νέος ευρωπαϊκός διχασμός -μετά την εμπειρία της φρίκης δύο μεγάλων πολέμων που άφησαν συντρίμμια και περίπου 50 εκατομμύρια νεκρούς. (β) Να ενισχυθεί η δημοκρατία -μετά την εμπειρία, στον μεσοπόλεμο, της Κρίσης που …Read More
Glendinning, S., (2013), “The work of J.S. Mill shows the danger in eliminating the differences between European nations”, European Politics and Policy Blog, 30 Σεπτεμβρίου. Simon Glendinning writes on the English philosopher John Stuart Mill’s views on Europe. He notes that Mill saw Britain as being very much a part of Europe, but that he also recognised important differences between European nations. Far from seeing these differences as a weakness, …Read More
Μπαλτάς, Ν., (2013), “Μεταρρύθμιση στο Δημόσιο: Απλά τα πράγματα”, Capital.gr, Με Άποψη, 27 Σεπτεμβρίου. Προ ημερών δύο ιστορικά Πανεπιστήμια ανακοίνωσαν ότι αναστέλλουν τη λειτουργία τους λόγω έλλειψης προσωπικού, εξαιτίας της συμμετοχής των υπαλλήλων τους στο πρόγραμμα διαθεσιμότητας. Η μεταρρύθμιση του Δημοσίου τομέα είναι ουσιαστικά η μοναδική δουλειά που έπρεπε να έχει γίνει από τότε που ξεκίνησε η κρίση. Κι όχι μόνο δεν έχει γίνει τίποτα ακόμη, αλλά αφήνουν το χρόνο …Read More
Exadaktylos, T., (2013), “Until Angela Merkel forms a governing coalition, Greece will continue to be in limbo”, European Politics and Policy Blog, 27 Σεπτεμβρίου. Following last weekend’s German elections, Theofanis Exadaktylos writes on the Greek reaction to Angela Merkel’s victory. He notes that the elections received extensive coverage in the Greek media due to their implications for the country’s economic crisis. Nevertheless, the general perception is that Germany is unlikely …Read More
Merler, S., (2013), “Is there a path to political union?”, Bruegel, 23 Σεπτεμβρίου. Over the last few months and ahead of much anticipated European elections in May 2014, there has been a growing debate about the scope for further integration and leaps towards a form of “political union”. Advocates point to the hard constraints that an incomplete political integration has imposed on the management and the resolution of the euro …Read More
Drevet, J-F., (2013), “What borders for the EU: a variable geometry neighbourhood?”, Notre Europe Jacques Delors Institute, Policy Paper 97, Σεπτέμβριος In this Policy Paper, Jean-François Drevet wonders about the limits of the EU and its integration and neighborhood policy. He shows that the Europe of “concentric circles” evoked by Jacques Delorshas become an undisputable fact. The author first gives an account of the integration and enlargments logics, and hence, of a …Read More
Şimşek, M., (2013), “The wisdom of crisis prevention”, Project Syndicate, 17 Σεπτεμβρίου. Regardless of how differently governments may formulate policy, ensuring financial stability is their common responsibility. This calls for real and effective policy coordination and an overarching macro-prudential governance framework at both the domestic and international levels. The simple truth is that the cost of preventing financial crises is much lower than the costs imposed by them after they …Read More
Posner, R., (2013), “Has Capitalism Revived/Survived?”, The Becker-Posner Blog, 16 Σεπτεμβρίου. Capitalism is the economic system in which the assets used to produce goods and services are privately owned, and the owners determine the price at which to sell those goods and services. Private markets, because they organize and direct production and consumption, are the basic institutions of a capitalist system. Government regulation of markets is (in capitalist theory) limited …Read More
Schäuble, W., (2013), “Ignore the doomsayers: Europe is being fixed”, Financial Times, 16 Σεπτεμβρίου. Τhe world should rejoice at the positive economic signals the eurozone is sending almost continuously these days. While the crisis continues to reverberate, the eurozone is clearly on the mend both structurally and cyclically. What is happening turns out to be pretty much what the proponents of Europe’s cool-headed crisis management predicted. The fiscal and structural …Read More
