Heise, Michael, (2015), “Should Germany Leave the Euro?”, Project Syndicate, 9 September The debate about whether Greece should leave the eurozone has revived the idea that Germany, and other similarly strong economies, would best serve the rest of the continent if they were the ones to exit the monetary union. But, though that notion may win some applause, implementing it would be shortsighted, impractical, and economically dubious. Relevant Posts Sachs, Jeffrey, …Read More

Watt, Andrew, (2015), “The Dialectics Of European Integration – A New Push For A Federal EMU?”, Social Europe Journal, 2 September Whatever else they might disagree about, just about everybody commenting on Europe agree about this: the succession of crises – financial, economic, fiscal, and now refugees – have set Europe’s peoples against one another. Nationalist and racist parties are gaining strength on the Right – with a real risk of …Read More

Pardijs, Dina, (2015), “Dutch drama over Greek crisis”, European Council on Foreign Relations, 24 Αυγούστου The Greek crisis may have claimed an unexpected new victim: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. In a five hour debate last week on the Dutch support for the latest bailout for Greece, the leader of the largest government party VVD was attacked by members of parties from across the political spectrum.The man who is often …Read More

Snaith,  Holly, Nedergaard, Peter, (2015), “Germany is stuck with a crisis it did not foresee and can no longer control”, LSE blog, 25 Αυgust Germany is often described as a ‘reluctant hegemon’ in the sense that it has found itself pushed to the centre of EU affairs by the Eurozone crisis. Peter Nedergaard and Holly Snaith write that the increasing importance of Germany in the EU has resulted in a particular brand …Read More

Amari, Giuseppe, (2015), “The Euro Needs More Than Just One (German) Economic Policy Tool To Work”, Social Europe Journal, 20 Αυgust Recently, at the height of the Greek drama, an editorial appeared in Corriere della Sera, entitled: ‘There is no Europe without the Euro, There is no Euro without Europe’. The first statement is both an historical and present falsehood, the second is a banality not worth commenting on. The euro has …Read More