#EuroCrisis

[…] Press Release: According to the survey, 89 percent of all Europeans believe that the EU should play a greater role in combatting the pandemic, and 91 percent feel the member states should work more [...]

[…] ECB policy spurred economic reforms in euro area countries The European Central Bank (ECB) hasrepeatedly been the focus of debate: The background are low interest rates, bond purchase programmes and [...]

[…] Europa Briefings In the publication series “Europa Briefing”, the Bertelsmann Stiftung and the Jacques Delors Institut – Berlin cover key topics of European politics and present possible scenarios: [...]

[…] In the course of the crisis, the level of sovereign debt increased greatly in the Eurozone. Affected in particular were states such as Greece and Portugal, which already had high levels of debt prior [...]

[…] Europa Briefings In the publication series “Europa Briefing”, the Bertelsmann Stiftung and the Jacques Delors Institut – Berlin cover key topics of European politics and present possible scenarios: [...]

[…] The European Treaties stipulate that the euro is irreversible. There is no option to leave, since the departure of a country would destabilise the entire currency union. Additional departures and thus [...]

[…] Banking Union: How stable are Europe’s banks? The euro crisis was, besides an economic and sovereign debt crisis, a full-blown banking crisis. The Banking Union was thus created precisely to break the [...]

[…] The Eurozone countries are economically different. The crisis has rendered some of these differences more acute and this could destabilize the currency union. The Eurozone countries therefore need to [...]

[…] As German Chancellor Angela Merkel prepares for her first in-person encounter with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House this week, she faces a strategic reality that contrasts sharply with [...]

[…] How can Europe put a definite end to the euro crisis? In the pilot study Repair and Prepare: Strengthening Europe's Economies after the Crisis, Bertelsmann Stiftung and Jacques Delors Institut - [...]