Commentaries
All monetary policy has become ‘unconventional’
The European Central Bank finally seems ready to counter the low inflation in the eurozone. The ECB appears to have determined an order of play, in which it first exhausts […]
Commentaries
The European Central Bank finally seems ready to counter the low inflation in the eurozone. The ECB appears to have determined an order of play, in which it first exhausts […]
The German Constitutional Court (BVG) recently referred different questions to the European Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling. They concern the legality of the European Central Bank’s Outright Monetary […]
Studia Diplomatica
In this issue of Studia Diplomatica, variable geometry Union is discussed from various angles, stretching from economic and monetary integration to defence and the area of freedom, security and justice. […]
Other publications
The creation of the Economic and Monetary Union was experimental, from both an economic and an institutional point of view. The result was a form of European integration with a […]
This Policy Brief discusses the challenges that await policymakers in reforming the EMU. A balance between discipline and solidarity will have to be found, while institutional reforms should improve the […]
This Policy Brief discusses the notion of a ‘European Social Union’, in which European countries would cooperate with an explicit social purpose. A European Social Union should not be seen […]
By taking the decision to move towards a Banking Union, the EU is about to embark upon major changes in the nature of its project. The Bankin Union involves setting […]
Egmont organised a roundtable on preventive crisis management in the eurozone. The debate focused on the possibility of combined interventions by the ESM and ECB in sovereign bond markets. The […]
Programme Islamic Financing Presentation of A.Verbeken – Deloitte (Photo credit: Magharebia, Flickr)
Cohesion policy is taking a prominent place in the discussions on the 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework. Among the many issues in the debate, macroeconomic conditionality stands out as a major […]