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 […]
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Third bilateral Belgian-German conference. The event was opened by former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder- and Belgian Deputy Prime Minister Didier Reynders. On 17 April Belgium’s Egmont Institute and the Brussels […]
On this occasion, Egmont’s Studia Diplomatica on this matter was presented to the public. Most speakers at this conference agreed that the EU’s decisions will result in a strenghtening of […]
EU governments are implementing austerity packages, populist and nationalist movements are growing, social discontents rages. The European union is facing a crisis of multiple dimensions – both economic and financial […]