#EuroCrisis

[…] 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: [...]

[…] 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 [...]

[…] 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 [...]

[…] The EU needs new leadership with vision. This is the conclusion of the participants of the 5th Brussels Think Tank Dialogue. The event was organised by the Bertelsmann Stiftung and nine other leading [...]

[…] The euro crisis is over, at least officially. Last month the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union agreed to establish the so-called Banking Union, i.e. a series of measures for [...]

[…] Following a long period of icy silence, the People's Republic of China and the Federal Republic of Germany officially commenced their diplomatic relationship in 1972. In 2012, 40 years later, the two [...]