#EuroCrisis

[…] 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 [...]

[…] As a result of the euro crisis, the debate over the EU’s powers has flared up more intensely than ever before. Critics of the EU say that Brussels already has far too much power. A supposed frenzy of [...]

[…] Safeguarding social inclusion in the EU SIM Europe is a social policy monitoring instrument for the EU 28. How can social imbalances in the member states be identified and redressed? How is it [...]

[…] Washington sees the country under Chancellor Angela Merkel's leadership as a power that is unwilling to fully execute its foreign-policy responsibilities by flexing its muscles and, when necessary, by [...]

[…] 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 - [...]

[…] 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 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 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 [...]