#EuroCrisis

[…] 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 [...]

[…] 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 - [...]

[…] 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 [...]

[…] 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: [...]

[…] 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 [...]

[…] 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 [...]