[…] "Off Course or On Track? The European Union Amidst Major Economic Challenges" - was the title of the event held on March 16 at the Bertelsmann Stiftung's Berlin premises. In his opening speech, Malte [...]
[…] 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 [...]
[…] A new study suggests that a banking crisis triggered by Brexit could hit European economies and in particular the UK economy hard. If banks in the United Kingdom were in crisis (due to Brexit), the [...]
[…] Unemployment reinsurance can serve as an "automatic stabilizer" in an economy: In times of crisis, for example, it can stabilize an economy "against the trend" by increasing expenditure (e.g., on [...]
[…] This tension between democracy and law is perhaps nowhere more evident today than in Italy. The Italian government, and in particular the populist Five-Star Movement (M5S), was elected on far-sweeping [...]
[…] The global financial crisis in 2008 has shown the EU how quickly a domino effect can arise: If some EU countries run into financial difficulties, there is a risk of contagion in other member states. [...]
[…] In order to shore up confidence and stability in the Eurozone, MarioDraghi, President of the European Central Bank, told an audience of around 350 invited guests from government, academia, business, [...]
[…] In 2012 a study by the Bertelsmann Stiftung warned that a Greek withdrawal from the Eurozone might not only hurt Europe by triggering a domino effect, but could also "cause a global economic crisis". [...]
[…] The projects focussed on the areas of education, democracy, social affairs, health, culture and economics. Our foundation invested a total of €55 million directly in its program activities. We [...]
[…] Henrik Enderlein, Director of the Jacques Delors Institut – Berlin, and Katharina Gnath, Senior Project Manager of the Bertelsmann Stiftung presented current proposals on how the Eurozone could be [...]