Recovery and Resilience: stop-gap or sea-change?
The Recovery and Resilience Facility could remain a one-off crisis measure—or point to a permanent EU fiscal arrangement.
Andrew Watt
A shot in the arm
The European Union needs to raise its vaccination target and bring it forward. The good news is it can.
EU labour markets in the pandemic: unemployment only part of the story
The good news is that unemployment has only risen modestly so far; the bad news is that hours worked have plummeted.
Emerging stronger from the crisis
Europe needs to do more at federal level if a recovery plan is to be successful.
Welcome but inadequate: European measures to counter the corona crisis
More monetary-policy easing is still a one-club approach—fiscal support is also needed at EU level.
Europe needs a strong macroeconomic policy core—but not a Six (or Two) Pack
In light of the eurozone and, now, climate crises, EU macroeconomic policy co-ordination needs a reboot.
The European Green Deal: will the ends, will the means?
The European Green Deal needs sustained political commitment, especially on ‘just transition’, if it is to realise its ambition.
Macron and Kramp-Karrenbauer: vive la différence?
The proxy media exchange between the French president and the leader of the German Christian democrats is a sign of an emergent European public sphere.
Learning From Catalonia: To Secede Or Not To Secede?
The standoff over Catalan independence from Spain has split not only the region and country itself, but Europe as a whole. Beyond the ongoing pyrotechnics,
The Left-Sovereigntist Fantasy: A Response To William Mitchell And Thomas Fazi
William Mitchell and Thomas Fazi (WM/TF) have written a piece that – under the presumptuous title of Everything You Know About Neoliberalism Is Wrong – offers a critique of
Schäuble’s Poisoned Parting Gift To The Eurozone
Those who wish to leave – so a German saying – you should not seek to dissuade from so doing. To few people is the
Populism, Austerity And Democratic Deficit
Critiques of the European Union target a political problem – the so-called democratic deficit – and an economic (and social) one: austerity, sometimes subsumed under
The Strange Non-Death Of Public Welfare Spending
In 2013 Colin Crouch wrote a noted book entitled The strange non-death of neoliberalism. In it he discussed why neoliberalism had managed to avoid being killed
Germany’s Debt Brake Is Not A Model For Europe
My IMK colleagues Christoph Paetz, Katja Rietzler and Achim Truger have just issued an important analysis of experience with the German Schuldenbremse (debt brake) since 2011. If you read
No Good Options For The UK – Risks But Opportunities For The EU
I recall many years ago discussing an industrial conflict with someone who is now a senior trade union leader. Sure I can get our people
The IMF On Greek Debt – Redefining Chutzpah?
A definition of chutzpah is murdering your parents and then claiming social benefits as an orphan. It is not widely recognised, but the IMF illustrates
Same ECB Medicine, Higher Dosage – Good But More Needed
The ECB has announced a further expansionary shift by beefing up a range of existing policy instruments. Barring unexpected positive shocks this will not be