Europe’s Defence Dilemma: Why Fiscal Union Is No Longer Optional
Without radical institutional reform, Europe cannot mount the defence it desperately needs against an increasingly aggressive Russia.
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How to Finance European Defence?
Europe must balance rising defence needs with social spending, or risk political turmoil and far-right gains.
Becoming like Germany: hurdles and dilemmas
The new EU fiscal rules being finalised would still leave central- and eastern-European states such as Latvia in a bind.
New EU fiscal rules: a democratic deficit
The proposed new rules would give member states more role in defining their ‘fiscal paths’—just not parliaments.
Interest-rate rises versus the public interest
In going along with rate rises, European governments are saving the European Central Bank—not their societies.