Euro crisis – Page 9 – Dr Oliver Hartwich

Europe’s new ‘liability’ union

25/07/2013

It could be quite a rude awakening after the September 22 election. An unsuspecting German public will quickly find out the real state of the euro, how much saving it will cost and what share of banking losses Germany’s savers and taxpayers will have to take in the euro periphery.

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A euro crisis on German ice

18/07/2013

General elections are meant to pick a government and election campaigns to discuss the most important issues facing a country. If that’s your definition of an election, you may wonder whether Germany is really heading to the polls on September 22.

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New largesse stars in Greece’s theatre of the absurd

11/07/2013

For as long as Greece remains trapped in a cycle of troika consultations, it will not escape its predicament of economic decline. And the longer the Europeans continue to give Greece bailout after bailout, the more entrenched Greece’s dependency will become.

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Young and restless: Europe’s lost generation

04/07/2013

For the fate of Europe’s youth to change, Europe must change.

By throwing a little money at the problem of youth unemployment and giving some nebulous guarantees, the EU’s leaders have just made clear that such genuine change will not happen anytime soon.

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Germany’s grip over ‘whatever it takes’

20/06/2013

Germany’s most important decision for this year will not be made by its people in general elections but by eight judges in red robes. And that makes it worth paying attention to this rather obscure and complicated law case.

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Brussels can’t reverse the outburst

06/06/2013

Regardless of his actual reasons, Oettinger was simply right in his analysis – as indeed evidenced by the Commission’s very own policy recommendations to member states. Europe needs major reforms to get its existential problems under control.

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Europe’s slasher stalks Slovenia

16/05/2013

If I were a cynic, I would now be predicting the next European bailout recipient. And the winner is… Slovenia! But how would I know?

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Too easy to swallow the euro’s red herring

09/05/2013

This euro crisis is more than just a monetary crisis. It is way deeper than that. It really is just another episode in the epic battle of government against the markets. Typically it’s the markets that win in the long run.

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Is Germany edging towards the exit?

02/05/2013

The Bundesbank and the German constitutional court are confronting and challenging the ECB, and such a conflict cannot just be moderated away. Eventually, the Germans will need to come clear on where they want to take the eurozone.

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Fire and ice on Europe’s debt march

25/04/2013

At the moment, the only countries able to function with the euro are those of the healthier euro core. They should allow the other eurozone members to depart from monetary union. Otherwise we will never be able to see some actual green shoots in Europe.

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