Paris and Berlin at odds over ‘grand bargain’ to deepen eurozone
French President Emmanuel Macron's push for an ambitious overhaul of Europe's single currency bloc is running up against robust resistance in Berlin despite conciliatory public signals from German...
View ArticleCommission wants single eurozone seat at IMF plan adopted by end of mandate
The European Commission is pushing for the adoption, by mid-2019, of the proposal to create a unified seat at the International Monetary Fund, as part of its package to strengthen the economic and...
View ArticleSchulz calls for ‘United States of Europe’ as SPD agrees talks with Merkel
Germany's Social Democrats, the country's second strongest party, agreed Thursday (7 December) to kick off exploratory talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives that could lead to a new...
View ArticleMacron convinces Merkel to hold key debate on future of euro in March
Amid the political paralysis in Germany, EU leaders decided on Friday (15 December) to postpone for March a “strategic political discussion” on the future of the eurozone and adopt a 'reform roadmap'...
View ArticleMoscovici: Spring 2019 is ‘too early to retire’
European Commissioner Pierre Moscovici joins EURACTIV's Economy Editor Jorge Valero for a live debate on deepening the European Economic and Monetary Union in the EURACTIV Network offices in Brussels.
View ArticleItalian budget standoff may consign eurozone integration drive to slow lane
An uncompromising challenge to EU budget rules by Italy is providing the first big test for reforms introduced to save the euro zone nine years ago as financial crisis threatened to tear it apart.
View ArticleRecovery fund brings EU one step closer to fiscal union
A European Commission plan to issue large amounts of common EU bonds under a coronavirus recovery fund potentially marks the first step towards the euro zone finally getting a region-wide safe-haven...
View ArticleDoes Brexit free Europe to seek closer union?
British politicians often speak of Brexit as an opportunity to escape Brussels' shackles but does the divorce also free Europe to go its own way?
View ArticleGreens leader Baerbock: Extremist or progressive force for Europe?
Annalena Baerbock is the first Green lead candidate in German history. But who is Baerbock, and what are her plans for Germany and Europe?
View ArticlePost-election Germany: back to austerity or fit for a fiscal union?
Germany is heading to the polls on Sunday (26 September) amid intense debate on the future of Europe's fiscal policy.
View ArticleTime for the United States of Europe! [Promoted content]
We European citizens are scared by the return of war at the heart of Europe. The Russian invasion of Ukraine exposes the weaknesses and dependencies of the European Union and its member states, and...
View ArticleEurozone fragmentation or fiscal union? There is a middle way.
With fears of a looming recession, the risk of eurozone fragmentation is back on people's minds. However, a group of economists think they have found a solution to prevent the fragmentation without...
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