Five Bullets
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March, 13 2017
C. Bastasin: Five Bullets Regarding the Letter of the Eight Finance Ministers
European ministers of finance discussed the future of the EMU on several occasions over the last couple of months. Under the impulse of the German and French leaders, the heads of governments resolved to decide on the future of the EMU in the coming...
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October, 4 2016
M. Messori: Five Bullets on the Lessons Learned from Deutsche Bank
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September, 29 2016
C. Bastasin: Five Bullets on Italy’s Isolation in Europe
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September, 21 2016
M. Messori: Five Bullets on Europe, Post-Bratislava
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September, 19 2016
S. Micossi: Five Bullets on the Italian Criticism of the Bratislava Summit
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March, 9 2016
C. Bastasin: Five Bullets on Merkel's Role in the Refugee Crisis
• Merkel's management of the Euro crisis actually hinged on the architecture of non-political institutions, with financial markets acting as an enforcer of fiscal discipline and the German Constitutional Court defining terms that Berlin exploited when...
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February, 18 2016
C. Bastasin: Five Bullets on the Bail-In and Italy’s Public Debt
The conflict between Rome and Brussels over the regulation of banks’ bail-in and public budget flexibility is a consequence of Italy’s denial of the European partners’ concerns over the wobbly mountain of Italian public debt.
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December, 21 2015
M. Messori: Five Bullets on Italy in the Euro Area and the Hidden Risks of 2016
In SEP’s view, Italy’s Public debt remains one of the most critical “economic problems” for the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). The dynamics of Public Debt-to-GDP ratio in 2016 is therefore a crucially sensitive variable. SEP’s...
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December, 9 2015
C. Bastasin: Five Bullets on Marine Le Pen and Banca d’Etruria
The euro-crisis’ mismanagement has discredited the euro-area’s model of centralized economic governance, forcing the postponement of further integration plans until after Germany and France finish general elections in 2017.