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June 5, 2020
Awareness for post-Covid economic reconstruction - Valeria Termini - Treccani

Due to the suspension of business and transport activities forced on us by the pandemic, pollution of the planet has been reduced and emissions of CO2 diminish. Paradoxically, this came about while thousands of people over the world were dying of...
June 3, 2020
More trust in Europe - Pietro Reichlin - Luiss Open

With the creation of a common debt of 750 billion euro guaranteed by the European Union budget, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's plan represents a historic turning point for Europe and an important step towards greater fiscal and political...
June 3, 2020
Next Generation EU is a Step Towards Fiscal Union - Stefano Micossi - BRIDGE Network

With Next Generation EU, the new 750 billion euro emergency recovery instrument proposed by the European Commission, the European common economic policies are shifting gear and moving decisively into the domain of fiscal union. The first aspect...
June 1, 2020
“The poorest suffer most from Covid” – Interview with Enrico Giovannini – Huffington Post

Enrico Giovannini says that the coronavirus pandemic has generated economic inequality in societies, especially in the most vulnerable countries, and that it is essential that governments find ways to create stable dignified jobs in order to boost...
May 29, 2020
The Recovery Fund is a great opportunity and should not be wasted - Angelo Baglioni e Massimo Bordignon - Lavoce

In all likelihood Italy will be the main beneficiary of the plan developed by the European Commission. This initiative is a breakthrough, a fundamental step forward in the direction of the much desired European fiscal union. But it is also a decisive test...
May 29, 2020
“The German Constitutional Court’s ruling is an attack on the ECB’s independence” - Interview with Piercarlo Padoan – QuiFinanza

Professor Padoan talks about the sudden change in the EU’s macroeconomic situation, how the ECB and the individual governments’ priorities have assumed a defensive character and the role that the ESM and the Recovery Fund will play in the economic...
May 29, 2020
Interview with Francesco Saraceno – Class CNBC Report

Professor Saraceno lauds the Recovery and Resilience Facility proposed by the European Commission, saying that it is a perfect mixture of grants designed to fight the immediate consequences of the Covid-19 emergency and long-term loans to restructure the...
May 27, 2020
Beyond the pandemic: Eight proposals to revive the banking union

In 2012, at the peak of the euro crisis, the leaders of the EU launched the banking union, involving the transfer of large parts of the banking regulatory and supervisory framework from the national domain to the euro area.
May 25, 2020
European funds can help Italy speed up its reforms – Pier Carlo Padoan – Il Foglio

Professor Padoan believes that not only should Italy use all the EU instruments (ESM, SURE, EIB, Recovery Fund) to surmount the economic crisis engendered by the Covid-19 emergency, but that in the process the conditionalities linked to these instruments...

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Awareness for post-Covid economic reconstruction - Valeria Termini - Treccani

More trust in Europe - Pietro Reichlin - Luiss Open

Next Generation EU is a Step Towards Fiscal Union - Stefano Micossi - BRIDGE Network

“The poorest suffer most from Covid” – Interview with Enrico Giovannini – Huffington Post

The Recovery Fund is a great opportunity and should not be wasted - Angelo Baglioni e Massimo Bordignon - Lavoce

“The German Constitutional Court’s ruling is an attack on the ECB’s independence” - Interview with Piercarlo Padoan – QuiFinanza

Interview with Francesco Saraceno – Class CNBC Report

Beyond the pandemic: Eight proposals to revive the banking union

European funds can help Italy speed up its reforms – Pier Carlo Padoan – Il Foglio