Eurozone

The Eurozone has stabilized following its sovereign debt crisis, but serious challenges to the bloc remain, including Italy’s weak growth outlook and rising debt burden. EU members have yet to follow through on structural reforms proposals to ensure another crisis does not occur. Revitalizing the single currency project is vital to Europe, as the decoupling of the US and Chinese economies is darkening the global growth outlook.

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EconoGraphics

Feb 10, 2015

Is Austerity to Blame for the Collapse of the Political center in the European Union?

By Global Business & Economics Program

Radical political parties in the Eurozone—including Syriza in Greece, Podemos in Spain, and Sinn Féin in Ireland—are riding a wave of popularity. The continent’s debt crisis has pitted the creditor countries, most importantly Germany, against debtor countries like Greece. On an international level, the northern European creditors have managed to implement policies that are forcing […]

Economy & Business European Union

Issue Brief

Mar 25, 2014

Europe’s Imperfect Banking Union

By Megan Greene

In her latest issue brief, “Europe’s Imperfect Banking Union,” Global Business and Economics Program Senior Fellow Megan Greene argues that the European banking union agreement as it currently stands will fall short of many of its goals and will only be useful in the next crisis, not in definitively ending the current one. A slew […]

Economy & Business European Union

Issue Brief

Dec 8, 2011

US Lessons for the Eurozone Restoring Confidence through Transparency

By Julie Chon

As European leaders meet to decide the future of the Eurozone, Julie Chon argues in a new Atlantic Council – Bertelsmann Foundation issue brief that Europe must learn from the United States’ TARP experience, and match a sizeable bazooka with a clear and transparent process for markets to understand how financial mechanisms will work. She […]

Economy & Business European Union

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Paul Adamson

Senior Advisor

Europe Center

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

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Erik Brattberg

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Europe Center

Danish Digital Policy

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Chris Brummer

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoEconomics Center

Digital Currencies Economy & Business

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Julie Chon

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoEconomics Center

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Program Assistant, Economic Statecraft Initiative

Economic Statecraft Initiative GeoEconomics Center

Dutch Economy & Business

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Danuta Hübner

Distinguished Fellow

Europe Center

Democratic Transitions Economy & Business
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