Tag: Euro crisis
The EU gives Greece back its financial sovereignty
Athens The Greek government will have more room for manoeuvre. (Photo: imago/Panthermedia) Athens With the end of the strict financial control (“enhanced surveillance”), the Greek government will have more room…
Uniper rescue, departure of the VW boss: The editor-in-chief’s weekly review
Dusseldorf Good morning dear readers, when it came to solidarity in Europe, then Germany has always played a role that oscillated somewhere between gentle patron and strict big brother. During…
Mario Draghi changed that – and is now in danger
Rome The Mario Draghi chapter is complete. Italy is facing new elections, and President Sergio Mattarella dissolved the chambers of parliament early Thursday evening. The former central banker was in…
The ECB is getting even more political
The European Central Bank (ECB) has increased interest rates by half a percentage point. Negative interest rates are history, the official base rate is even 0.5 percent. So far so…
Mario Draghi changed that – and is now in danger
Rome Mario Draghi was in office for exactly 522 days, just over 17 months. These were times of crisis, economic, pandemic, and since the outbreak of the Ukraine war also…
What impact is Italy’s government crisis having on Europe?
Rome After only a year and a half of political stability, Italy plunged into the next government crisis on Thursday. Mario Draghi’s coalition is in danger of collapsing, the prime…
What impact is Italy’s government crisis having on Europe?
Rome After only a year and a half of political stability, Italy fell into the next government crisis this Thursday. Mario Draghi’s coalition is in danger of collapsing, the prime…
The deputy editor-in-chief’s weekly recap
There hasn’t been a day in the past week when the turbulence in the markets hasn’t kept us on our toes: The international stock exchanges have had their worst half-year…
The euro needs fiscal unbundling
When the corona pandemic hit the euro zone in early 2020, many politicians and voters were appalled to find that they lacked fiscal or monetary policy leverage to counter the…
Dispute over Climate Chancellor Scholz – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
we go into the week leading up to the world climate conference, which begins next Sunday in Glasgow. A wealth of statements on this will be read, heard and seen.…