June 25, 2007
Eurozone Watch in the media
Starting in June 2007, this page lists a selection of our writings on EMU governance in the mass media as well as interviews with the Eurozone Watch editors on current developments in EMU economics and governance and media reports about our activities. For reasons of time, we only list a small selection.
Der gigantische Finanzbedarf Griechenlands wird vieles verändern, Swiss Radio DRS, Daniela was interviewed on the Greek consolidation process and the issue of external imbalances in EMU (listen into second half), 20.04.2010.
Strikte Koordinierung statt Blankocheck für die Griechen, Handelsblatt, 15.12.2009 [In this article we put forward a proposal for crisis management in Greece. We argue that there is a danger that market reactions drive Greece into sovereign default, if politics does not succeed to construct a clear link between a bail-out promise and very clear conditionality in terms of reforms expected from Greece.]
The argument we make can be found in English on this blog.
And here is the transcript of an interview with Deutsche Welle (Greek programme) on this issue.
An quite long radio interview with the German programme of rfi on financial market supervision and the European Summit of Dec 10/11, 2009 can be found here.
Too European to fail, 09.02.2009. [In this article, which has been published by several European and Asian newspapers, we argue that the No-Bail-Out Clause enshrined in the European Treaty is not likely to hold]. The original text was in English, but it has been translated into several other languages: German – French – Chinese -Russian – Spanish - Czech
»Poly evropaioi gia na apotychoun« Navtemporiki, 10.02.2009 [Greek version of an article by Sebastian Dullien and Daniela Schwarzer on the current tensions in the EMU and the future of the No-Bail-Out-Clause]
Wenn schon Wandel, dann auch richtig. Seit der Finanzkrise sind viele Tabus der europäischen Wirtschaftspolitik gebrochen worden. Das ist auch eine Chance, Op-Ed, DIE ZEIT, 23.12.2008, Sebastian Dullien and Daniela Schwarzer
Når pølsemanden bliver vegetar, Berlingske Business Søndag, 03.08.2008 [article on the German downturn, citing extensively Sebastian Dullien]
L'Allemagne est très attachée à la stabilité monétaire, La Croix, 02.07.2008 [article on the current debate on the ECB interest rate rise and EMU governance quoting Daniela Schwarzer]
Sarkozy acecha al BCE de Trichet y Merkel Diseña una cumbre para recortar el poder del banco, bajar tipos ymermar la influencia alemana. El Mundo, 28.04.2008 [article on different national positions on EMU governance quoting Sebastian Dullien and Daniela]
Pitfalls of harmonising the EU corporate tax base, Euractiv, 29.04.2008 [Euractiv picks up the main arguments of our post on attempts to harmonise the corporate tax base].
El euro se hace mayor entre disgustos Part 1 – Part 2 Aparte del conflicto franco-alemán, constante desde su nacimiento, lamoneda única afronta ahora el impacto desigual de la crisis económica en cada país. El Mundo, 27.04.2008 [2-page-feature on 10 years of EMU drawing on Eurozone Watch content and based on interview with Daniela Schwarzer and Sebastian Dullien]
Fliehkräfte belasten das Euroreich, Handelsblatt, 27.12.2007. [article with interview with Daniela Schwarzer, drawing also on the contributions to our "The EMU under stretch?" conference in June 2007.
Sarkozys Programm zur Reform des Sozialsystems, interview with Daniela Schwarzer on Sarkozy's social reform programme, Radio France International (German programme), September 19th, 2007.
Les allemands et la Bundesbank, interview with Daniela Schwarzer on German economic thinking and history in opposition to French approaches, Radio France International, September 18th, 2007.
Im Rausch des Booms: Regierungen sparen im Aufschwung zu wenig. Eine EU-Steuer könnte das ändern, Sebastian Dullien and Daniela Schwarzer, Op-ed, DIE ZEIT, 30/2007, p. 25.
Was Eichel nicht lernte..., Sebastian Dullien, Op-ed, Financial Times Deutschland, Thursday, July 5, 2007.
Marsch auf den Gipfel der Euro-Zone, Daniela Schwarzer, Op-ed, Handelsblatt, Montag, 25. Juni 2007
EZB warnt vor Reformpause, Mark Schieritz, Financial Times Deutschland, 20.06.2007. [report on our EMU conference with RGE Monitor in Berlin]
Rate rise fears over eurozone reforms, Ralph Atkins, Financial Times, June 20, 2007. [report on our EMU conference with RGE Monitor in Berlin]
The France 24 debate: The Social VAT: Sebastian Dullien appears as special guest in TV talkshow on "France 24" and talks about Sarkozy's VAT plans and the German experience, June 13, 19:15 to 20:00.
Trügerische Ruhe. Der aktuelle Aufschwung überdeckt die wirtschaftlichen Ungleichgewichte in Europa. Die Finanzpolitik sollte sich jetzt auf den nächsten Abschwung vorbereiten, Sebastian Dullien and Daniela Schwarzer, Op-ed, Financial Times Deutschland, 11.06.2007.
Comments(1)
[...] Third, there is currently no common ground for a "Future of EMU"-debate in the 13 member countries. Sarkozy set the agenda, the others did not particularly like what he said – but did not engage themselves in giving directions to the discussion. The political debate is seriously running behind the discussions on economic developments in the Eurozone which are being conducted in academia but also in institutions such as the Commission, the OECD, and partly also the ECB. Just to pick one of the aspects, which we elaborated on at Eurozone Watch: the importance of cyclical divergences in the EMU and the economic and political consequences (see the contributions to our conference with RGE monitor and the press reports here) is ever more discussed and taken seriously. But have you ever attempted to discuss this issue with a national policy-maker? A lot of preparation is still needed to get this discussion going. Meanwhile, and this is the fortunate outcome of Sarkozy’s appearance among the Finance Ministers, a growing number of people is arguing for a Eurozone summit, in other words: they ask the Heads of State and Government to finally get interested in Eurozone affairs. That is good news in a situation in which a top German official would still (jokingly, but revealing of the general opinion) say last week: “If Sarkozy invites us to a summit, this does not mean we will go there”. [...]