Joschka Fischer
The Threat of German Amnesia
BERLIN – Europe’s situation is serious – very serious. Who would have thought that British Prime Minister David Cameron would call on eurozo…
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The European project may be disintegrating. Increasingly, Germany's role as European leader is being challenged, and France's rejection of austerity will embolden opponents further. Is Germany jeopardizing the European Union? How should a post-crisis eurozone – if one emerges – be organized?
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Zaki Laïdi
Hollande or Insurrection?
PARIS – For better or worse, Europe is now engaged in an insurrection against the fiscal pact condemning European Union member countrie…
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Yannos Papantoniou
Steering Clear of the Euro Precipice
ATHENS – Renewed turbulence in the eurozone bond market underlines the need to reappraise the policies now being pursued in order to overcom…
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Mohamed A. El-Erian
Germany’s Neighborhood Watch
FRANKFURT – On a recent trip to Germany, I was struck by two distinct narratives. One narrative features a robust German economy with low un…
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Hans-Werner Sinn
A Crisis in Full Flight
MUNICH – For a while, it looked as if the European Central Bank’s €1 trillion credit program to pump liquidity into Europe’s banking system …
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Harold James
France and Frankfurt
PRINCETON – Over the past two years, financial markets have turned the spotlight on a succession of countries – Greece, Ireland, Portugal, S…
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Amar Bhidé
Debt Reckoning for Europe
BOSTON – Saving the euro, say the sages of the global economy, requires radical steps.& The OECD recently called for a large European fi…
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Barry Eichengreen
The ECB’s Lethal Inhibition
BERKELEY – Last December, with Europe’s financial system on the brink of disaster, the European Central Bank stunned the markets with an unp…
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George Soros
Reversing Europe’s Renationalization
NEW YORK – Far from abating, the euro crisis has taken a turn for the worse in recent months. The European Central Bank managed to relieve a…
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Simon Tilford
Eurozone Chutzpah and the IMF
LONDON – Eurozone policymakers and politicians are in no doubt: they have done their part to support the currency union’s struggling members…
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