Ideas Monitor #28/2017
What's next for the negotiotations between EU and UK? Further highlights about France-German apparent friendship and its consequences for Europe. ...
Posts Tagged ‘Austerity’
Ideas Monitor #20/2017
This week's IM focuses on a new way of talking about austerity measures and the future of the national identities in an increasingly globalised world....
Political Briefing #103/2016
The refugee crisis continues to be one of the main concerns of the European political class, while the politics of austerity is back under the spotlight....
Political Briefing #98/2016
The politics of austerity is back under the spotlight. In other news, the Brexit debate continues to make the headlines in the UK and the EU-Turkey relationship remains quite troubled....
Ordoliberalism as an Irritating German Idea?
A number of distinguished scholars from Germany and elsewhere have gathered in Berlin to try and dissect the origins, nature and consequence the so-called ordoliberalism....
Political briefing #80/2016
The development of Brexit continues to be one of the main concerns for European politicians and institutions and the politics of austerity are back in the spotlight. In the meantime, the Hungarian ref...
What explains German economic success – Is the model sustainable?
Germany’s export-led model is hardly sustainable in the long run. Immigration, however, might stimulate a new domestic-growth model for the country and, as a result, an economic rebalancing of the E...
A kingdom shrouded in uncertainty: The flawed logic of self-government in the UK referendum
UK voters are being told they have a unique opportunity to choose self-government. But it is irresponsible of politicians to claim that self-government automatically produces a better socio-economic o...
The challenges of the European social model: An interview with Elsa Fornero
In Elsa Fornero’s view, European Welfare Systems face multiple crises: a European social model based on the values of cohesion and participation could be able to resist to pressures and centrifugal ...
Italy vs Weidmann: a Twitter based analysis
On April 26, the president of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Jens Weidmann, held a speech at the German embassy in Rome. He claimed the Italian government does not respect the fiscal discipline principles e...
Ideas Monitor #13/2016
This week’s intellectual debate has been dominated by the Brexit referendum; the Greek bailout agreement; and the status of EU institutions....
Political Briefing #4/2016
“I think it will need more time. The discussions only started a short time ago. We have to do everything we can to make Britain stay. Not on any conditions, that would be senseless. But there are so...
Political Briefing #45/2017
The negotiations over the Greek bailout are back under the spotlight with the prospect of the Eurogroup meeting on Thursday. In other news, the European Commission started procedures to sanction Polan...
Ideas Monitor #7/2017
In this week’s IM: Brexit and the Greek crisis....
Inside the Troika’s (apparent) monolith
While the Troika is often presented by critics as a ruthless monolith, a closer glance reveals a different reality....
Is leaving the euro a realistic solution for Italy?
The solution to Italy’s economic woes is not leaving the common currency, but striving to make the Eurozone more growth-friendly....
Political Briefing #86/2016
The UK government’s cabinet is said to undergo deep tensions in the Brexit debate. Meanwhile, European governments are seeking to pass their budget laws and the destiny of the Greek economy is becom...
Political briefing #79/2016
The refugee crisis continues to make the headlines all over Europe. In the meantime, austerity, investment policies, and debt restructuring have resurfaced in European public debates....
EU-related discussions in the Spanish elections: A Twitter study
Spanish electoral discussions in 2015 and 2016 displayed surprisingly little Europeanization. The only exception to this trend was the Brexit issue, whose effects on the Spanish vote, however, remain ...
Ideas Monitor #20/2016
This week, EuVisions takes part in the 11th edition of the Trento Economics Festival, whose theme this year is “Where growth takes place”. For the occasion, this Ideas Monitor focuses primarily on...
Political Briefing #49/2016
“[W]hen I hear the EU being compared to the plans and projects of Adolf Hitler I cannot remain silent. Such absurd arguments should be completely ignored if they hadn't been formulated by one of the...
Political Briefing #45/2016
“You’re not a leftist. You’re an opportunist who will do everything to stay in power”. (Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Leader of Greece’s New Democracy Party (to Alexis Tsipras) )...
Political Briefing #14/2016
“[Mario Draghi] said that although the rules of the Stability Pact need to be respected, governments should reduce taxes and allocate more resources for investment. In other words, he is suggesting ...
Political Briefing #1/2016
“In July 2015, we witnessed a financial coup executed from the European Union and its institutions against the Greek government, condemning the Greek population to keep suffering the austerity polic...
Spain: A successful story of recovery from the crisis?
Spain is often indicated as the poster child of EU-driven austerity and structural reforms. But is the country really a success story?...
Anti-Capitalist, Illiberal, Eurosceptic: The Puzzles of Post-Socialist Europe – Part II
The second instalment of our series on Central and Eastern Europe analyzes the decline of post-socialist democracies and its causes...
Political Briefing #102/2016
The negotiations linked to the third Greek bailout remain one of the main concerns of European politicians and institutions. In other news, Brexit continues to make the headlines in the UK and Brussel...
Political Briefing #94/2016
The rise of populist parties continues to be one of the main concerns of European politicians and institutional leaders. Brexit continues to make the headline across Europe and the debates on austerit...
Political Briefing #84/2016
The Greek bail-out negotiations are back under the spotlight. In other news, the Brexit debate continues to make the headlines in the UK and across Europe....
Political Briefing #76/2016
The politics of austerity is back in the spotlight, while the post-Brexit referendum scenario remains one of the main concerns of European politicians....
Family, neighbourhood community or a partnership among strangers? A conversation on the EU
In “The Germanization of Europe”, Maurizio Ferrera reproaches Germany for not treating its EU partners like members of a family. But family entails responsibilities as well as solidarity....
Political Briefing #54/2016
"Is it in London's interest for me to hold grudges? Is it in London's interests for the mayor of London to be at permanent war with the Conservative prime minister?" (Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, as h...
Ideas Monitor #18/2016
This week we cover: Brexit, the economic and political future of the EU and the refugee deal with Turkey....
Political Briefing #40/2016
“His Majesty the King … has found that there is no candidate who has the necessary support for the Congress of Deputies to grant him its confidence”. (Spanish Royal Palace statement.)...
Is austerity reversible? The Portuguese left government receives the visit of the Troika
From January 27 to February 3, representatives of the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the European Commission, undertook the third post-program monitoring of Portugal after ...
Political Briefing #4/2015
[The results of the Spanish elections are] "very interesting, because as has already happened in Greece and Portugal, governments which apply rigid austerity measures, even if these are accompanied by...
Luxurious bees and chastised puritans. A history of the debate on austerity.
"Austerity: The Great Failure" argues that austerity has a moral nature and that the debate about it has ancient origins and it is not settled yet....
Political Briefing #104/2016
After the Berlin terrorist attacks, the debate on national security became prominent in German politics, while the Greek bailout politics is back under the spotlight....
Political Briefing #101/2016
Austerity-related discussions are prominent in Greece and Spain, the refugee crisis makes the headlines across Europe and the elections of the new President of the EP continues to be one of the main c...
Borrowed Institutions and Fundamental Rights in Times of Austerity
In the recent Ledra ruling the EU Court of Justice sent an ambivalent message regarding the scope of the Union’s law....
Ideas Monitor #35/2016
This week we inquire the origin of support for austerity policies and whether Brexit will lead to less Europe and more neoliberal policies....
The end of the European left? Alternatives after crisis, Syriza and Brexit
Rather than clinging to traditional notions of social Europe, European leftists should look at the continent’s emerging civil society experiments to find a way for the future....
The Spanish elections aftermath: forming a government in the shadow of Merkelism
After the recent Spanish elections, the socialists seem the most likely kingmakers. They should use this opportunity also to change the country’s approach to European matters....
Ideas Monitor #19/2016
This week, Ideas Monitor focuses on the incoming Brexit referendum and the EU austerity agenda....
Political Briefing #48/2016
“I think if I were from Britain I would probably [...] I would not want it, I would want to go back to the different system”. (Donald Trump, Republican candidate for 2016 U.S. Presidential electio...
Greece’s Annus Horribilis 2015
Syriza and its nationalist partners came to power promising voters a fast and painless return to the good old times. Predictably, they failed to deliver. But not before taking the country to the brink...
Political Briefing #7/2016
“I consider [the migration crisis] more serious than the so-called "euro crisis". Why? Because what is at stake is not just economic matter, it's about political acceptance and because the very sudd...
Renzi Vs Juncker: interactive dashboard
The clash between Italy and the Commission is as communicative as it is political. In an unusually sharp exchange, for instance, Renzi recently reminded the Commission that the times in which Italy wo...
