New bank rules for Europe... towards regulatory competition with the US?
A complete new set of bank rules for Europe The European Commission presented an extensive set of new bank rules, long expected: proposed...
The Banking Crisis in Italy—Bigger than Brexit?
Italy is suffering from both a banking crisis and a political crisis (EuroIntelligence). Italian banks are the focus of attention because...
Banking Union: what options for the third pillar?
The Great Recession, followed by the euro crisis, created a momentum for the realization of the Banking Union to reduce financial...
The Five Presidents’ Report, a roadmap for the completion of EMU
The Five Presidents’ report (published by the EC and the ECB) was released in late June 2015, signed by European Commission’s Jean-Claude...
HEIGHTENED GREEK TURMOIL
Repeated "last chance." Pressure is mounting on reaching an agreement for the Greek bailout plan, after the country announced it would...
The European Integration
The EU was created post-World War II with the idea that countries who trade with one another become economically interdependent and so...
Thematic BlogSpot - Is sluggish growth in Europe a usual downturn or an investment gap?
From 2007 to 2013, investment has fallen by 18 percentage points of GDP in the EU, compared to just 6 in the US. In Southern Europe,...
BlogSpot - December 1st, 2014
Commitments and Implementation in the eurozone European Commission’s Annual Growth survey. In order to support job creation, the European...
BlogSpot - October 13th, 2014
A stronger banking union thanks to stress testing the banks? The ECB and the European Banking Authority will publish the 2014 EU-wide...
BlogSpot - March 21st, 2014
A tripartite agreement for the SRM The Commission, the European Parliament and the Council reached a trilogue deal on the Single...
