Eurozone

Sebastian Mang calls for a reform of European macroeconomic governance that empowers states to contend with current crises.

Shahin Vallée and Franziska Brantner debate European democracy, transnational politics, and the meaning of sovereignty.

Short-term fixes in times of crisis are no longer enough if the Eurozone is the key to an ever closer union.

Germany has shifted its position to unlock the route to an EU recovery fund. But Europe still needs a political alternative to inter-governmental deadlock.

Tight public spending may have powered its exports, but underinvestment in people and infrastructure has its costs. Could a new investment rule be just what Germany needs?

The EU needs a new model for doing business, one which marries innovation, social justice & sustainability, & puts Europe on the road to shared prosperity before crisis hits again.

Although progressive social movements engage less and less with the EU following its direction of the economic and refugee crises, the struggle for ‘another Europe’ is not lost.

Looking to historical and US-based examples offers a springboard to discuss European integration at a time of rising nationalism and populism.

In an age of climate crisis where the social consequences of 2008 are still being felt, central banks are in uncharted territory.

A Eurozone expert envisions how a new monetary policy – changing the way we pay, save, tax and spend – could fix the contradictions pulling Europe apart.