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10 September 2015

ECB, European Council, State of the Union Debate, US interest rates, VAT revenue collection, ECON, EU reform, Greek bailout, Single Market, CMU, FTT and much more.

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Deepening EMU – Round-up of Key Events – August 2015
The European Commission signed a new ESM programme for Greece, after which the Greek PM resigned and called for a snap election. The Chinese stock markets turmoil may pose a bigger concern for the global economy if turned into a crisis, and some European leaders called for further union in the EU.  View Article
 
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Deepening EMU – Round-up of Key Events – August 2015
The European Commission signed a new ESM programme for Greece, after which Greek PM resigned and called for a snap election. The Chinese stock markets turmoil may pose a bigger concern for the global economy if turned into a crisis, and some European leaders called for further integration in the EU.  View Article
 
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European Commission: State of the Union 2015 - Time for Honesty, Unity and Solidarity
In his speech, Commission President Juncker said that "our European Union is not in a good state," and called for a stronger union. Juncker also talked about the refugee crisis, the Greek bailout, the Five President's report and the Ukranian crisis.  View Article
European Council: Speech by President Tusk
In his speech, Council's President Tusk described three key elements to improve our Economic and Monetary Union: a proper European deposit insurance scheme, a true capital markets' union and a euro area system of competitiveness authorities.  View Article
European Council: Speech by Eurogroup President Dijsselbloem
The main topics of the speech were Greece and the importance of convergence for the EMU's smooth functioning.  View Article
The Guardian: Europe should back debt crisis principles at the UN
Yanis Varoufakis is among signatories to a letter asking Britain and the EU to sign up to a nine-point UN code putting democratic rights – and not the market – at the heart of international governance.  View Article
VoxEU: Breaking the Greek debt impasse
Greece needs debt restructuring. Yet, to get debt reduction, the Greek government is required to implement structural reforms. This column proposes a way to square the circle by introducing a Structural Reform Index in Greek loan contracts.  View Article
Reuters: British, Spanish prime ministers make joint call for EU reform
The prime ministers of Britain and Spain made a joint call for structural reforms in the European Union to make it more competitive and boost growth, employment and innovation.  View Article
 
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European Parliament: Smart Single Market regulation
This study proposes a consolidated governance system that would serve as a tool for smart Single Market regulation toward 2020 and beyond.   View Article
VoxEU: Bank bailouts, monetary policy, and credit default risks in the Eurozone
Bank bailout policies and non-standard monetary policies by the ECB had a significant impact on default risks of sovereigns and banks in the eurozone. The results, however, show that neither of the two policies were an unqualified success.  View Article
VoxEU: Towards a consensus on the causes of the eurozone crisis
The ultimate causes of the eurozone crisis were policy failures that allowed the imbalances to get so large, a lack of institutions to absorb shocks at the eurozone level, and poor crisis management.  View Article
 
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ECB: Introductory statement to the press conference
At its Governing Council meeting, the ECB decided to keep the key ECB interest rates unchanged, and to increase its asset purchase programme issue share limit to 33%. It also cut the EU growth and inflation forecasts for 2015-2017.  View Article
The ECB’s asset purchase programme: the impact so far
Speech by Peter Praet, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, at the Eurofi conference in Luxembourg, linked to expanded asset purchase programme and credit easing package.  View Article
Financial Times: The case for keeping US interest rates low
After nearly seven years of zero interest rates, the inflation of which critics warned is invisible.  View Article
European Commission presses Member States on VAT revenue collection
VAT revenue collection has failed to show significant improvement across EU Member States. The total amount of VAT lost across the EU is estimated at €168 billion.  View Article
EurActiv: Capital Markets Union another obstacle for FTT
As the 11 countries considering the Financial Transaction Tax prepare to finalise its details at the next Ecofin Council, many aspects of the tax are still hazy.  View Article
 
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ECON: Opinion for the Committee on Budgets on the general budget of the EU for 2016
The ECON called on the Committee on Budgets to incorporate a number of suggestions into its motion for a resolution.  View Article
 

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