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Issue 74 - 2010

The political consequences of the euro crisis

The political consequences of the euro crisis

Katinka Barysch
01 October 2010
The eurozone crisis is changing the way the EU works. It is reinforcing a number of trends that had already been visible over the last decade or so: a shift towards a Union in which governments are in the driving seat, large countries matter more than small ones, and more decisions are taken by subsets of member-states.
US-EU

The midterm elections, Europe and US foreign policy

Tomas Valasek
01 October 2010
Though Barack Obama remains popular in Europe, he has his detractors there, particularly among foreign policy professionals.
The EU's new supervisory architecture

The EU's new supervisory architecture - evolution or revolution?

Philip Whyte
01 October 2010
In early September EU finance ministers approved the Commission's proposals for reforming the EU's supervisory architecture for financial services.
Bulletin
24 September 2010
Issue number 
74