first is the global financial crisis in 2008-09, and the second is the euro area sovereign debt crisis in 2010-12. Both … sequence of financial reforms has improved the sector’s ability to deal with major macro-financial shocks at the EU/euro area …

The destructive potential of the sovereign debt crisis of the euro area has been slowly abating since last summer, but … euro area, and the other being an erosion of trust in the viability of the euro area itself. Such concerns have led to talk … the crisis or the future of the euro area. While the crisis is a traumatic wake-up call, it is also a catalyst for change …

in response to the euro area crisis. The paper complements the economic narratives of the crisis with an institutional …