The euro has had a difficult second decade but the project has still had some important successes. The common currency … is popular among the euro area's citizens, intra-European exchange rate instability has been removed and the ECB has … successfully achieved its primary goal of price stability. The single currency's popularity has made the euro more resilient than …

the bank has put its independence at risk. The bank’s vow to do “whatever it takes” to save the euro has added a second …

The euro area crisis is the main external factor threatening the Swiss economy. In 2010 and 2011, the Swiss franc was … rapidly appreciating against the euro, causing a drop in exports, losses for the tourism business and a rise in unemployment …. This paper gives an overview of developments in the euro area and explains the reasons for the strength of the franc, the …

global economy. Germany protests that it did all it could to save the euro and is doing all it can to contribute to European … economic health. Indeed, by 2017, the euro had survived. But, it survived at the expense of the societies and the economies of …