With the successful launch of the euro, the previously national interbank bank markets have been integrated at once in a unified euro interbank market, outstanding public debt has been redenominated in euro, trading conventions harmonised, and all EMU stock markets have started quoting in euro....

Contents: 1. Jürgen von Hagen, Jean Pisani-Ferry - Forum Economique Franco-Allemand /Deutsch-Französisches Wirtschaftspolitisches Forum ...1 -- 2. Karel Lannoo - Financial Supervision in EMU ...3 -- 3. Charles Wyplosz - Economic Policy Coordination in EMU: Strategies and Institutions...36 --...

In March, the European Commission released its Europe 2020 strategy proposal, which strives for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and greater policy coordination between the EU and national governments. While the document was greeted with scepticism in some quarters, others believe it lays...

Brexit means Brexit, or out means out — and that includes the UK's exit from the single financial market. With financial services accounting for about eight per cent of the country's GDP, it is understandable why the UK attaches immense importance to retaining access to the EU's single market....

More than other EU 'Unions', the proposed Health Union requires proper definition because the EU's competences are limited in this domain.

The Magic Polygon and the Trade-Off-Analysis For the economic policy of most countries, the magic polygon seems to be regarded as the desirable leitmotif. But do economic policy measures actually pursue such objectives, and what weight do they assign to them? Questions of this nature resulted in...

Bankengröße und Effizienz Die Diskussion um die Konzentration im europäischen Bankwesen wird weitgehend qualitativ ohne Bemühungen um empirische Tests geführt. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen über Größenvorteile (Economies of Scale), Verbundvorteile (Economies of Scope) oder auch bloß...