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  1. Image opens in enlarged view In December 2017, the ECB once again decided against adjusting its interest rates.
    Comment // 14.12.2017

    ECB Will Have a Hard Task Justifying Its Policy in 2018

    Press Relations and Editing ECB Monetary policy decisions
  2. Image opens in enlarged view The EU Commission has concrete plans for the further development of Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union.
    Comment // 06.12.2017

    A European Monetary Fund Could Be Open to Abuse

    Press Relations and Editing Reform actions European Economic and Monetary Union
  3. Image opens in enlarged view The European Commission presents an outline of a future CAP which shifts more responsibility onto the Member States.
    Comment // 29.11.2017

    The Commission Shies away from Straightforward Conclusions Concerning the Common Agricultural Policy

    Press Relations and Editing
  4. Image opens in enlarged view Exploratory talks to form Germany’s next government with a “Jamaica coalition” have collapsed.
    Comment // 20.11.2017

    ZEW President Achim Wambach on German Coalition Talks - An Opportunity to Structure the Energy Transition Has Been Squandered

    Press Relations and Editing Coalition government Jamaica
  5. Comment // 10.11.2017

    Without an Insolvency Procedure for Sovereigns, Europe is on Course to Become a Transfer Union

    The next German government should not agree to any reform of the Eurozone that does not include the introduction of an insolvency system for Member States deep in government debt. To mark the founding…
    Press Relations and Editing Reform actions European policy
  6. Comment // 09.11.2017

    Germany Must Take Precautions for the Next Economic Crisis

    The German Federal Ministry of Finance’s Working Party on Tax Revenue Estimates has for the second time this year made an upward adjustment of its forecasts for federal, state and municipal tax revenues in…
    Press Relations and Editing Tax revenue estimation Tax Policy
  7. Image opens in enlarged view The ECB has cut back its bond purchase programme, but has no plans to end the programme in 2018.
    Comment // 26.10.2017

    ECB Bond Purchases: Too Much for Too Long

    Press Relations and Editing ECB Eurozone
  8. Image opens in enlarged view The majority of insolvent airline Air Berlin will be taken over by Lufthansa.
    Comment // 12.10.2017

    Competition Authorities Will Prevent a Potential Monopoly

    Press Relations and Editing Competition
  9. Image opens in enlarged view Demonstrations in favour of independence from Spain have become a daily occurrence on the streets of the Catalan capital, Barcelona.
    Comment // 06.10.2017

    Catalonia Crisis Casts Shadow over Potential European Fiscal Union

    Press Relations and Editing Referendum Spain