Labour market reform in Italy: Matteo Renzi up against the wall
By Céline Antonin While Matteo Renzi had enjoyed a relative “state of grace” since his election in February 2014, the Senate vote in early December […]
Month: December 2014
An unprecedented retreat by the euro zone’s banks
By Anne-Laure Delatte, CNRS, OFCE, CEPR, Visiting Lecturer at Princeton University Another small step was taken last month towards a euro zone banking union when […]
Banking Europe: Strength in the Union?
By Céline Antonin and Vincent Touzé On 4 November 2014, the European Central Bank became the single supervisor of banks in the euro zone. This was […]
Devaluation through wages in the euro zone: a lose-lose adjustment
by Sabine Le Bayon, Mathieu Plane, Christine Rifflart and Raul Sampognaro Since the outbreak of the financial crisis in 2008 and the sovereign debt crisis in […]
On the difficulty of carrying out structural reforms in a period of high unemployment
By Sabine Le Bayon, Mathieu Plane, Christine Rifflart and Raul Sampognaro Structural reforms aimed at developing a more flexible labour market are often attributed all the […]