Merkel wants scope to expel eurozone troublemakers

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European rules need to change so that countries that repeatedly break the bloc's economic guidelines can be expelled from the euro zone, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday (17 March).

Ministers back closer EU ‘surveillance’ of national economies

EU finance ministers on Tuesday supported greater EU involvement in monitoring national economic policies, agreeing that more "candid" policy recommendations could be made to member states on issues such as employment, education or the fight against poverty.

Socialists fight EU calls to lift anti-crisis measures

The European left has claimed that EU plans to withdraw economic stimulus measures adopted at the height of the financial crisis are premature and could lead to leaps in unemployment. In fact, German regional elections might hold the key, EurActiv has learned.

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Opinion & Analysis

Financial markets and eurozone system partly to blame for Greek crisis

Paul De Grauwe, Professor of Economics, University of Leuven

We can't go on like this: The Greek debt crisis and the euro

Loukas Tsoukalis, President, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)

Van Rompuy uses Greek crisis to assert his leadership

Peter Ludlow, Executive President, European Strategy Forum

The positive side of Greece's economic troubles

François Lafond, Director , German Marshall Fund's Paris office

The new Commission's economic philosophy

Katinka Barysch, Charles Grant, Simon Tilford & Philip Whyte, Senior fellows, Centre for European Reform