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Tag: fiscal union

EU prepares for 'new stage' in economic union - 24 May 2012 - News

European leaders will discuss plans for deeper economic integration in the euro zone at their next meeting in June, after an inconclusive summit yesterday (23 May) saw open divergences between France and Germany over ways to kick-start the EU's sluggish economy.

Ministers debate new EU powers over national budgets - 21 February 2012 - News

The EU's 27 finance ministers will be debating new transfers of power to the European Commission when they meet on Tuesday (21 February), as they examine proposals to tighten control over member states' budgets in the wake of the eurozone's debt crisis.

Paris, Berlin to unveil joint corporate tax plan at Ecofin - 20 February 2012 - News

A meeting of finance ministers in Brussels will see France and Germany present plans to align their national corporate tax regimes, as the European Commission's own attempt at EU-level harmonisation has so far failed to garner the required unanimity among the 27 member states.

Merkel: 'My vision is political union' - 26 January 2012 - News

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has revealed her long-term vision for Europe, saying the debt crisis is forcing eurozone countries towards a federalist model and placing her on a collision course with the more eurosceptic UK.

Legal challenges await EU fiscal treaty in Ireland - 25 January 2012 - News

Ireland may still have to hold a referendum on Europe's new fiscal treaty even if the government decides next month that it does not need a popular vote to sign up to the pact.

Bundestag prepares to scrutinise EU fiscal treaty - 22 December 2011 - News

As negotiations over the EU's new 'fiscal compact' begin in Brussels, German lawmakers in Berlin promise to make their voices heard. And the legal hurdles abound, according to Patrick Sensburg, a Christian Democrat (CDU) lawmaker who chairs the Bundestag's Subcommittee on European Law. EurActiv Germany reports.

A back-gear, not a forward-gear Union - 21 December 2011 - Analysis

By March 2012, Europe will finally have a form of fiscal union to govern the single currency. Unfortunately, this will be a pseudo fiscal union as it will be built like a car with no forward gear to drive investments into producing wealth and jobs, writes Jens-Peter Bonde, a former Danish MEP.

German MP: Bundestag will participate in EU fiscal union pact - 21 December 2011 - Interview

As negotiations over the EU's new 'fiscal compact' begin in Brussels, the Bundestag promises to make its voice heard. EurActiv Germany spoke with Patrick Sensburg, a Christian Democratic MP who chairs the Subcommittee on European Law.

Europe back under pressure after summit - 12 December 2011 - News

Financial markets gave the thumbs down on Monday (12 December) to a landmark EU deal to deepen economic integration, pushing European stocks and the euro lower as investors judged its debt crisis would continue to worsen.

Van Rompuy tables blueprint for eurozone 'fiscal pact' - 07 December 2011 - News

There are quicker ways to save the euro than modifying the EU treaties, says European Council President Herman Van Rompuy in a paper to be discussed at a crunch European summit on Thursday. EurActiv provides the text of the blueprint. 

Federalist resurgence needed - 20 October 2011 - Analysis

The debt crisis has highlighted the limits of inter-governmental cooperation in the euro zone. Attempting to manage a single currency with 17 separate economic policies is like squaring the circle, write Guy Verhofstadt, Daniel Cohn-Bendit and other politicians at the Spinelli Group, which campaigns for a federalist Europe.

Nobel prize winner: Europe needs a fiscal union - 11 October 2011 - News

Two Americans were awarded the Nobel prize for economics yesterday  (10 October) and said they had no easy answers for the debt crisis plaguing Europe, but stressed a fiscal union can avoid the collapse of the euro.

Italy 'ready to give up sovereignty' to save euro - 16 September 2011 - News

Ahead of a key eurozone meeting in Poland today (16 September), Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said Rome was ready to relinquish "all the sovereignty necessary to create a genuine European central government" and draw a line under the euro zone's debt crisis.

Bankers, economists see eurobonds as inevitable: Poll - 19 August 2011 - News

Europe's leaders may soon have to bow to market pressure by issuing a common eurozone bond as early as next year, as a growing field of investors and economists say it would be the best – and perhaps only – way of solving the debt crisis.

European pacts: Time for an economic union - 18 February 2011 - Analysis

Germany's proposal for a 'competitiveness pact' opens a unique opportunity to forge a real economic, not just monetary union, says Maria João Rodrigues, an economic policy professor and special advisor to the EU institutions. But she also warns about risks of serious divisions which have started to emerge.

France and Germany to present 'fiscal union' plans - 03 February 2011 - News

The EU's two largest economies are expected to present plans for closer fiscal coordination at a summit on Friday (4 February), hoping to tackle the underlying gaps in competitiveness between countries that fuelled the crisis in the euro zone.

European leaders kick off fiscal union debate - 16 December 2010 - News

Moves towards greater fiscal union are on EU leaders' notepads at a summit which opened in Brussels today, the German European Minister, Werner Hoyer has told EurActiv.

France, Germany break taboo over fiscal union - 13 December 2010 - News

As European Union leaders prepare to meet in Brussels this week to create a lasting lending facility for indebted countries, France and Germany have surprised observers by stating their openness to discussing whether countries that share the euro currency should harmonise fiscal policy.

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