Jan 27, 2013

Euro and trade will make EU irrelevant

Appeal will diminish amid a eurozone economic union and transatlantic free-trade zone

Jan 20, 2013

Monti is not the right man to lead Italy

Most Italians know they owe the fall in bond yields to Draghi

Jan 13, 2013

It does not really matter if Britain leaves

The idea of the UK at the heart of the EU is bizarre

Jan 6, 2013

US joins misguided pursuit of austerity

Governments have pushed themselves into a corner where austerity is the default

Dec 16, 2012

Politics undermines hope of banking union

A division into larger and smaller banks makes no economic sense

Dec 9, 2012

Politics have burst the Monti bubble

Two things need fixing in Italy, both of which are beyond the scope of the technocrats

Dec 2, 2012

Merkel’s opponents offer too much consensus

The Social Democrats do not want to be responsible for a Greek exit

Nov 25, 2012

Britain’s bluster serves the eurozone well

David Cameron is giving the grouping the nudge it needs

Nov 18, 2012

What not to worry about in the euro crisis

Never underestimate the ability of Brussels technocrats to find money

Nov 11, 2012

Competitiveness will not save the euro

A cut in unit labour costs is only a gain if you achieve it but nobody else does

Nov 4, 2012

Why I remain a pessimist on Europe’s solvency

The national backstops have not removed the total solvency risk

Oct 28, 2012

Crutches prop up euro, but it’s still lame

Move to stop liquidity crisis is matched by refusal to recognise solvency crisis

Oct 21, 2012

Banking union will not end Europe’s crisis

The project could unite the EU’s core but it will also separate it from the rest

Oct 14, 2012

Heed siren voices to end fixation with austerity

IMF must have realised that the present policy is not working

Oct 7, 2012

Relentless austerity will only deepen Greek woes

In the absence of a very big change in policy, we should expect Spain to go down the same tube

Sep 30, 2012

Welcome back to the eurozone crisis

The political process slows when the central bank tries to help out

Sep 23, 2012

Draghi is devil in Weidmann’s euro drama

Bundesbank chief is sabotaging the single currency by reinforcing people’s fears

Sep 16, 2012

QE would be right for Europe, too

The biggest danger for the eurozone right now is a rapidly deteriorating economy

Sep 9, 2012

Weidmann is winning the debate on policy

The ECB may now be more inclined to raise rates at the first false dawn of recovery

Sep 2, 2012

My one piece of advice for Mr Draghi

A proper banking union is the bare minimum for the eurozone to function

ABOUT WOLFGANG

Wolfgang Münchau Wolfgang Münchau is an associate editor of the Financial Times, where he writes a weekly column about the European Union and the European economy. Before taking up this position in September 2003, he was co-editor of Financial Times Deutschland for two years.

Before joining FT Deutschland, Mr Münchau was a Frankfurt correspondent and later economics correspondent of the Financial Times, reporting on the preparation for the final stage of monetary union and the launch of the euro.

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