European Commission Green Paper on the feasibility of introducing Stability Bonds - Official Version
Wednesday, 23 November 2011 | 
Peter Lindmark
Brussels, 23 November 2011
European Commission Green Paper on the feasibility of introducing Stability Bonds
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Tags: bond, Commission, ECFIN, EFSF, Eurobonds, Rehn, Stabilisation Bank
Will Merkel Change Her Tune on Stability Bonds?
Tuesday, 22 November 2011 | Peter Lindmark
Stability bonds. That is the new moniker given by the European Commission to euro bonds as it moves toward presenting its most definitive proposal yet for the debt pooling measure on Wednesday.
Indeed, European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commission Olli Rehn was in Berlin on Tuesday to tout Brussels' three-option studyon how bonds issued jointly by the 17 euro-zone member states could help stem the debt crisis.
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Commission preparing plans for Eurobonds while Germany still opposes it
Wednesday, 14 September 2011 | European Affairs
The European Commission is preparing options for the introduction of eurobonds, its president José Manuel Barroso said this morning addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg. He called for much closer political integration and said the EU needed a "new federalist moment" to confront the most serious challenge for the bloc in a generation. Mr Barroso portrayed the current crisis as an existential threat to the European project. "This is a fight for the jobs and prosperity of families in all our member states.”
Barry Eichengreen: Europe on the Verge of a Political Breakdown
Monday, 12 September 2011 | European Affairs
Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank, has called for stricter budgetary rules. Mario Draghi, head of the Bank of Italy and Trichet’s anointed successor at the ECB, has called for binding limits not on just budgets but also on a host of other national economic policies. Guy Verhofstadt, leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the European Parliament, is only one in a growing chorus of voices calling for the creation of Eurobonds. Germany’s finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, has suggested that Europe needs to move to full fiscal union.
German economists say 'Nein' to 'disaster' eurobonds
Friday, 19 August 2011 | European Affairs
As the debate on whether the EU should introduce eurobonds to solve the debt crisis sharpens, economists in Berlin argue that pooling Europe's debt would spell disaster for Germany and the euro. EurActiv.de reports.
http://www.euractiv.com/en/euro-finance/german-economists-nein-disaster-eurobonds-news-507021
Eurobonds could cost the German taxpayer up to €47 billion a year - ifo institute
Friday, 19 August 2011 | European Affairs
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