Rich, Vivid, and Ignored: History in European studies
This article examines the place of history as a discipline in the wider field of European studies in 2015.
Pourquoi l’euro? Rappel historique sur la création de la monnaie unique
Depuis 2010, la crise de la zone euro jette un voile de confusion sur les raisons ayant mené à la création de la monnaie unique. Un retour sur celles-ci permet de mieux comprendre les origines et les enjeux actuels de la monnaie unique.
Excitement and frustration: the publication of the first ECB “minutes”
The ECB has published its first “minutes” of the Governing Council, following up a promise made last year.
A Capital Markets Union for Europe, from Claudio Segré to Jean-Claude Juncker
What is particularly striking about this Capital Markets Union (CMU) discussion is that it is a rather old topic of debate within the EU – one that first emerged at a time when the European financial puzzle was set very differently.
Why the Single Supervisory Mechanism is European economic integration’s biggest step since the creation of the euro
The move of Eurozone banking supervision to the supranational level represents a genuine novelty in Europe’s economic governance.
The ECB minutes’ leak and the historian’s “black box”
In an article on the bailout of the Cyprus Popular Bank, the New York Times describes internal disputes within the European Central Bank on the basis of leaked ECB minutes – an episode that epitomises some of the challenges faced by historians.