Euro Monitor: Which countries are best placed to exit the crisis?

The economic and financial crisis has revealed a number of weaknesses in the economic governance of the EU's economic and monetary union.

The EU and its Member States have taken a series of important decisions that will mean stronger• economic and budgetary coordination for the EU as a whole and for the euro area in particular. Thus, in May 2011, the Member States agreed to establish a rescue mechanism worth €750 billion to protect the euro from collapsing under the weight of accumulated debt.

Invited contributors include:
• Michael Heise, Chief Economist Allianz
Mr. Heise presents the results from the recently published Allianz Euro Monitor.
• Ju¨rgen Kro¨ger , Director DG ECFIN
• Guntram Wolff, Deputy Director, Bruegel

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