Comments

The comments in media and statements listed here were written by all or a majority of the Council members.

Statement

Proposals to reform fiscal rules in the Eurozone

– A joint statement of the French and German Economic Councils. (Download)

By-lined Article

Free trade, now more than ever

– In ‘Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung’, the GCEE explains how the EU should re-spond to the tariff increase on steel and aluminium announced by US-President Donald Trump (in German only).

Working Paper

Creditor participation clauses: Making orderly sovereign debt restructuring feasible in the Eurozone

– Post on the VoxEU blog by Jochen Andritzky, Lars P. Feld, Christoph M. Schmidt, Isabel Schnabel and Volker Wieland

Working Paper

Divergence of liability and control as the source of over-indebtedness and moral hazard in the European monetary union

– Post on the VoxEU blog by the Council members Lars P. Feld, Christoph M. Schmidt, Isabel Schnabel and Volker Wieland

Working Paper

Greece: No escape from the inevitable

– Post on the VoxEU blog by Lars P. Feld, Christoph M. Schmidt, Isabel Schnabel, Benjamin Weigert and Volker Wieland

By-lined Article

A Redemption Pact for Europe: Time to act now

– Post on the VoxEU blog by the Council members Peter Bofinger, Claudia M. Buch, Lars P. Feld, Wolfgang Franz and Christoph M. Schmidt