Publication

Jul 2012

The eurozone experiment was based on a series of big economic and political bets. It’s now clear that almost none of these have paid off. The European Monetary Union is no longer sustainable in its current incarnation. The author argues that the eurozone’s long-term future therefore depends on whether European leaders are able to deliver the institutions needed to make the currency union work, and on whether they can do this quickly enough to avoid an outright collapse.

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Author Mark P Thirlwell
Series Lowy Institute Working Papers
Issue 2
Publisher Lowy Institute for International Policy
Copyright © 2012 Lowy Institute for International Policy
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