Macron Président: Setting Up Another Round Of Conflict On EMU Reform?

With Emmanuel Macron becoming France’s new President in May 2017, one item expected to be marked urgent on his to-do-list will likely be a restart of negotiations on a bolder reform of European Monetary Union (EMU).

However, his proposals for far-reaching transformation of the Eurozone will face strong opposition from abroad, notably in Germany.

The authors’ study The divided Eurozone. Mapping conflicting interests on the reform of the Monetary Union originally published in November 2016 can be downloaded via the related url hyperlink.

[The European Commission's consultative paper on the future of the Economic and Monetary Union was published in May 2017].

ESO: Background information: Euro area reforms [What Think Tanks are thinking] http://www.europeansources.info/record/euro-area-reforms-what-think-tanks-are-thinking/

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung [Brussels]: The divided Eurozone. Mapping conflicting interests on the reform of the Monetary Union (FES, 2017) http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/bruessel/13335.pdf

EurActiv, 09.05.17: Macron win bolsters European moves on globalisation, eurozone http://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/macron-win-bolsters-european-moves-on-globalisation-eurozone/

Euro|Topics: Debates, May 2017: Macron prioritises EU reform http://www.eurotopics.net/en/178791/macron-prioritises-eu-reform

In Facts: Expert View, 09.05.17: Macron eyes reviving German ties to strengthen EU https://infacts.org/macron-eyes-reviving-german-ties-strengthen-eu/

Blog: Open Europe, 11.05.17: On Eurozone integration, France and Germany are still not on the same wavelength http://openeurope.org.uk/today/blog/on-eurozone-integration-france-and-germany-are-still-not-on-the-same-wavelength/

Carnegie Europe: Strategic Europe, 05.05.17: How to Reset the Franco-German Balance (et al) http://www.europeansources.info/record/how-to-reset-the-franco-german-balance/

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