Judy Asks: Can Debt Relief Save the Euro?

A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey each week on a European topic in the news.

In this feature the question is: Can Debt Relief Save the Euro?

+ Marcel Fratzscher President of the German Institute for Economic Research
+ Christian Odendahl - Chief economist at the Centre for European Reform
+ George Pagoulatos - Professor of European politics and economy at the Athens University of Economics and Business
+ Stratos Pourzitakis - PhD candidate at the Department of Government and International Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University, under the scholarship of the EU Academic Program in Hong Kong
+ Alexander Privitera - Senior fellow at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies at Johns Hopkins University

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Eurogroup meeting, Brussels,9 May 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/eurogroup-meeting-brussels9-may-2016/

ESO: Background information: ESM head rules out haircut for Greek debt http://www.europeansources.info/record/esm-head-rules-out-haircut-for-greek-debt/

ESO: Background information: IMF pushes Europe for formal restructuring accord on Greek debt http://www.europeansources.info/record/imf-pushes-europe-for-formal-restructuring-accord-on-greek-debt/

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