Blog posts tagged "Germany"

February 13, 2012 9:12 pm 9 Comments

Greece has voted in favour of the EU/IMF austerity package. But why is Germany pushing stability throughout Europe - and what is it hoping to achieve?

January 13, 2012 4:31 pm 17 Comments

If rumours of a potential downgrade of France's AAA credit rating are true, it is of huge significance to the eurozone's fitful efforts at a long-lasting rescue, writes Economics Editor Faisal Islam.

December 7, 2011 7:02 pm 11 Comments

Channel 4 News Economics Editor Faisal Islam says the European Financial Stability Facility bailout fund is being "quietly forgotten" in favour of the European Stability Mechanism.

December 1, 2011 8:36 pm 28 Comments

As the Bank of England Governor warns UK banks to build up their reserves the eurozone catastrophe talk is ratcheting up in the countdown to the European Council next Friday. Economics Editor Faisal Islam reports.

November 17, 2011 4:20 pm 4 Comments

When David Cameron travels to Berlin to meet Chancellor Merkel, top of the agenda will be coaxing the European Central Bank in Frankfurt to act as last resort lender to the Eurozone's troubled nations reports Economics Editor Faisal Islam.

November 12, 2011 12:26 pm 12 Comments

German politicians, reared on the cult of low debt and low inflation, fear that the European Central Bank is losing its Bundesbank DNA, blogs Faisal Islam.

September 29, 2011 11:30 am 4 Comments

Greece is just one problem. The bigger picture is that markets seem to have factored in the expectation of a Super-Bazooka once Germany ratifies the EFSF.

July 21, 2011 4:46 pm 8 Comments

The introduction of a eurobond would solve the eurozone debt crisis, blogs Faisal Islam - and would lead to "the phase fiscalisation of Europe".

May 19, 2010 7:49 pm 14 Comments

Faisal Islam blogs on how the balance of power has shifted within the eurozone.

April 28, 2010 8:59 pm 15 Comments

Much of the market finally lost patience today with the umming ahhing, feet-dragging, and generalised incompetence of Europe’s multi-headed economic governance. We face an epic moment in world economics, every bit as critical as the decision to bailout Bear Stearns, and then not to bailout Lehman Brothers.   “Sheer panic” was the reaction of one [...]