All posts tagged "Eurozone"

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  The roots of risk: how economic imbalances are poisoning politics

  Gathering in Paris for the 2019 Global Government Finance Summit, finance department leaders from 10 countries debated the political risks threatening economic growth – and their roots in rising inequality,

  • Posted September 12, 2019
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  UK government under pressure to set out Brexit ‘vision’

  The UK government is coming under growing domestic pressure to explain its Brexit strategy, with MPs of all parties and former cabinet secretary Lord O’Donnell calling on the prime minister

  • Posted September 5, 2016
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  Lord O’Donnell, former Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, UK: Exclusive Interview

  Ten weeks on from the UK’s EU referendum, former cabinet secretary Sir Gus O’Donnell considers why the electorate voted to leave – and tells Matt Ross that new prime minister

  • Posted September 5, 2016
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  A family reunification dilemma for the EU

  Many of the asylum seekers heading for Europe hope to bring their families over later – so governments are squeezing refugees’ rights to family reunification. But Yermi Brenner finds that

  • Posted March 23, 2016
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  Managing the EU Migration Crisis

  The recent influx of migrants into Europe from Africa, the Middle East and South Asia has presented European leaders and policymakers with their greatest challenge since the Eurozone crisis. The

  • Posted March 23, 2016
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  Heiki Loot, Government of Estonia: Exclusive Interview

  Heiki Loot is one of Estonia’s longest-serving state secretaries, having served 12 years in the post. He tells Global Government Forum about the changes he has overseen during his time

  • Posted April 21, 2015
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  Euro working group to meet this week as Greece seeks to unlock bailout funds‏

  Euro zone deputy finance ministers will meet midweek ahead of a gathering of Eurogroup finance ministers two days later, as Athens and its creditors continue to seek a deal on

  • Posted April 20, 2015
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  Opinion: The irony of Greek debt and German demands

  Rob Whiteman, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), argues that German demands on Greece’s finances are somewhat insincere When Wolfgang Steiger wrote an open letter

  • Posted April 6, 2015
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  Greece to review public spending and increase efficiency

  Greece has today pledged to review public spending, make central and local government bodies more efficient and to identify savings in each government department. The proposals, which stop short of

  • Posted February 24, 2015
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