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Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:04:03 GMT Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:29:10 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/comment/columnists/wolfgang-munchau http://im.media.ft.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.gif http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/wolfgang-munchau http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/57485f60-540a-11e1-8d12-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product Let both default inside the monetary union, and use a sufficiently increased rescue fund to help them rebuild, says Wolfgang Münchau Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:04:03 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/57485f60-540a-11e1-8d12-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product 57485f60-540a-11e1-8d12-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/63336a04-4e65-11e1-aa0b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product With unification Germany has become too big to be an ordinary European state, yet not big enough to be a superpower, writes Wolfgang Münchau Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:56:21 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/63336a04-4e65-11e1-aa0b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product 63336a04-4e65-11e1-aa0b-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e15ba792-4830-11e1-b1b4-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product If Spain follows Greece and ignores what happened in Japan, a prolonged recession is the most likely result, writes Wolfgang Münchau Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:01:01 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e15ba792-4830-11e1-b1b4-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product e15ba792-4830-11e1-b1b4-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6ccb8e40-4364-11e1-8489-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product Considering how rich the eurozone is, the request to involve the fund in a hypothetical rescue is morally reprehensible, writes Wolfgang Münchau Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:28:51 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6ccb8e40-4364-11e1-8489-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product 6ccb8e40-4364-11e1-8489-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/987fd2fe-3ddc-11e1-91ba-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product Standard & Poor’s has shaped expectations of the geography of a eurozone break-up, writes Wolfgang Münchau Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:35:30 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/987fd2fe-3ddc-11e1-91ba-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product 987fd2fe-3ddc-11e1-91ba-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bb7655f8-273e-11e1-b7ec-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product Both the eurozone crisis and the war from 1618 to 1648 occurred amid sudden power shifts, triggered by trivial events that became complicated, writes Wolfgang Münchau Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:03:06 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bb7655f8-273e-11e1-b7ec-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product bb7655f8-273e-11e1-b7ec-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a78d2354-273a-11e1-b7ec-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product The real difference is simply that Britain is not trapped – France is economically a sub-sovereign zone, writes Wolfgang Münchau Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:03:50 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a78d2354-273a-11e1-b7ec-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product a78d2354-273a-11e1-b7ec-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0ed916a0-225c-11e1-923d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product Leaders should have admitted on Friday that the summit had simply failed, or perhaps have given it a few more days, writes Wolfgang Münchau Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:41:24 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0ed916a0-225c-11e1-923d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product 0ed916a0-225c-11e1-923d-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/874af280-1cde-11e1-a134-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product What is needed is not to reconcile propositions for austerity and sovereignty, but to reject them, writes Wolfgang Münchau Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:57:36 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/874af280-1cde-11e1-a134-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product 874af280-1cde-11e1-a134-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d9a299a8-1760-11e1-b00e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product Angela Merkel can get her fiscal union, but in return she will now have to accept a eurobond. If both can be agreed, the problem is solved, writes Wolfgang Münchau Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:38:40 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d9a299a8-1760-11e1-b00e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product d9a299a8-1760-11e1-b00e-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/85a717dc-11db-11e1-a114-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product The survival of the euro will now depend on whether Angela Merkel or Mario Draghi, or both, will blink, says Wolfgang Münchau Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:49:21 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/85a717dc-11db-11e1-a114-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product 85a717dc-11db-11e1-a114-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/64eeb9c8-0c5e-11e1-8ac6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product The introduction of a Eurobond would catalyse further political integration, writes Wolfgang Münchau Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:57:15 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/64eeb9c8-0c5e-11e1-8ac6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product 64eeb9c8-0c5e-11e1-8ac6-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e5d0939a-0894-11e1-9fe8-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product Each G20 gathering, like those of Europe’s leaders, promises solutions and fails to deliver. The parallels are remarkable, writes Wolfgang Münchau Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:23:43 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e5d0939a-0894-11e1-9fe8-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product e5d0939a-0894-11e1-9fe8-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e2338886-0151-11e1-b177-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product The policies needed to solve the eurozone crisis will be inconsistent with the idea of the EU as a ‘club of clubs’, writes Wolfgang Münchau Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:35:13 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e2338886-0151-11e1-b177-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product e2338886-0151-11e1-b177-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d89b0c32-fb51-11e0-8df6-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product The biggest danger now is the large number of politicians drawing red lines in the sand, writes Wolfgang Münchau Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:21:51 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d89b0c32-fb51-11e0-8df6-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product d89b0c32-fb51-11e0-8df6-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aeea103e-f5c2-11e0-bcc2-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product Do I think the experts are morons? I would not say that. But they are either ill-informed or lying, writes Wolfgang Münchau Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:23:38 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aeea103e-f5c2-11e0-bcc2-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product aeea103e-f5c2-11e0-bcc2-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9216efea-f02c-11e0-977b-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product Countries such as the UK would not join a financial insurance scheme – and might block a single banking supervisor, writes Wolfgang Münchau Sun, 09 Oct 2011 18:19:36 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9216efea-f02c-11e0-977b-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product 9216efea-f02c-11e0-977b-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9a6d727e-eb57-11e0-9a41-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product The most recent crazy idea pursued by officials is to turn the rescue fund into a collateralised debt obligation, writes Wolfgang Münchau Sun, 02 Oct 2011 21:15:17 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9a6d727e-eb57-11e0-9a41-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product 9a6d727e-eb57-11e0-9a41-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/61de3a26-e515-11e0-9aa8-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product The world’s inability to shake of the economic downturn and contagion in Italy have changed the nature of the eurozone crisis, writes Wolfgang Münchau Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:44:32 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/61de3a26-e515-11e0-9aa8-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product 61de3a26-e515-11e0-9aa8-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9e3d5db2-dfca-11e0-b1db-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product A periphery that includes Italy and Spain is too big to save with the current limited liability process, writes Wolfgang Münchau Sun, 18 Sep 2011 17:02:32 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9e3d5db2-dfca-11e0-b1db-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_columnists_wolfgang-munchau/feed//product 9e3d5db2-dfca-11e0-b1db-00144feabdc0