Get ahead with daily markets updates.Join the FT's WhatsApp channelGermany will consider EU-wide bank deposit reinsuranceWe understand that compromises are necessary to complete banking unionWe need to admit the euro was a mistakeHungarian central bank governor calls for an exit mechanismNew EU leadership team must up its game on foreign policyThe bloc’s mishandling of both Syria and the Balkans exposes a fundamental weaknessGermany’s eurozone gambit could meet a swift deathBuilding a more effective, closely united Europe has never presented a bigger challengeFriends and enemies: France is a big loser from BrexitWhen Britain leaves, the power imbalance between Berlin and Paris will be laid bareBrexit is a warning to Germany’s ECB-bashersThe country is not immune to the disease of mendacious EuroscepticismMore from this SeriesWhat the ECB bashers get wrong Premium contentCentral bank’s critics commit error upon errorCan the EU’s failed Capital Markets Union be revived?Some of the EU’s key economies have been trying to shock the project back to lifeSpain prays for a solution to political deadlock The country will hold a fourth election in as many years. Polls suggest the impasse could continueOlaf Scholz’s banking plan is a chance to move forwardEurozone can improve on German finance minister’s opening gambitEurope represents a cohesive economic market based around the euroLetter from Chris Boyd, Former economic adviser to Jacques DelorsEuro a disaster waiting to happen when asymmetric external shocks strikeLetter from Istvan Dobozi, Former Lead Economist, World BankDraghi critics have doubts about his risky policiesLetter from Stefan Grub, Frankfurt, GermanyReform the eurozone — but do not break it up!Letter from Prof Photis Lysandrou, City, University of London, UKFirst 20 years of euro does not support classic view of fixed exchange rate effectsLetter from Tom Brown, London SW5, UK
Germany will consider EU-wide bank deposit reinsuranceWe understand that compromises are necessary to complete banking unionWe need to admit the euro was a mistakeHungarian central bank governor calls for an exit mechanismNew EU leadership team must up its game on foreign policyThe bloc’s mishandling of both Syria and the Balkans exposes a fundamental weaknessGermany’s eurozone gambit could meet a swift deathBuilding a more effective, closely united Europe has never presented a bigger challengeFriends and enemies: France is a big loser from BrexitWhen Britain leaves, the power imbalance between Berlin and Paris will be laid bareBrexit is a warning to Germany’s ECB-bashersThe country is not immune to the disease of mendacious EuroscepticismMore from this SeriesWhat the ECB bashers get wrong Premium contentCentral bank’s critics commit error upon errorCan the EU’s failed Capital Markets Union be revived?Some of the EU’s key economies have been trying to shock the project back to lifeSpain prays for a solution to political deadlock The country will hold a fourth election in as many years. Polls suggest the impasse could continueOlaf Scholz’s banking plan is a chance to move forwardEurozone can improve on German finance minister’s opening gambitEurope represents a cohesive economic market based around the euroLetter from Chris Boyd, Former economic adviser to Jacques DelorsEuro a disaster waiting to happen when asymmetric external shocks strikeLetter from Istvan Dobozi, Former Lead Economist, World BankDraghi critics have doubts about his risky policiesLetter from Stefan Grub, Frankfurt, GermanyReform the eurozone — but do not break it up!Letter from Prof Photis Lysandrou, City, University of London, UKFirst 20 years of euro does not support classic view of fixed exchange rate effectsLetter from Tom Brown, London SW5, UK