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Corresponding Author:
Nicola Acocella, University La Sapienza, Memotef, Rome, Italy

The Future of the European Union

Volume 75 - Issue 2, May 2022
(pp. 135-162)
JEL classification: F45, F55, H62, H63, H77
Keywords: EMU, Exit, Break-up, Many-speed Union, Reforms

Abstract

Optimistic views prevailed in the EMU after a decade since its establishment. However, it was not realized that the shaky institutional foundations of the Eurozone (EZ) would soon lead to sustained ‘homegrown’ instability. The EMU is now at a crossroads. Several differences divide the various countries and make amendments to its institutions very difficult to implement.


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