How to Deal with Sovereign Default in Europe: Create the European Monetary Fund Now!

CEPS Policy Brief No. 202

11 Pages Posted: 19 May 2010

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Daniel Gros

Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Thomas Mayer

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS); Deutsche Bank, London

Date Written: May 17, 2010

Abstract

Despite cobbling together an impressive $1 trillion rescue package for countries with potential funding problems, the threat of a disorderly default still looms over the eurozone, creating systemic financial instability at the EU and possibly global level. Against this background, Daniel Gros and Thomas Mayer renew their call for the creation of a European Monetary Fund (EMF) in an update to their Policy Brief issued in February.

Keywords: eurozone, euro, crisis,financial instability, EU, European Monetary Fund, EMF

Suggested Citation

Gros, Daniel and Mayer, Thomas, How to Deal with Sovereign Default in Europe: Create the European Monetary Fund Now! (May 17, 2010). CEPS Policy Brief No. 202, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1610303

Daniel Gros (Contact Author)

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