ELEC

The Romanian capital Bucharest was once again the venue of a most interesting ELEC conference that focussed on the Eastern part of the European Union. More than 100 participants attended a conference on the question of how the EU can generate a virtuous circle in the Black Sea Region, more specifically in the case of […]

The most recent meeting of ELEC’s Monetary Commissions focused on the sensitive issue of the Quantitative Easing policy of the European Central Bank. Speakers and participants formulated a lot of critical reflexions on the draconian decision to” print money” to pull the economy out of the crisis. But at the same time the question loomed:

Prior to its year-end Central Council in Brussels the European League for Economic Cooperation organised a Round Table on “What project for the EU after Brexit?”.  Several scenarios were examined: a Europe of two Circles enclosing EU members and non-EU members, a closer cooperation on defence, a European social union and even the possibility that