El nuevo gobierno del euro : ideas alemanas, intereses divergentes e instituciones comunes
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Este artículo analiza los riesgos económicos y políticos que entraña la
estrategia que está adoptando la zona euro (ZE) para superar su crisis de
deuda. Sostiene que Alemania – y no el eje Franco-Alemán – es quién está
liderando la reforma de la gobernanza de la ZE, y lo está haciendo aplicando
un diagnóstico incompleto de la crisis que responde a sus intereses, según el
cual la austeridad es lo único que la Unión Monetaria necesita para superar
sus dificultades. Aunque Alemania ha ido flexibilizando su postura desde
2010 y se han producido algunos avances en la mejora de la gobernanza
de la ZE, mostramos que la “austeridad autoritaria” impulsada por Alemania
puede estar hipotecando el crecimiento futuro de la ZE. Esto podría llevar
a una pérdida de legitimidad política del proyecto europeo, e incluso a la
ruptura de la Unión Monetaria. Asimismo, defendemos que la apuesta por
un nuevo tratado intergubernamental europeo para asegurar la estabilidad
puede desencadenar importantes problemas en el complejo rompecabezas
institucional de la Unión.
This paper explores the political and economic risks associated to the German strategy to solve the euro zone’s debt crisis. We argue that it is Germany (and not the Franco-German axis), who is leading the reform of the euro zone’s governance, and it is doing so based on an incomplete diagnosis of the crisis, according to which fiscal austerity will be enough to save the euro. Despite the progress that the EU has achieved so far in improving the governance of the euro, we argue, that the German strategy of “authoritarian austerity” is hindering economic growth in Europe. This, in turn, could undermine the legitimacy of the European project and force the collapse of the common currency. Moreover, we argue that launching a new European intergovernmental treaty to ensure stability could lead to important institutional problems within the European Union.
This paper explores the political and economic risks associated to the German strategy to solve the euro zone’s debt crisis. We argue that it is Germany (and not the Franco-German axis), who is leading the reform of the euro zone’s governance, and it is doing so based on an incomplete diagnosis of the crisis, according to which fiscal austerity will be enough to save the euro. Despite the progress that the EU has achieved so far in improving the governance of the euro, we argue, that the German strategy of “authoritarian austerity” is hindering economic growth in Europe. This, in turn, could undermine the legitimacy of the European project and force the collapse of the common currency. Moreover, we argue that launching a new European intergovernmental treaty to ensure stability could lead to important institutional problems within the European Union.







