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The ﬂuid political situation in Germany threatens to stall EU policymaking in a number of ﬁelds, above all the build-out of the euro area. The EU summit on Dec 14/15 is unlikely to yield an agreement on a potential roadmap for reforming the monetary union making it even more diﬃcult to take ﬁnal decisions in June 2018 as envisaged by the EU Commission. This will in return dampen optimism that a French-German tandem will provide a fresh impetus to the EU as a whole before the European Parliament elections in 2019. [more]

EU Politics: Germany's political impasse spoils EMU reform timeline

Barbara BoettcherKevin Koerner

The ﬂuid political situation in Germany threatens to stall EU policymaking in a number of ﬁelds, above all the build-out of the euro area.