Tag: Governing Council

Column euroschau: why the cypriots don’t like the ecb

January 15, 2021 January 12, 2021 by admin in , No Comment

The Governing Council meets twice a year outside of Frankfurt – this time the Mediterranean island of Cyprus is the destination. Klaus-Rainer Jackisch takes this as an opportunity to look back on the controversial suitability of many Cypriot savers two years ago.

By Klaus-Rainer Jackisch, HR

The island of Cyprus has been a holiday paradise since ancient times: Eternal spring reigns here, spoiled by the sun and sea. Even the gods were guests. Aphrodite, the goddess of love, was washed up on the beach in the west and stepped out of a shell with great fanfare.

Column euroschau: the fear of a sixth candidate

January 14, 2021 January 12, 2021 by admin in , No Comment

By Klaus-Rainer Jackisch, HR

It was a bad omen when the organizers at the European Central Bank set the two foreign dates of the Governing Council for 2012 last year. Twice a year, the train of the monetary authorities does not travel to Frankfurt am Main to the Eurotower, but to a member country to hold the council meeting there. The Governing Council met in Barcelona in spring. That was exactly when the Spanish banking crisis reached its peak.

You don’t hear good things from Slovenia

This week the Governing Council gathers on a pretty country estate near the Slovenian capital Ljubljana. You don’t hear anything good from this country either: Slovenia, nestled between Austria in the north, Croatia in the south, Hungary in the east and Italy in the west, only joined the euro in 2007. At that time, the former republic of Yugoslavia was considered a model student in the EU: The economy was booming, investments flowed and economic growth was the highest in the monetary union. Nobody thought of a crisis.