showCASE 34 | The Passing of a Giant and the EU’s (Hollow) Core
Germany s larger-than-life former Chancellor Helmut Kohl passed away in mid-June but his legacy still looms large over the Union he so tirelessly championed. The architect of Germany s unification, EU expansion, the euro, and strong trans-Atlantic...
showCASE 33 | Germany's housing market – fears and challenges of an emerging bubble
Housing bubbles have resurfaced as a worry for governments worldwide but especially in Europe, where eight countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Fi...
showCASE 33 | The Greece’s “In Principle” bailout
Greece may finally be facing some temporary relief in its long-running fiscal saga, albeit at the expense of European taxpayers. After a long game...
How do the European Commission and European countries fight VAT fraud?
The VAT gap, both on the European Union scale and that of particular member states (though not all of them) appeals to the imagination and awakens...
showCASE 32 | Italian banks: an awkward attempt to pull the sector away from the brink
Since the onset of the Eurozone crisis, the Italian economy has flirted repeatedly with a full-blown banking crisis. The recent purchase of two of...
showCASE 32 | The US Senate bill: helping Europe or interfering in its affairs?
The US Senate voted on June 15 to reinforce existing sanctions against Russia, a move welcomed in Kyiv but one that has reignited controversy betwe...
Professor Stanisław Gomułka: Radical deficit reduction should be Poland's main fiscal policy goal...
Yesterday's mBank-CASE seminar on the Polish tax system (June 22, 2017) started with comments from Professor Gomułka (chief economist of the BC...
