Germany’s Role in Europe

The WSJ carries an interesting article here.

Calculating the Structural Fiscal Balance

The WSJ reports on moves to reform the EU’s method for calculating the output gap and the structural fiscal balance  – here.

Property Tax

The Economist has an interesting article on the varying implementation of property taxes across countries – it is here.

Expert Group on debt redemption fund and eurobills

The European Commission has set up this group – details here.

Vitor Gaspar resigns

FT report here.