Ivo Pezzuto on the EU integration Process: "More Catalonias to Come. Spain a Symptom of EU Economic Structure"
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It is a system that rewards the most competitive countries such The Eurozone is an economic area and its closer integration rewards the stronger and more competitive economies while it penalizes the weaker ones without mechanism of stronger integration, risk sharing, social cohesion, fiscal transfer, and the effective implementation of structural reforms to boost the weaker countries level of productivity and competitiveness.
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For instance, Germany has a productive economy with unemployment at 3.6 percent and a large trade surplus
where exports consistently outstrip imports.
Meanwhile, poorer countries like Spain are less productive. Spain has an unemployment rate of 16.4 percent,
which is way down from the 24 percent seen in early 2015, according to data from Trading Economics. The
country also has a hefty trade de cit – it consistently imports more than it exports.
What Spain needs is two things. First is an in ux of investment. Such investment could buy capital equipment and
help improve worker e ciency. But the government cannot do this themselves. Why? Shouldn’t the ultra-low
interest rates in Europe make government borrowing cheap? Theoretically, yes.
“When politicians have to negotiate with international organizations there will be pressure to invest less,” says
Pezzuto.
The issue is that going into debt is a problem for member countries of the Eurozone. Fiscal de cits cannot exceed
3 percent of GDP, according to single-currency EU rules. Of course, de cits occasionally do go bigger in some
countries. And Spain already has debts amounting to around 99 percent of GDP, again according to data from
Trading Economics. Lenders and organizations such as the International Monetary Fund routinely get worried
when debt starts reaching such levels.
In fact, Spain introduced nancial austerity measures earlier this decade to help slash spending. It got heralded as
having worked as growth bounced back. However, that may mask regional di erences, and there are disputes
about whether the austerity was genuinely harsh.
The second thing that might help is a weaker exchange rate. Again, the EU's rules prohibit this from happening.
The euro currency is worth the same amount in dollars in both Spain and Germany. Cheapening the currency
temporarily to help sell more goods and services abroad just isn’t an option for Spain.
Contrast the slow European economic recovery from the nancial crisis of 2008-2009 with the relatively speedy
situation in the U.S. and the UK. Both America and Britain ran substantial scal de cits (way more than 3 percent
of GDP) and their currencies weakened. The dollar index fell and the pound dropped versus the dollar. Following
those policies had the desired e ect.
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Pezzuto says this rigid European economic system favors Germany, penalizes poorer countries, and could give
rise to more separatist movements.
“[With such rules] we will have more and more a separation between the rich and poor regions,” says Pezzuto.
And that leads to tensions like those in Catalonia, which is richer than much of Spain.
The reason is that while Spain's austerity may have worked to help restore growth it may also have widened the
gap between the richer and poorer regions of the country, that is between Catalonia and the rest of Spain. Hence
the tensions between the two.
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- 1. 29/10/2017 More Catalonias to Come: Spain a Symptom of EU Economic Structure https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/catalonias-come-spain-symptom-eu-economic-structure/?print=true&singlepage=true# 1/3 N E W S A N D P O L I T I C S More Catalonias to Come: Spain a Symptom of EU Economic Structure They’ve done it! Catalonia declared independence from Spain today. To the casual observer, the move may look like a strictly Spanish squabble. Indeed, much media focus will now be on whether Spain’s government in Madrid, which has now promised direct rule over the province, will start acting like a latter-day General Franco, the country’s fascist dictator from 1939 through 1975. In short, will tanks roll in, or just the police? Symptoms of Economic Illness Unfortunately, the dispute between Barcelona and Madrid isn’t just a Spanish a air. It is a symptom of the European Union’s in exible economic structure. The problem at its core is the eurozone, the 19-country single-currency area. “It is a system that rewards the most competitive countries such as Germany and penalizes the weak, like Spain and Greece," says Dr. Ivo Pezzuto, professor of global economics and business at the International School of Management, in Paris. Vendere tutto. Jeff Bezos e l'era di Amazon BRAD STONE COPERTINA FLESSIBILE €12,67 B Y S I M O N C O N S TA B L E O C T O B E R 2 7, 2 0 1 7 Catalan President Carles Puigdemont, center, Vice President Oriol Junqueras, left, and Carme Forcadell, the parliament president, sing the Catalan anthem inside the parliament after a vote on independence in Barcelona on Oct. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
- 2. 29/10/2017 More Catalonias to Come: Spain a Symptom of EU Economic Structure https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/catalonias-come-spain-symptom-eu-economic-structure/?print=true&singlepage=true# 2/3 For instance, Germany has a productive economy with unemployment at 3.6 percent and a large trade surplus where exports consistently outstrip imports. Meanwhile, poorer countries like Spain are less productive. Spain has an unemployment rate of 16.4 percent, which is way down from the 24 percent seen in early 2015, according to data from Trading Economics. The country also has a hefty trade de cit – it consistently imports more than it exports. What Spain needs is two things. First is an in ux of investment. Such investment could buy capital equipment and help improve worker e ciency. But the government cannot do this themselves. Why? Shouldn’t the ultra-low interest rates in Europe make government borrowing cheap? Theoretically, yes. “When politicians have to negotiate with international organizations there will be pressure to invest less,” says Pezzuto. The issue is that going into debt is a problem for member countries of the Eurozone. Fiscal de cits cannot exceed 3 percent of GDP, according to single-currency EU rules. Of course, de cits occasionally do go bigger in some countries. And Spain already has debts amounting to around 99 percent of GDP, again according to data from Trading Economics. Lenders and organizations such as the International Monetary Fund routinely get worried when debt starts reaching such levels. In fact, Spain introduced nancial austerity measures earlier this decade to help slash spending. It got heralded as having worked as growth bounced back. However, that may mask regional di erences, and there are disputes about whether the austerity was genuinely harsh. The second thing that might help is a weaker exchange rate. Again, the EU's rules prohibit this from happening. The euro currency is worth the same amount in dollars in both Spain and Germany. Cheapening the currency temporarily to help sell more goods and services abroad just isn’t an option for Spain. Contrast the slow European economic recovery from the nancial crisis of 2008-2009 with the relatively speedy situation in the U.S. and the UK. Both America and Britain ran substantial scal de cits (way more than 3 percent of GDP) and their currencies weakened. The dollar index fell and the pound dropped versus the dollar. Following those policies had the desired e ect. Deep Learning IAN GOODFELLOW, YOSHUA BENGIO, AARON COURVILLE €64,60 L'ingenuità della rete. Il … EVGENY MOROZOV, M. RENDA, F. ARDIZZOIA €22,95 More Barcelonas on the Way? Pezzuto says this rigid European economic system favors Germany, penalizes poorer countries, and could give rise to more separatist movements. “[With such rules] we will have more and more a separation between the rich and poor regions,” says Pezzuto. And that leads to tensions like those in Catalonia, which is richer than much of Spain. The reason is that while Spain's austerity may have worked to help restore growth it may also have widened the gap between the richer and poorer regions of the country, that is between Catalonia and the rest of Spain. Hence the tensions between the two. Ad CBILL Stop ai Bollettini E tu, in tutto Questo, hai il Vantaggio di Pagare da Casa, dal tuo Pc www.cbill.it SPONSORED
- 3. 29/10/2017 More Catalonias to Come: Spain a Symptom of EU Economic Structure https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/catalonias-come-spain-symptom-eu-economic-structure/?print=true&singlepage=true# 3/3 The current system most favors Germany, which has little incentive to change things. So expect more Catalonias. https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/catalonias-come-spain-symptom-eu-economic-structure/ R E L AT E D : E C O N O M Y , E U , E U R O P E , E U R O P E A N U N I O N Sponsored Content Recommended by Desktop Users Are Obsessed with This Strategy Game Vikings Play this for 1 minute and see why everyone is addicted Vikings Luxury Home Hunters Finally Have a Top Web Destination to Explore Mansion Global by Dow Jones 10 biggest expat communities in Italy InterNations USA Green Card Lottery Registration 2017 is Open Now. Check your eligibility to greencardorganization.com ‘Patriot’ Tennessee business owner says NFL will lose more ads Fox Business