A Monetary Union Requires a Banking Union

This paper argues that a monetary union requires a banking union. While the USA developed both during a time span of two centuries, the EMU was created in the course of two decades and remains unfinished as the economic pillar is largely missing. The financial crisis and the Eurocrisis have shown that a genuine banking union is even more needed for the Eurozone than a budget or a fiscal union to let the euro survive.

• Primary Source

College of Europe: Study: European Economic Studies: Research Activities: Bruges European Economic Policy briefings (BEEP) https://www.coleurope.eu/website/study/european-economic-studies/research-activities/bruges-european-economic-policy

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