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EU-Wirtschaftsregierung: Eine notwendige aber nicht hinreichende Bedingung für das Überleben der Eurozone und des Euro

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Nach einer bemerkenswert raschen Erholung von der globalen Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise 2008/09 schlitterten die meisten Industriestaaten in eine Staatsschuldenkrise. In Europa hat sie sich, ausgehend von Griechenland Ende 2009/Anfang 2010 vor allem auf die Peripheriestaaten der Eurozone (Portugal, Irland, Italien, Griechenland und Spanien) – die sogenannten PIIGS-Staaten - ausgebreitet. Die Intensität der Eurozonen-Krise hat die Verantwortlichen gezwungen, rasch außerordentliche Maßnahmen zur Stabilisierung des Euros und der Eurozone zu ergreifen (Rettungsschirme für Griechenland, Irland und Portugal; Einrichtung des EFSF/ESM) und Pläne vorzulegen, die in Zukunft das Entstehen solcher Krisen verhindern sollte. Die verschiedenen Maßnahmen werden vereinfacht im Stichwort “EUWirtschaftsregierung” zusammengefasst und bündeln Maßnahmen zur Reform des SWP und neuerdings zur Beseitigung von makroökonomischen Ungleichgewichten (“Sixpack”), den Euro-Plus-Pakt, Europa 2020 sowie die Einrichtung eines permanenten ESM und Maßnahmen zur Finanzmarktaufsicht. Einige Elemente dieses Maßnahmenpakets sind bereits in Kraft, einige harren noch ihrer gesetzlichen Umsetzung. Die auch nach einem Jahr ungelöste Griechenland-Schuldenkrise (die Finanzmärkte treiben nach wie vor die EU-Politik vor sich her) zwang die EU-Verantwortlichen im Sommer 2011 zu zusätzlichen Maßnahmen zur Stabilisierung der Eurozone („sanfte“ Umschuldung und Flexibilisierung des EFSF/ESM – Einstieg in einen EWF und Eurobonds). Damit bekommt die WWU und ihr wirtschaftspolitisches Design eine neue Dimension: Kontrolle der Fiskalpolitik und Stabilisierung der Finanzmärkte wird zum zentralen Element einer neuen „EU-Wirtschaftsregierung“ oder wie von Merkel/Sarkozy gewünscht, einer echten „Euro-Wirtschaftsregierung“.

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  • Fritz Breuss, 2011. "EU-Wirtschaftsregierung: Eine notwendige aber nicht hinreichende Bedingung für das Überleben der Eurozone und des Euro," FIW Policy Brief series 012, FIW.
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