Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 08/2010

Towards a Euro(pean) Monetary Fund

Daniel Gros, Thomas Mayer

May 2010

Centre for European Policy Studies

Abstract

Despite cobbling together an impressive $1 trillion rescue package for countries with potential funding problems, the threat of a disorderly default still looms over the eurozone, creating systemic financial instability at the EU and possibly global level. Against this background, Daniel Gros and Thomas Mayer renew their call for the creation of a European Monetary Fund (EMF) in an update to their Policy Brief issued in February.