Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/162064 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
IW Policy Paper No. 8/2017
Publisher: 
Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft (IW), Köln
Abstract: 
The French presidential elections could lead to more fiscal integration in the euro area. The proposal to establish a European Monetary Fund (EMF) based on the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), which would probably be possible without treaty changes, is evaluated in this paper. Potential EMF instruments are divided into two categories. Firstly, to strengthen the rules-based EMU framework the EMF could not only replace the IMF in crisis programmes, but could also monitor the implemen-tation of EMU rules by the EU Commission. However, problematic implementation issues could arise. Moreover, in order to strengthen financial market discipline, the EMF could become both platform and agent for an effective and reliable sovereign debt restructuring mechanism. However, as this idea will meet with considerable political resistance, it could probably be only a part of a larger political compromise. [...]
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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