TITLE:
The Eurozone’s Future: Is There a Difference between “North” and “South”?
AUTHORS:
Antonin Rusek
KEYWORDS:
North vs. South, Nominal, Real and Structural Convergencies
JOURNAL NAME:
Modern Economy,
Vol.6 No.10,
October
9,
2015
ABSTRACT: After several years of
difficulties, Eurozone’s recovery appears to be underway. However, the ongoing
recovery tends to exacerbate the North-South differences. Although the policy
measures restored the nominal convergence, the key to the Euro preservation, the
continuing real divergencies posed a threat to political social stabilities of
some countries. The answer is sought in the structural convergence policies.
Those are just beginning, but the issues of political and social histories,
together with economic inequalities and transfer problems, loom large.
Structural convergence may be the “savior” of the common currency but its
realization will be as hard and controversial as many steps taken in the past.