INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL LAW

1. Economic and Monetary Union: from the Barre Plan to a single currency
2. The Stability and Growth Pact: Regulations 1466 and 1467, the case of France and Germany, the decision of the CJEU in Commission v. Council, the 2005 amendments, the “six-pack” and “two-pack” regulations, flexibility clauses, the Juncker Plan and further proposed changes.
3. Treaty tools: Article 122 of the TFEU, the EFSM, the EFSF and the ESM.
4. The Fiscal Compact
5. The Work of the ECB: unconventional measures, letters to the Italian and Spanish governments, the decision of the German Constitutional Court, the decision of the CJEU in the Gauweilier case.
6. The European Sovereign Debt Crises: Greece, Ireland, Spain, Portugal and Cyprus.
7. The Politics of Austerity
8. The Italian Problem: from the 2011 crisis to the recent conflict with the Commission, is an ‘Italexit’ possible?
9. The Current Situation: the relationship between the five Presidents to reinforce the EMU, the franco-german proposal for a European Finance Minister, the Renzi government’s proposal for a revival of the EU, the Commission white paper on the possible futures of the EU, Macron’s project for a “new Europe”, the Commission’s contribution to the completion of the EMU, franco-german cooperation.