Does France have a future in the euro area?

Talk at the EReNSEP conference in Paris


This talk tries to give answers to two important questions in the current context: to what extent is the euro an economic and political cost for France? And is an exit or dismantling of the euro possible, or would it rather be a catastrophe?


Let’s start with the first question. For France, the identifiable costs of belonging to the euro area are essentially three: two of an …

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