When the global financial crisis hit the shores of Europe, after crossing the Atlantic, the Eurozone was considered a safe haven. After the first Greek bailout in May 2010, the discourse had now changed completely; the debt crisis was the euro's fault. As a result, some argued that Greece and...

In light of the recent economic crisis, this paper examines how economic conditions shape public attitudes toward the European Union’s single currency, the euro. We argue that attitudes towards the euro are shaped by both utilitarian and symbolic concerns, but that economic insecurity is a key...

Although the 2007-2009 global financial crisis began in the United States, it did not take long for the European Union (EU) to suffer its contagious effects. In order to avoid their banking systems from imploding, many EU governments had to bail out these failing banks, just as the American...

When the global financial crisis hit the shores of Europe, after crossing the Atlantic, the Eurozone was considered a safe haven. After the first Greek bailout in May 2010, the discourse had now changed completely; the debt crisis was the euro's fault. As a result, some argued that Greece and...

When the Maastricht Treaty on European Union was finally ratified in 1993, many EU observers and participants expressed serious doubts that economic and monetary union (EMU) would ever take place. Nevertheless, five years later EMU took flight, on 1 January 1999, as planned. It is this puzzle...