CRISIS ZONE EUROPEAN UNION - A DEBATE

Is the eurozone pursuing a fatal austerity policy - or has it found a sensible way out of the crisis?

Stephan Schulmeister, economist and university lecturer, research associate at the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) from 1972 to 2012. His book „Der Weg zur Prosperität“ was published by Ecowin Verlag in May 2018.
Thomas Wieser, economist, Chairman of the Eurogroup Working Group (EWG), a working group of the Eurogroup, from 2012 to 2018

The financial crisis turned into a euro and sovereign debt crisis. And opinions differed on the right policy. Stephan Schulmeister was and is one of the harshest critics of the economic mainstream in Europe. And Thomas Wieser, as Chairman of the Eurogroup Working Group, epitomised the course of the EU leaders, for example in the Greek crisis. Now we invite them to the Bruno Kreisky Forum for a cultivated debate on one of the most debated economic issues of the past decade.

Moderation Robert Misik, Author and journalist