Tribune | 16/06/2009 

Article published in "Europe : La bonne échelle pour répondre à la crise ?", Revue Esprit, June 2009.

For all the talk over minimal coordination between national economic stimulus schemes, hardly anyone has stopped to wonder where European countries would stand if EU economic arrangements had not been there, and the euro first and foremost. The current global crisis comes as a test for the relevance of the EU and is a good opportunity to assess its weaknesses as well as its benefits.