Exiting the Crisis Conference Live Blog

29 Jun 2012

IIEA

 

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5:01pm: Thanks to the European Commission for supporting the conference.

5.00pm: Thanks to all who attended and participated in the conference. The videos and audio podcasts of this event will be available online by the end of next week.

4:21pm: Conference Rapporteur Pat Cox, former president of the European Parliament is now giving a summation of the conference.

3:58pm: Download Jens Boysen-Hogrefe's presentation here. Speaking on "National Banking Sectors in an Unfinished Currency Union".

3:38pm: Donal Donavan, says one lesson from the crisis is we need to listen to alternative and contrarion views.

3.36pm: Next up, Josef Janning, Director of Studies at the European Policy Centre speaking on " Political Union: Options for the Way Ahead".

3:35pm: Donal Donovan is speaking on "Going Forward - European and Irish Policy Response".

3:22pm: Download Donal Donovan's presentation here. Donal Donovan is a former Deputy Director of the IMF. 

2:50pm: On the issue of an intergrated financial framework Patrick Honohan said "An opportunity for coherence in sysytem design was missed in 1991 by the architects of the euro; it should be seized now".

Image: Allocation of losses/cost of capital injection in the Irish banking system (Slide from Patrick Honohan's PowerPoint.
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2:40pm: Download Patrick Honohan's transcript here. "Ireland and More Financial Europe".

2:35pm: Download Patrick Honohan's presentation in PDF form here

2:25pm: Download Patrick Honohan's presentation in PDF form here

2:00pm: Patrick Honohan, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, is about to speak at 'Exiting the Crisis' Conference.

12:45pm: Alain Lamassoure said a "solidarity pact" should involve two aspects, 1: financial solidarity and 2: fiscal solidarity.

12:30pm: Alain Lamassoure, MEP said we need a "solidarity pact".

 
Photo: Alain Lamassoure MEP, at the 'Exiting the Crisis' Conference

12:20pm: Alain Lamassoure is speaking now on the topic of " Inventing the European Model of Solidarity".

11:30am: Karl Whelan said writing off promissory notes won't work because of institutional rules but they should be restructured.

11:15am: Karl Whelan is now speaking on "Ireland's Bank Debt and What Can be Done About it?" Download his PowerPoint in PDF form here

11:05am: John Bruton said no bank should be too big to fail, banking should be like any other business.

10:55am: John Bruton said we need a directly elected European President.

10:40am: John Bruton speaks on "What Ireland Might Learn from the Crisis.

10:30am: Barbara Nolan, Head of the European Commission Representation in Ireland delivers introductory remarks. Download the transcript here

10:00am: Welcome to the 'Exiting the Crisis' Conference, RDS Dublin. Hosted by IIEA and supported by the European Commission.

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