Eurodynamics

Five years after the publication of Het Eurobedrog, a book about the genesis of the European Union and the introduction of the euro, Jean Wanningen publishes EURODYNAMICA - From partnership to transfer union. In those five years, criticism of the single currency has grown considerably. Friend and foe alike agree on one thing: the euro was a political currency, mainly instigated by France to break through Germany's monetary power. For Germany itself, the currency was important to make German unification possible. What has happened since then? And above all: are we better off in the Netherlands now than five years ago? The answers to these and other questions can be found in this new book by Wanningen, in which he focuses on problem number one: the euro. Or more precisely: the future of the euro and the European Monetary Union. It has been written for you, for everyone, and certainly also for politicians, who want to know what has really happened in the monetary and economic field over the past five years. Where are we now as the EU? And what does that mean for our future? In three parts, Wanningen broadens your view on: 1. the North-South divide within the euro area and the measures taken by the Council, the Commission and the ECB to save the euro and keep the euro area together. 2. the bloc's three largest economies: Germany, France and Italy. How did those countries get through the past five years? What are their biggest challenges? The Netherlands will of course also be discussed. 3. the future of the European landscape after 2019. Will the number of populists in the European Parliament increase sharply? And what does that mean for the future course? Is a sound, future-proof financial system being built or will the taxpayer still remain the lender of last resort through the eurozone's permanent emergency fund, the ESM? And finally the key question: can a permanent transfer union from North to South still be avoided?

Jean Wanningen (1957) has had a varied career. A trained philosopher of science, he began his career at the investment bank Pierson, Heldring & Pierson, where he retrained as an economist. As an economist, he worked in the venture capital industry, the mobile data industry and as an independent entrepreneur. During this period he appeared several times in commissariats and as a consultant. The euro crisis was the reason for him to deal intensively with the European Union: first as an economist in the "Lion's Den" (Brussels), then as author and editor of the news and column website De Dagelijkse Standaard. Through his activities in the scientific world, in the financial sector, in companies, in politics and as an independent entrepreneur, he has been able to acquire a wide range of knowledge. His knowledge and experience play an important role in assessing our complex world today. In his spare time he enjoys mathematics and golf; he also enjoys playing the piano and chess, and he enjoys fishing.