Euro Area Crisis, UK Experts
Economics experts answer Lords' questions on euro area crisis
25 February 2014
The House of Lords EU Sub-Committee on Economic and Financial Affairs is to put questions to economics experts on Tuesday 25 February as part of its ongoing investigation into the euro area crisis.
- Parliament TV: Watch the evidence session on the euro area crisis
- Inquiry: Euro area crisis
- EU Sub Committee A: Economic and Financial Affairs
Witnesses
Tuesday 25 February 2014, Committee Room 3, House of Lords
10.50am
- Roger Bootle, Managing Director, Capital Economics
- Simon Tilford, Deputy Director, Centre for European Reform
- Gerard Lyons, Economist and Chief Economic Advisor to the Mayor of London
Questions
Questions that the Committee will ask the witnesses include:
- What is their view of the short and long term economic prospects for the eurozone?
- Is Europe seeing an economic recovery and is the crisis over?
- Does the European Central Bank (ECB) have the tools at its disposal to tackle the crisis?
- Is enough being done to stimulate growth and tackle youth unemployment?
- How is the City of London viewed across the EU? Is it an asset to the EU as whole?
- How well does the Bank of England work with the ECB and other EU institutions?
- How significant has Germany’s role been in determining the course of the crisis response? Overall has Germany’s overall role been positive or negative?