N. 6/2020 European Stability Mechanism between fiction and reality
This paper consists of an interview with Nicola Giammarioli, Secretary General of the European Stability Mechanism, and discusses the rationale and purpose of a crucial financial instrument, one that has recently attracted particular attention in Italian public opinion. It is part of Vigonomics, a Villa Vigoni project dedicated to the economic and financial aspects of European integration, with particular emphasis given to the hosting of debates in the EU on Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). It is a spin-off project from the renowned Villa Vigoni Euro-Workshop, which on the second or third weekend every July brings to Villa Vigoni representatives of central banks, the European Central Bank, the European Commission, the European Council, the European Parliament, the European Banking Supervisory Agency, the Brussels think tanks, the International Monetary Fund, representatives of industry and media to discuss current Eurozone issues.