Will Slovenia need a bail-out?
Bruegel scholar Zsolt Darvas argues Slovenia does not currently need a bail-out. After Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Cyprus, "it is very fashionable to ask who the next domino will be," he says. "But public debt and unemployment are not comparable to those in troubled countries."
However, the economic situation remains weak, and the financial system needs reforms. If this eventually leads to an EU programme, it is not likely to have a big impact in the rest of the euro area.
Related content
The impact on the European Union of Ukraine’s potential future accession
This report evaluates the impact on the EU of a possible EU accession of Ukraine, focusing on economic consequences and institutional developments.
The EU needs a methodology for including reform impacts in fiscal trajectories
Such a methodology, and a governance mechanism for managing associated risks, must be in place before the new fiscal framework kickstarts in September
Real effective exchange rates for 178 countries: a new database
Emerging countries have replaced most of Russia’s lost trade with advanced economies
Russian trade overall seems to have suffered little from sanctions; meanwhile, medicine and food trade continues with sanctioning countries