In the most recent interview with Jean-Claude Juncker that I am aware of, published in the French newspaper Les Echos on 5 February, opinions are expressed which merit comment. The president of Eurogroup made his views clear on four issues:
1) He wants the Eurogroup to become a formal group with the option of taking and publicising decisions;
2) He backs the idea of European supervision of the financial markets, not necessarily with a formal centralised authority but with the option of...