The Euro Slips Lower, as Soros Sees a Difficult Period for the EU
The Euro has been bullish this week, with EUR/USD climbing above 1.10 yesterday. But, it couldn’t hold above that big round level and retreated down. The decline continued today, especially after comments from George Soros. He sees the coronavirus pandemic as a threat to the EU. Well, we saw that there was no solidarity when the pandemic was at its peak.
Italy was left on its own and Italy was already pissed off with the EU before that. Matteo Salvini was ousted last year, but I think that he will come back and that might be the beginning of Ital-exit, like Brexit. If that happens, the EU is done and the Euro will collapse. Below are the comments from George Soros:
- Coronavirus damage to Eurozone economy will last longer than most people think
- The survival of the EU is being challenged
- This is not a theoretical possibility; it may be a tragic reality
- EU needs to consider perpetual bonds, otherwise it may not survive
- Says that he is particularly concerned about Italy
- Says that Italy has been treated badly by the EU and Germany
Soros has been floating the idea of perpetual bonds since the beginning of the crisis and his idea does have its own validity as such a commitment involves a high degree of mutualisation among member states. However, this runs counter to an economic argument considering that we are traversing through a landscape of ultra-loose monetary policy – so why would governments not issue debt at negative rates up until 10 years and pay more to issue perpetual debt instead?
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