Mr Issing was at the central bank when the currency was launched in 1999 Some members of the eurozone may have to leave the bloc as the debt crisis continues, according to one of the architects of ...

Otmar Issing with his new book "Wie wir den Euro retten und Europa staerken" (How we save the euro and strengthen Europe), in 2012. REUTERS/Alex Domanski ...

Mr Issing, 74, served for eight years as the ECB’s chief economist, from 1998 – the year before the euro’s birth – to 2006. He remains one of Germany’s most respected economists, ...

Europe’s monetary union will be endangered by the misguided response of eurozone governments to the sovereign debt crisis, according to Otmar Issing, the European Central Bank’s former chief ...

SPIEGEL spoke with former European Central Bank chief economist Otmar Issing about what to do about heavily indebted countries like Ireland and Greece and whether leaving the euro zone makes ...

Mr Issing was the architect of the ECB's monetary-policy strategy. He built it using a design taken from Germany's Bundesbank, where he was previously the chief economist.

Former European Central Bank chief economist Otmar Issing, one of the architects of the euro, said Greece’s exit from the 17-nation monetary union is inevitable.

Leading architect of the euro, Otmar Issing warns of 'disaster' if Spain needs a bailout. He says it must not happen and he is confident it will not. Plus, why India is becoming a 'Geek Nation ...

Greece will probably be unable to meet its obligations as the euro region’s most-indebted nation is insolvent, according to former European Central Bank Chief Economist Otmar Issing.

LONDON (MarketWatch) — Otmar Issing, the former chief economist of the European Central Bank and the German Bundesbank, is a genial number-cruncher who believes in the overall benefits of ...