EU Debt Analysis & Insights
The latest analyses and reports on Europe’s public finances, exploring how national debt shapes policy, growth, and everyday life across the EU-27.
07 Nov 2025
Europe's Trillion-Euro Question: When Is National Debt an Investment?
As Europe faces the colossal costs of the green and digital transitions, the old rules of austerity are being challenged by a new logic: borrowing not for consumption, but for survival and future growth.
05 Nov 2025
The 'Swedish Wonder': National debt is falling and the live tracker is green
In an EU where most national debts are rising, Sweden is doing the opposite. With a debt ratio of just 34% and a declining counter, we look at how the 'top of the class' manages this outside the Eurozone.
01 Nov 2025
Ticking Up by €118/Second: Is the Netherlands Still Europe's 'Frugal' Leader?
The Dutch national debt is rising by €118 every second. While its 42.7% debt-to-GDP ratio remains well below the EU limit, this live tracker reveals a more complex picture compared to its European neighbors.
25 Oct 2025
Europe’s Debt Thermometer, Q2 2025: Who’s Up, Who’s Down — and Why It Matters
New Eurostat data for Q2 2025 reveals a Europe moving in two directions: while some countries’ debt-to-GDP ratios climbed, others managed to bring them down. Here’s what’s driving the shift beneath the surface.
21 Oct 2025
The End of Free Money: Europe’s Silent Debt Crisis
As interest rates rise, governments face a new reality. The question is no longer if debt becomes a problem, but when.
20 Oct 2025
Europe’s Hidden Burden: In Some Countries, National Debt Tops €50,000 per Citizen
A Eurostat analysis reveals that in parts of Europe, every citizen effectively carries a debt burden of more than €50,000 — exposing a quieter but striking truth about the continent’s finances.
20 Oct 2025
Germany’s Debt Paradox: How Fiscal Discipline Became an Economic Trap
Germany’s falling debt-to-GDP ratio hides a deeper problem. Bound by its strict 'debt brake' while facing urgent needs for investment, Europe’s largest economy is caught between prudence and paralysis.
13 Oct 2025
The Hidden Debt Time Bomb in the Eurozone — Expanded Analysis
With the euro area’s debt reaching 88 percent of GDP, Europe confronts a perilous mix of weak growth, rising rates, and fractured politics that threaten fiscal stability.
10 Oct 2025
The Silent Bomb Beneath Europe: France’s Debt Spiral and the Coming Reckoning for the Euro
A New York Times–style feature on debt-to-GDP, creative accounting, inflation risk, and why France’s rising debt could shake the euro.
30 Sept 2025
The Digital Euro: Europe’s Leap Into the Future of Money
Student-friendly explainer of what the digital euro is, why the ECB wants it, how it could work, privacy questions, and what it means for people and banks.
14 Sept 2025
EU debt interest vs schools and hospitals: 2025 explained
An easy explainer comparing how much EU countries spend on debt interest versus education and healthcare in 2025.
12 Sept 2025
Who owns EU government debt in 2025?
Easy-to-read explainer on who holds EU countries’ government bonds — domestic investors, other EU countries, non-EU investors, and the European Central Bank — and why it matters.
07 Sept 2025
Debt-to-GDP Ratios of EU Countries in 2025
A full overview of government debt across all 27 EU countries in 2025, explained in simple terms with rankings, trends, and key insights.
06 Sept 2025
France’s public debt in 2025: what the numbers tell us
A clear, student-friendly explainer of France’s debt and deficit in 2025, why politics matter, and what this means for Europe.