Anatole Kaletsky
British journalist Anatole Kaletsky (b. 1952) is Editor-at-large of The Times and the London daily’s principal economic commentator, where he writes a regular column on economics, politics and financial markets.
Updated: 3 November 2010
By foisting fiscal austerity on its Eurozone partners while stubbornly refusing an enhanced role for the ECB, and greater mutual support on national debt, Germany is a greater hindrance than a help to the single currency, argues Anatole Kaletsky. 
Despite France and Germany's apparent agreement in recent talks, their visions of Europe's future are very different. Germany has now become the main obstacle on the road to integration, argues a Times columnist: it is time for France to take the lead in Europe and leave its partner behind. 
The bailouts don’t work but they do allow the EU to build up centralised power at the expense of nation states, argues Times columnist Anatole Kaletsky. 
The “pact for competitiveness” is not so much a Franco-German takeover of the EU but a step towards a federal Europe, argues Times columnist Anatole Kaletsky. Which is why its outline for an ‘economic government’ in the eurozone won’t ease the effects of the financial crisis. 
Both on the left and right, consensus in growing that the ever widening gap between executive pay and ordinary wages is squeezing out the middle class, and undermining our democracies, writes Times columnist Anatole Kaletsky.