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Political risks never completely disappear from the European landscape, but we are not convinced that the US elections have materially increased the odds of another populist ‘accident’ in the euro area.While the Italian referendum is the most obvious near-term risk, we see extremely low chances of a nationalist, anti-European party winning a major election next year or holding a legally-binding referendum on EU/EMU membership. Apart from any other consideration, electoral processes are too...

Against the backdrop of a charged political climate, greater flexibility on debt and deficit rules plus ECB largesse are helping national economies We are entering a period of heightened political risk across many countries in Europe, marked by the progress of populism, as seen in the surge of support for non-mainstream parties. Not only do we have the Brexit referendum on June 23, but three days later there will be a re-run of the Spanish general election. We still expect strong Spanish...