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Eurozone: Europe needs its Martin Luther
17 May 2013378128 La Repubblica Rome
"The 95 Theses of Martin Luther," oil on canvas by Ferdinand Pauwels (1872)
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The Netherlands: Immigrants tangled up with Turkish gangs
17 May 201322628 De Standaard Brussels
Are Bulgarian immigrants abusing the welfare system? Several cases of benefit fraud have sparked controversy. But often, the suspected fraudsters are themselves simply victims of organised crime networks. In brief
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EU-China: Installers furious at solar panel tax
17 May 2013282PresseuropNRC Handelsblad -
Political union: Hollande takes up Merkel’s challenge
17 May 2013617PresseuropLe Monde, Die Welt
Cartoon of the day
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Editorial: Euro-visions
17 May 2013357Presseurop -
Germany: ‘Unworthy of a state ruled by law’
17 May 2013242PresseuropDer Tagesspiegel -
Sweden: ‘Swedish Jews flee their former sanctuary’
17 May 2013518PresseuropDagens Nyheter -
Spain: ‘Banker jailed’
17 May 20132124PresseuropEl Periódico de Catalunya -
France: ‘Hollande, (is finally) an unabashed social democrat’
17 May 20135316PresseuropLa Tribune -
Youth unemployment: ‘Unemployed of Europe, unite’
17 May 20131553PresseuropInternazionale -
United Kingdom: ‘No 10 plans for coalition divorce as rift widens’
17 May 201314PresseuropThe Times -
Hungary: ‘Stern warning from Merkel’
17 May 20134810PresseuropNépszava -
Eurozone crisis: Red carpet
16 May 201340 24 heures Lausanne -
Growth : ‘Eurozone mired in recession’
16 May 201359273PresseuropFinancial Times, Les Echos, România libera & 4 others -
Minorities: For George Soros, Roma are victims of the crisis
16 May 201315829PresseuropDilema Veche -
Development aid: €3bn earmarked to rebuild Mali
16 May 2013258PresseuropFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Süddeutsche Zeitung -
Gay rights: UK is a rainbow warrior
16 May 2013624PresseuropEUobserver.com -
Banking Union: New test for the Eurozone
16 May 20138510 La Vanguardia Barcelona -
European Union: ‘Europa mit links’ (Europe with the left)
16 May 2013593PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Banking crisis: ‘MEPs want to protect larger deposits’
16 May 2013411PresseuropJornal de Negócios -
Romania: ‘Ponta presents redundancy plan for next 5 years’
16 May 2013488PresseuropRomânia libera -
Netherlands: ‘Doctors: euthanasia for dementia patients should be restricted’
16 May 2013372PresseuropDe Volkskrant -
Spain: ‘Europe tightens up Spanish economy’
16 May 2013351PresseuropEl Periódico de Catalunya -
Portugal: ‘Berlin criticises austerity and accuses Barroso of incompetence’
16 May 20132263PresseuropPúblico -
Switzerland: Change of tune
15 May 201370 L'Hebdo Lausanne -
Eurozone: Finland reveals the fine print of the loan to Greece
15 May 201317119PresseuropHelsingin Sanomat -
Germany: A chancellor made in the GDR
15 May 201365336 Welt am Sonntag Berlin -
International Trade: Cultural exception: Paris finds some allies
15 May 2013737PresseuropLa Tribune -
Tax fraud: Europe stuck in neutral
15 May 20131477PresseuropLe Soir
Europe's May 15 growth figures fell like a hammer blow. For the sixth consecutive quarter, the Eurozone economy has contracted – the longest period of decline in growth since the creation of the single currency, notes the European press. 
Pool the debts of banks in the Eurozone, as requested by the ECB, or wait until every country has first put their house in order, as demanded by Berlin? We must do both, says the Eurogroup. The real question is how exactly to go about doing it. 
Where does Angela Merkel come from? How has she formed her political ideas? The Germans, like other Europeans, often ask these questions. As the September elections approach, a biography sets out to find the key to her success in her childhood in the GDR.