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Political union: Hollande takes up Merkel’s challenge

“At last a French proposition for Europe!” announces Le Monde, which welcomes the new European attitude outlined by the French President during his May […]

17 May 2013
617
Presseurop
Le Monde, Die Welt
EU-China: Installers furious at solar panel tax

Will EU plans to impose import duties have their intended impact? According to NRC Handelsblad, “installing Chinese solar panels is a lucrative business in Europe.” […]

17 May 2013
282
Presseurop
NRC Handelsblad
Germany: ‘Unworthy of a state ruled by law’

The Bundestag committee of inquiry into the National Socialist Underground (NSU) has highlighted what it describes as a “total failure” of German security services. Tagesspiegel explains […]

17 May 2013
282
Presseurop
Der Tagesspiegel
Sweden: ‘Swedish Jews flee their former sanctuary’

"We are one" announces the slogan of the Eurovision Song Contest, which is currently taking place in Malmö. However, “at a time when the old industrial […]

17 May 2013
798
Presseurop
Dagens Nyheter
Spain: ‘Banker jailed’

Miguel Blesa, the former chairman of Caja Madrid, the main savings bank in Spain’s largest nationalised banking operation, Bankia group, was taken into provisional custody […]

17 May 2013
2124
Presseurop
El Periódico de Catalunya
France: ‘Hollande, (is finally) an unabashed social democrat’

French President François Hollande confirmed at a press conference on May 16, that the course set for the second year of his mandate would give […]

17 May 2013
5316
Presseurop
La Tribune
Youth unemployment: ‘Unemployed of Europe, unite’

As data showing that the number of unemployed people in the European Union has reached 26 million, the Italian weekly dedicates its special 1,000th issue […]

17 May 2013
1553
Presseurop
Internazionale
United Kingdom: ‘No 10 plans for coalition divorce as rift widens’

Conservative Party officials have begun contingency planning in case Nick Clegg, the leader of coalition partner, the Liberal Democrats, is unable to stop his party […]

17 May 2013
14
Presseurop
The Times
Hungary: ‘Stern warning from Merkel’

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Social Democrat candidate for the chancellor’s office Peer Steinbrück crossed swords in Berlin at a forum on Europe on May […]

17 May 2013
4810
Presseurop
Népszava
Minorities: For George Soros, Roma are victims of the crisis

“The situation of the Roma [in Europe] amounts to the most serious case of ethnic discrimination and exclusion,” claims George Soros, in an interview with […]

16 May 2013
15829
Presseurop
Dilema Veche
Development aid: €3bn earmarked to rebuild Mali

More than €3bn in reconstruction aid for the 2013-2014 period was pledged to part of the Sahel region at a Mali Donors' Conference held in […]

16 May 2013
258
Presseurop
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Gay rights: UK is a rainbow warrior

“The UK provides the best legal environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people in the EU while Bulgaria offers the least protection […]

16 May 2013
624
Presseurop
EUobserver.com
European Union: ‘Europa mit links’ (Europe with the left)

In a pun headline — “mit links” means “with the left” and also “with ease” — Die Tageszeitung announces its support for a petition entitled […]

16 May 2013
593
Presseurop
Die Tageszeitung
Banking crisis: ‘MEPs want to protect larger deposits’

The European Parliament will propose that deposits over €100,000, mainly held by companies, get to enjoy greater protection under the new bank resolution mechanism to […]

16 May 2013
411
Presseurop
Jornal de Negócios
Romania: ‘Ponta presents redundancy plan for next 5 years’

As part of the public sector reform package presented by the Victor Ponta government, 14,000 civil servants (including 4,000 postal workers and 2,500 energy company […]

16 May 2013
488
Presseurop
România libera
Netherlands: ‘Doctors: euthanasia for dementia patients should be restricted’

The Dutch doctors’ organisation (KNMG) is to meet Health Minister Edith Schippers on May 16 to discuss the possibility of limiting the scope of the […]

16 May 2013
372
Presseurop
De Volkskrant
Spain: ‘Europe tightens up Spanish economy’

“Spain is under the European Union’s magnifying glass” states the Catalan daily, as the Spanish government tries to avoid being forced to take part in […]

16 May 2013
351
Presseurop
El Periódico de Catalunya
Portugal: ‘Berlin criticises austerity and accuses Barroso of incompetence’

German officials have criticised the policy of austerity and tax increases – the two economic tools favoured by the troika of international leaders – accusing […]

16 May 2013
2263
Presseurop
Público
Eurozone: Finland reveals the fine print of the loan to Greece

According to the Finnish Finance Minister Jutta Urpilainen, “it was the Greeks who wanted to keep it secret”. However, the Finnish Supreme Administrative Court decided […]

15 May 2013
17119
Presseurop
Helsingin Sanomat
International Trade: Cultural exception: Paris finds some allies

"Cultural exception: France rallies 13 EU countries," announces French financial daily La Tribune, which reports that French Culture Minister Aurélie Filippetti has managed to convince […]

15 May 2013
737
Presseurop
La Tribune
Tax fraud: Europe stuck in neutral

"Fight against tax fraud: Europe stalls," headlines Belgian daily Le Soir. In its May 15 edition, the newspaper reports that the Brussels meeting of […]

15 May 2013
1477
Presseurop
Le Soir
Sweden: ‘Inequality growing fastest in Sweden’

According to a report on inequality and poverty in OECD member countries, Sweden is the state where the gap between low and high incomes is […]

15 May 2013
1754
Presseurop
Svenska Dagbladet
Germany: ‘A painful defeat for Google’

In a verdict announced on May 13, the federal court in Germany ruled that Google's auto-complete system, which automatically generates search suggestions, infringes the rights […]

15 May 2013
743
Presseurop
Die Welt
Germany: ‘Federal government courts on workers from crisis countries’

At the demography summit held in Berlin on May 14, Angela Merkel asked her government to facilitate the mobility of workers within the EU. “Because we […]

15 May 2013
883
Presseurop
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Poland: ‘Great relief for a few’

According to a new bill drafted by the government, Poles aged less than 35 “will be able to count on substantial state support when buying […]

15 May 2013
221
Presseurop
Gazeta Wyborcza
Italy: ‘We don’t buy houses any more’

The Italian housing market went through its worst slump in 28 years in 2012, with 150,000 fewer transactions than in 2011. The paradox, notes the Corriere […]

15 May 2013
46
Presseurop
Corriere della Sera
Spain: ‘PP barons demand Rajoy sets a deficit equal for all’

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has proposed an “asymmetric deficit distribution” among the country’s regions, asking for "generosity” to allow Catalonia a 2013 deficit level […]

15 May 2013
302
Presseurop
La Vanguardia
European Union: ‘BP and Shell raided over allegations of petrol-price fixing’

The London offices of oil giants BP and Shell were raided on May 15 by investigators from the European Commission probing allegations that companies were […]

15 May 2013
109
Presseurop
The Independent
Banking crisis: ECB wants to finish the clean-up

“Now that the Eurozone crisis is over, time to finish the job with the banks,” announces the front-page of NRC Handelsblad, in the wake of […]

14 May 2013
5315
Presseurop
NRC Handelsblad
Pew Research Center Study: Faith in the EU seriously shaken

“The New Sick Man of Europe: the European Union”: this was the title chosen by the Pew Research Center — an American thinktank which surveys […]

14 May 2013
7654
Presseurop
Libération, Die Welt
Clothing production: ‘H&M and Zara promise cleaner clothes’

The Swedish company H&M and the Spanish group Inditex, which owns Zara, “are to sign a legally binding building and fire safety agreement” for factories […]

14 May 2013
51
Presseurop
De Morgen
European Union: ‘‘New Deal’ against unemployment’

"The European Union prepares its entire arsenal to fight youth unemployment," writes the financial daily, as the French and German governments prepare to unveil a […]

14 May 2013
838
Presseurop
Cinco Días
Greece: ‘Europe grants a double tranche’

“Eurozone finance ministers agreed to authorise the payment of a double tranche of aid to Greece worth €7.5bn at a meeting held in Brussels on […]

14 May 2013
27
Presseurop
I Kathimerini
Greece: ‘Hedge funds once again betting on Greek banks’

“British and American speculative funds are gambling on the recovery of Greek banks,” explains Der Standard, which points out that — Hedge funds are […]

14 May 2013
30
Presseurop
Der Standard
Cyprus: ‘€3bn tranche. With... a whip’

The Eurogroup approved the release of a €3bn tranche of aid to Cyprus at a meeting on May 13, of which €2bn was transferred on […]

14 May 2013
202
Presseurop
O Phileleftheros
Italy: ‘6 years demanded for Berlusconi’

Milan prosecutors announced on May 13 that they are seeking a six year jail sentence and lifelong ban on holding public office for former prime […]

14 May 2013
32
Presseurop
Corriere della Sera
United Kingdom: ‘Cameron to rush out law for EU vote’

UK Prime Minister David Cameron will take the “highly unusual” step of publishing draft legislation on May 14, committing the government to hold a referendum […]

14 May 2013
5011
Presseurop
The Daily Telegraph
Spain: Two years on, what’s left of the indignados?

Almost two years since the launch of the indignados movement on May 15, 2011, El Periódico de Catalunya reports on the Sunday demonstrations in […]

13 May 2013
682
Presseurop
El Periódico de Catalunya
Shadow economy: Shrinking but surviving

In Belgium this year, “€63.17bn will change hands in the black economy,” reports De Morgen. The Brussels daily reports that according to a study conducted […]

13 May 2013
841
Presseurop
De Morgen
Czech Republic: ‘Swiss to judge Czech coal barons’

“It is in the small Swiss town of Bellinzona on the Italian border that a trial will begin today [May 13] that could have historic […]

13 May 2013
242
Presseurop
Hospodářské Noviny
Bulgaria: ‘30.1% — 26.1%. What do we do now?’

In the May 12 general election, the conservative Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (Gerb) led by outgoing Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, which won 30.1 […]

13 May 2013
23
Presseurop
Standart
Hungary: ‘It is not about sanctions’

In an interview with Népszabadság, Green MEP Rui Tavares, the author of a draft report on fundamental rights in Hungary, which was published on May […]

13 May 2013
211
Presseurop
Népszabadság
Germany: ‘Ways out of the trap’

“Germany’s population is shrinking and aging,” reports Handelsblatt on the eve of a summit on demography organised by Chancellor Angela Merkel. The daily points out that […]

13 May 2013
4029
Presseurop
Handelsblatt
Poland: ‘Shale gas only for Poles’

Days after North American companies Marathon Oil and Talisman Energy stopped shale gas fracking in Poland, news emerges that the country’s chief geologist and deputy […]

13 May 2013
937
Presseurop
Rzeczpospolita
Cyprus: ‘Eurogroup to dig deep again’

Meeting in Brussels on May 13, Eurozone finance ministers are expected to approve the first tranche of €3bn in aid for Cyprus. “Two billion euros […]

13 May 2013
254
Presseurop
Politis
United Kingdom: ‘Cabinet crisis for Cameron as ministers break ranks over EU’

Education Minister Michael Gove and Defence Secretary Philip Hammond have publically stated they would vote to leave the EU, should a referendum be held now, […]

13 May 2013
5810
Presseurop
The Guardian
Roma: Selective sorting in Romanian adoptions

“Three quarters of families who want to adopt a child refuse outright to take Roma children”, regrets Romania liberă, after studying the data published by […]

10 May 2013
8040
Presseurop
România libera
Banking secrecy: Hervé Falciani will not be extradited

On May 8, the National Court of Spain rejected a request submitted by Bern to extradite Hervé Falciani with what amounts to a “very harsh […]

10 May 2013
344
Presseurop
El Mundo, Libération, Mediapart
Belgium: ‘Repatriation of dirty money on the rise’

According to Le Soir, between January and April of this year, the fiscal rulings office registered 1,715 adjustment declarations for money that had hitherto escaped […]

10 May 2013
42
Presseurop
Le Soir
Spain: ‘Public school teachers take to the streets against education reform’

Public school teachers staged a strike on May 9 in protest of reforms proposed by Education Minister José Ignacio Wert, which were to be presented […]

10 May 2013
574
Presseurop
El País

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Europeans have made no use of the European citizenship they have had since 1992. Nice little sheep who allow themselves to be shorn, they continue to place their trust in national parties who are fully focused on their national electoral advantage.

alcofribas on ‘Eurozone mired in recession’

The government debt of the GIPSIC countries is around € 3 tn. The bank debt of the GIPSIC banks is around € 9 tn. Banking union is a step in the right direction but given those numbers it has to be done with extreme care.

gero42 on New test for the Eurozone

Neither East Germany nor the other Eastern Bloc countries have managed a genuine moral examination of their pasts. But it is relatively easy to distinguish those who participated in the system for its privileges, those who betrayed others and those who were simply protecting themselves.

preda on A chancellor made in the GDR