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Portugal: ‘Deadline for €4bn cuts in public sector spending extended to 2015’

The worsening Portuguese recession has led the troika to allow the government an extra year to reform the public finances. The government’s obligation to find […]

15 March 2013
111
Presseurop
Público
Spain: ‘Yes, now STOP EVICTIONS’

The European Court of Justice ruled on March 14 that harsh property repossession laws in Spain, which have led to 400,000 evictions since the beginning […]

15 March 2013
85
Presseurop
El Periódico de Catalunya
European Council: ‘Group therapy’ for growth-crisis countries

At Thursday’s European Council summit in Brussels, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso will present figures that Süddeutsche Zeitung describes as “worrying”. In 2013, nine […]

14 March 2013
10114
Presseurop
Süddeutsche Zeitung, Financial Times
EU budget: Negotiations to begin between member states and MEPs

The European parliament (EP) has rejected the EU 2014-2020 budget, branding it too austere. In all, 506 MEPs voted to modify the budgetary proposal submitted […]

14 March 2013
991
Presseurop
Adevărul
Vatican: ‘The new hand of God’

The British tabloid leads with the same headline as its German counterpart Bild to announce the election of Argentinian Jorge Mario Bergoglio to the papacy. However, […]

14 March 2013
242
Presseurop
Daily Mirror
Balkans: ‘Belgrade and Pristina reach agreement’

Citing EU sources, the daily reports that Serbia and Kosovo have reached agreement on the powers to be given to a group of Serbian-majority municipalities […]

14 March 2013
35
Presseurop
Blic
Hungary: ‘The 1848 Revolution was the breaking point — The question is who accepts its legacy today’

On March 15, 1848, the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburg Empire began in Pozsony, the provisional capital of the Kingdom of Hungary (now Bratislava, the […]

14 March 2013
201
Presseurop
Magyar Hírlap
Spain: ‘Catalonian parliament increases majority supporting the right to decide’

A total of 104 regional MPs out of 135, 77 per cent of the Catalonian Parliament, support a dialogue with the Spanish government to agree […]

14 March 2013
90
Presseurop
La Vanguardia
France: ‘100,000 jobs lost in France in a single year’

There is no denying the importance of the offical figures published on March 13. The French economy shed close to 100,000 jobs in the secondary […]

14 March 2013
6011
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Les Echos
Portugal: ‘Government promotes debt sale in Europe’

The Government will start a "roadshow" next week aiming to promote trade in its national public debt and pave the way for a debt issue […]

14 March 2013
17
Presseurop
Jornal de Negócios
Vatican: ‘The surprise of Francis’

On the second day and in the fifth vote of the conclave, the 115 cardinals elected the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, aged […]

14 March 2013
2215
Presseurop
Corriere della Sera
European Union: National budgets under Brussels supervision

On March 12, the European parliament voted to approve “a restrictive directive that will oblige eurozone member states to present their planned budgets in Brussels, […]

13 March 2013
12533
Presseurop
Le Temps, Le Figaro
Social issues: Gaping healthcare inequalities

"Health is dividing Europe in two," notes El País commenting on the publication of The European Health Report by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The Spanish […]

13 March 2013
643
Presseurop
El País, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Cyprus: ‘European bailout without the IMF for Cyprus’

“According to eurozone leaders, […] Cyprus could be bailed out at a cost of between €10bn and €13bn, instead of €15bn to €17bn as was […]

13 March 2013
363
Presseurop
Politis
Denmark: ‘Greenland’s new political star wins landslide victory in elections’

In the final results of March 12 general elections in Greenland, the social-democratic party Siumut won 42.8 per cent of the vote, while the ruling […]

13 March 2013
62
Presseurop
Information
European Union: ‘More rights for air passengers’

The European Commission wants to reinforce the rights of passengers who seek refunds or compensation in the event of delays. In particular, it is planning to […]

13 March 2013
24
Presseurop
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Vatican: ‘Black smoke, all to play for’

At the end of the first day of conclave, the smoke that rose from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney was black, meaning the 115 cardinals have […]

13 March 2013
15
Presseurop
Il Messaggero
Belgium: ‘Half of Belgians back abdication’

Some 46 per cent of Belgians think that King Albert II should abdicate — a view endorsed by just 30 per cent at the height […]

13 March 2013
372
Presseurop
Le Soir
Serbia: ‘Serbia marches for Zoran’

In Belgrade, 20,000 people turned out to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of Zoran Đinđić, the pro-western prime minister (2001-2003) who was assassinated […]

13 March 2013
35
Presseurop
Danas
Czech Republic: ‘Nečas cut farmers’ euro-subsidies more than he needed’

Czech farmers have discovered they are to lose €300m in farm subsidies as a result of cuts in agriculture spending in the new 2014-2020 European […]

13 March 2013
1
Presseurop
Hospodářské Noviny
Diplomacy: UK and Argentina are polls apart over Falklands

A referendum on the status of the Falklands Islands (Las Malvinas in Spanish) carried out among the South Atlantic archipelago’s 2,900 inhabitants found 99.8 per […]

12 March 2013
1517
Presseurop
The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, Clarín
Vatican: ‘Pope Academy’

A total of 115 cardinals from all over the world have gathered for the conclave to elect a new pope to succeed Benedict XVI. The conclave […]

12 March 2013
13
Presseurop
Libération
Greenland: ‘Natural resources question could decide election’

Greenland, an autonomous province of Denmark, is to elect its parliament on March 12 in a vote that may be decided by the question of […]

12 March 2013
28
Presseurop
Jyllands-Posten
Balkans: ‘Slovenia allows us into the EU, we allow its banks into Croatia’

On March 11, the prime ministers of Croatia and Slovenia, Zoran Milanović and Janez Janša, signed an agreement to resolve the banking dispute between the […]

12 March 2013
241
Presseurop
Jutarnji List
Czech Republic: ‘Amnesty is growing. More than 50,000 people avoid penalties’

Following the controversial presidential amnesty by Václav Klaus, announced on January 1, the Ministry of Justice has now revealed that more than 50,000 people will […]

12 March 2013
405
Presseurop
Mladá Fronta DNES
Hungary: ‘The end of the constitutional era’

On March 11, the Hungarian parliament adopted a further modification of the country’s fundamental law which will take away most of the powers of the […]

12 March 2013
57
Presseurop
Népszava
United Kingdom: ‘A tragedy of their own making’

Former British cabinet minister Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce were sentenced to eight months each in prison on March 11 for perverting the […]

12 March 2013
16
Presseurop
The Guardian
Italy: ‘PDL storms a court’

Around 150 MPs from the centre-right People of Freedom Party (PDL) marched into a Milan court to protest against what they see as the “judicial […]

12 March 2013
16
Presseurop
La Repubblica
EU budget: MEPs set their conditions

An ugly showdown between the European Parliament and the EU’s 27 national governments over the 3 per cent cut in the 2014-2020 European budget may […]

11 March 2013
444
Presseurop
EUobserver.com
Netherlands: ‘Starve to death or be shot?’

Faced with the problem of approximately 2,000 deer, living in 3,000 hectares of dunes close to Amsterdam, which were causing extensive damage to protected ecosystems […]

11 March 2013
397
Presseurop
De Volkskrant
Hungary: ‘Vote to take place all the same’

In spite of protests from the European Union and the Council of Europe, and opposition demonstrations — including Saturday’s gathering outside the constitutional court in […]

11 March 2013
28
Presseurop
Népszabadság
Greece: ‘Europe in the dock’

“The measures taken by European governments to save the single currency when it was on the brink may be all well and good, but they […]

11 March 2013
315
Presseurop
Ta Nea
France: ‘A €9bn bill’

“Over the next three years, the French government runs the risk of having to pay an enormous bill of between €8bn and €9bn” for failing […]

11 March 2013
4429
Presseurop
Aujourd'hui en France - Le Parisien
European Union: ‘Bank rush to redraft executive pay deals’

Banks throughout Europe are racing to draw up new salary deals with staff and executives before the end of the month in order to comply […]

11 March 2013
441
Presseurop
Financial Times
Malta: ‘Malta votes for change’

With 55 per cent of the vote, the Labour Party led by Joseph Muscat has won a clear victory in the general election held on […]

11 March 2013
25
Presseurop
The Malta Independent
Austria: ‘Austrian amnesia’

One in two Austrians believe Adolf Hitler’s rule had some positive aspects, according to a poll conducted by daily Der Standard ahead of the 75th […]

11 March 2013
25827
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Gazeta Wyborcza
International Women's Day: Too many men at the top of the EU

“Europe is missing women at the top table," mourns La Croix. As International Women's Day rolls around on March 8, the French newspaper paints a […]

8 March 2013
735
Presseurop
La Croix
Spain: EU probes Valencian football funding

"Brussels investigates Spanish football," headlines El País, revealing that European Commission competition watchdogs are investigating three Valencia football teams – Valencia, Hércules and Elche – […]

8 March 2013
40
Presseurop
El País
Czech Republic: ‘On his way to the Castle’

Miloš Zeman, who was elected President of the Czech Republic on January 26, will be officially be sworn in on March 8 at a ceremony […]

8 March 2013
16
Presseurop
Hospodářské Noviny
Gender Equality: ‘The invisibles’

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, TAZ wonders if "women still have to battle against invisibility. [...] For the beautiful and the rich, this […]

8 March 2013
251
Presseurop
Die Tageszeitung
Croatia-Slovenia: ‘Finally! The obstacles have been cleared. In 114 days, we will be in the EU.’

Croatia and Slovenia concluded an agreement on March 7 to settle a banking dispute that has divided the two countries for 20 years, clearing the […]

8 March 2013
5714
Presseurop
Jutarnji List
Hungary: ‘Fidesz blockaded’

Several dozen demonstrators protesting against yet more changes to Hungary’s constitution on Thursday occupied the the courtyard of the building where Fidesz, the ruling conservative […]

8 March 2013
243
Presseurop
Népszabadság
United Kingdom: ‘The Pryce of revenge’

A former Liberal Democrat cabinet minister Chris Huhne and his ex-wife are both facing jail after they were convicted of perverting the course of justice […]

8 March 2013
233
Presseurop
The Daily Telegraph
Ireland: ‘ECB calls on Coalition to step up its reforms of bank sector’

The government must increase the pace of its banking reforms, the president of the European Central Bank (ECB) Mario Draghi said on March 7, as […]

8 March 2013
132
Presseurop
The Irish Times
Italy: ‘Unipol, Berlusconi condemned’

Silvio Berlusconi was sentenced to one year in jail on March 7 for publishing in one of his newspapers part of a classified investigation into […]

8 March 2013
141
Presseurop
La Repubblica
Central Europe: Merkel and Hollande join Visegrad Group

“It’s a breakthrough, but for the time being, only in thinking,” said Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk after the Warsaw meeting of the Visegrad Group. […]

7 March 2013
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Gazeta Wyborcza, Pravda
Ireland: Debt breathing space but no salvation

The EU has agreed an extension for Ireland and Portugal to give them more time to repay their bailout loans. Meeting on March 5, the […]

7 March 2013
48
Presseurop
Irish Independent
Greece: ‘Troika agreement eludes gov’t’

The meeting planned for March 6 between Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and representatives of the EU-ECB-IMF troika, who are currently in the country on an […]

7 March 2013
393
Presseurop
I Kathimerini
Germany: ‘End of reduced electricity prices for industry’

The European Commission has announced the opening of an investigation to establish if German industry benefits from state aid that distorts fair competition. Since 2011, […]

7 March 2013
436
Presseurop
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Spain: ‘Corrupt Unió officials will go to prison as a warning to politicians’

Businessman Fidel Pallerols and two officials of the Unió Democrática political party (part of the regional coalition led by the CiU) have been found guilty […]

7 March 2013
55
Presseurop
El Mundo

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The EU Parliament in Brussels is a tax haven. MEPs pay only 12% taxes, despite earning more than € 100,000.

VEDA on All talk and little action

The immigrants have to make an effort and the authorities have to help providing the opportunities. There is no point in playing the blame game. Failure to integrate will have a heavy cost. Once immigrants are granted asylum, society has to make an effort to facilitate integration.

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The European elections are the only truly democratic element of the EU. It is certainly not through abstaining that we will change the system.

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