France
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France-Germany
Merkel seeks to save marriage of convenience
7 February 2012PresseuropLibération, Le Figaro, Le Monde & 2 others -
3 February 20124Le Monde Paris
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2 February 201214PresseuropLe Monde, Le Figaro, La Croix, Libération
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26 January 2012Cicero Berlin
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24 January 2012L'Hebdo Lausanne
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Eurozone crisis
After the downgrades comes the downward spiral
16 January 201263Financial Times London -
Eurozone crisis
France relegated to 2nd division
16 January 201211Le Monde Paris -
13 January 2012L'Espresso Rome
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Editorial
Ménage à trois
13 January 20129Presseurop -
Eurozone crisis
Monti takes on Merkozy
12 January 201255PresseuropDer Spiegel, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, La Repubblica & 2 others -
12 January 2012De Groene Amsterdammer Amsterdam
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Finance
Tobin tax: Sarkozy rides alone
9 January 20125PresseuropLa Tribune -
5 January 2012L'Hebdo Lausanne
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Nuclear energy
French plants need strengthening
4 January 20123PresseuropLe Figaro -
30 December 201124 heures Lausanne
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26 December 2011Neues Deutschland Berlin
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Press review
Franco-Turkish spat over genocide law
23 December 201113PresseuropYeni Şafak, Milliyet, Zaman & 3 others -
22 December 2011Liberté Alger
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19 December 2011
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France
Jacques Chirac convicted
16 December 20112PresseuropLibération -
15 December 201124Die Zeit Hamburg
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European Council
Unity dearly bought
9 December 201121Die Zeit Hamburg -
European Union
Goodbye Britain
9 December 201129PresseuropLe Monde -
8 December 2011The New York Times New York
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Eurozone crisis
Farewell sweet sovereignty...
8 December 201117El País Madrid -
Schengen
For a Europe of borders
8 December 2011PresseuropFinancial Times Deutschland -
European Union
The economic order that inspires Merkel
8 December 20116Libération Paris -
Press review
Who will follow Merkel and Sarkozy?
6 December 201121Presseurop -
Eurozone crisis
Neither Paris nor Berlin, but Frankfurt...
5 December 201127Les Echos Paris -
2 December 201113Der Spiegel Hamburg
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Debt crisis
Savers rally to patriotic call
29 November 20114PresseuropPresseurop -
Press review
Euro at a turning point
28 November 201115Presseurop -
Editorial
“Merkozy” is not alone
25 November 20113Presseurop -
Who’s afraid of Germany? (5)
Europe – an awfully wonderful family
25 November 201119Die Zeit Hamburg -
Eurozone crisis
Only Eurobonds can save us
24 November 201110El Mundo Madrid -
European Union
A revolution from above
23 November 20115Libération Paris -
23 November 2011Trouw Amsterdam
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Eurozone crisis
Frankfurt Group, Europe’s hit squad
16 November 201111The Spectator London -
Controversy
The late British Empire irks the continent
16 November 20116PresseuropPresseurop -
15 November 201110Financial Times London
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Eurozone crisis
Europe against the people?
11 November 201123The Economist London -
Editorial
Breaking the circle
11 November 20112Presseurop -
Debt crisis
Wave of panic in France
11 November 20118PresseuropLe Monde -
INTEGRATION
Arabic, a European language like any other
11 November 20115Svenska Dagbladet Stockholm -
Natural gas
Gazprom gains first European foothold
8 November 20112PresseuropLe Monde -
8 November 20111PresseuropLes Echos
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Eurozone crisis
Welcome to the union of unequals
4 November 201116The Daily Telegraph London -
Editorial
With TINA at the helm
4 November 20112Presseurop -
2 November 2011L'Hebdo Lausanne
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Mohammed cartoons
Satirical weekly offices attacked
2 November 20112PresseuropCharlie Hebdo
With 80 days left to run before the first round of French presidential elections, the German Chancellor has joined the campaign alongside her most precious ally in Europe, Nicolas Sarkozy — an initiative judged risky on both sides of the Rhine. 
France’s second city will be European capital of culture in 2013. But for the moment, news from Marseille is dominated by feuds among Kalashnikov toting drug dealers who hold sway over entire neighbourhoods. 
A probable candidate for re-election, the French President seems intent on proposing an economic project calqued on the German model — a strategy which has surprised the French press. 
In the wake of the collective downgrading of 9 eurozone countries, including France, it’s become clear that the EU’s policy of rescue funds coupled with fiscal austerity has exhausted itself. It’s time for Angela Merkel and her partners to find a credible outcome, writes Wolfgang Münchau. 
Standard & Poor's 13 January downgrade of France’s credit rating is a double blow: Nicolas Sarkozy and his presidential election rivals will come under even greater pressure from the markets while the North-South divide in Europe has grown significantly wider. 
Two days after French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s visit, Mario Monti traveled to Berlin on 11 January for discussions on saving the Eurozone with Angela Merkel. The Italian PM, who advocates a more flexible approach to the crisis, succeeded in obtaining the support of the German Chancellor. 
The French parliament’s vote which approved a private member’s bill making it a crime to negate the Armenian genocide has provoked an angry response from Ankara. The reaction to the initiative in the French press has been largely negative, while the Turkish media is much more outspoken. 
The politicians of Europe love to flourish the flag of Community togetherness. But in their day-to-day politicking they give the lie to their supposed virtues. The second part of Die Zeit's list of national egotisms that are harming the Community. 
Without doubt, Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy have taken a big step nearer their goal of a fiscal union. But at what price? Britain remains outside it. The salvation or the disintegration of the Union is now approaching. 
If approved by the Twenty-Seven, the fiscal union proposed by Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy would be a decisive new stage on the path to European federalism. But are all willing to pay the price: the surrender of the budgetary autonomy of states? 
Angela Merkel’s drive to impose discipline and sanctions in the Eurozone is not a bid to establish German hegemony, but simply an extension of the economic doctrine that provided the basis for Germany’s economic miracle: “ordoliberalism”. 
At a 5 December meeting in Paris, Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy agreed on a plan to save the euro from catastrophe, which they will be asking the EU’s 27 member states to approve at a summit on 8-9 December. The European press, however, thinks they’re not out of the woods yet. 
German proposals for greater discipline in the Eurozone have not been enthusiastically welcomed in France, where several Germanophobic comments have highlighted one incontrovertible reality: the French are very well disposed towards Europe, but on condition that it is a French Europe, remarks a Les Echos columnist. 
Jürgen Habermas has had enough. The philosopher is doing all he can these days to call attention to what he sees as the demise of the European ideal. He hopes he can help save it -- from inept politicians and the dark forces of the market. 
Ratings for all European countries are at risk, warned Moody's on November 28. The warning comes at a time when Italy is under heavy pressure from the markets and proposals for solving the crisis are proliferating. But it may already be too late, worries the European press. 
A family with strict parents, black sheep and tough love: that’s today’s Europe, says an editor at Die Zeit, who sends out a call to defend the historically unprecedented culture of solidarity. 
The measure demanded by most European partners and supported by the European Commission still meets with stiff opposition from Germany. But Berlin cannot indefinitely block the launch of Eurobonds, which increasingly appear to be the only solution to the debt crisis. 
Political changes in Greece, Italy and Spain have highlighted how European leaders have upset the balance of power between society and the state and politics and the economy. French philospher Etienne Balibar points out that these developments have overlooked the role of citizens. 
Gathered around Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy, a small group of unelected EU officials have been assigned the task of governing the eurozone and removing leaders who fail to toe the line, writes the British conservative weekly The Spectator. 
The arrival of technocratic governments in Greece and Italy may well calm jittery markets, but could also help boost populist political parties who point to the democratic deficit at the heart of the EU, argues Gideon Rachman. 
Efforts to save the euro cannot run against the will of the voters indefinitely, writes Charlemagne of the Economist. 
A Swedish journalist of Palestinian origin embarks on a tour of Europe to take an inventory of the use of Arabic across the continent with surprising results. 
France and Germany have been largely responsible for thwarting Greek PM George Panpandreou’s decision to hold a referendum on its EU/IMF bailout. A naked display of power that bodes ill for a union of equals. 