France
-
France-Germany: Merkel seeks to save marriage of convenience
7 February 201277PresseuropLibération, Le Figaro, Le Monde & 2 others -
The front page: 7 February 2012
7 February 201220PresseuropRomânia libera, Die Presse, To Ethnos & 4 others -
The front page: 6 February 2012
6 February 201217PresseuropEvenimentul zilei, Lapin Kansa, Les Echos & 4 others -
France: Marseille, the new drug empire
3 February 20121716 Le Monde Paris -
Economy: Sarkozy fascinated by German model
2 February 201210815PresseuropLe Monde, Le Figaro, La Croix, Libération -
Slump pact: Europe’s lurch backward
31 January 2012PresseuropBlog -
The front page: 30 January 2012
30 January 201228PresseuropDie Welt, The Guardian, Die Tageszeitung & 4 others -
Finance: Taxing times for Sarkozy
30 January 2012PresseuropBlog -
Hungary: Underground Europe
26 January 201235 Cicero Berlin -
The front page: 25 January 2012
25 January 201216PresseuropTo Ethnos, Les Echos, Népszabadság & 4 others -
Cinema: ...!
24 January 201243 L'Hebdo Lausanne -
The front page: 23 January 2012
23 January 201225PresseuropVečernji list, Lapin Kansa, La Croix & 4 others -
The front page: 20 January 2012
20 January 201229PresseuropDie Welt, Le Soir, Der Standard & 4 others -
The front page: 17 January 2012
17 January 201231PresseuropBørsen, Večernji list, La Vanguardia & 4 others -
Eurozone crisis: After the downgrades comes the downward spiral
16 January 201222263 Financial Times London -
Eurozone crisis: France relegated to 2nd division
16 January 20125211 Le Monde Paris -
Downgrades: Solvency, not lack of liquidity, is driving Europe down
16 January 2012PresseuropBlog -
Eurozone crisis: It can only get worse
13 January 201266 L'Espresso Rome -
Editorial: Ménage à trois
13 January 2012569Presseurop -
Eurozone crisis: Monti takes on Merkozy
12 January 20128155PresseuropDer Spiegel, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, La Repubblica & 2 others -
Eurozone crisis: The battle goes on
12 January 201283 De Groene Amsterdammer Amsterdam -
The front page: 12 January 2012
12 January 201227PresseuropLidové noviny , Adevărul, Le Figaro & 4 others -
The front page: 11 January 2012
11 January 201221PresseuropAamulehti, The Scotsman, El Mundo & 4 others -
Finance: Tobin tax: Sarkozy rides alone
9 January 20125PresseuropLa Tribune -
Health: Deflated
5 January 201251 L'Hebdo Lausanne -
Nuclear energy: French plants need strengthening
4 January 2012183PresseuropLe Figaro -
The front page: 2 January 2012
2 January 201224PresseuropHandelsblatt, La Repubblica, El País & 3 others -
European Union: The new 2012 calendar
30 December 201191 24 heures Lausanne -
Euro: The birth of the divine currency
26 December 201154 Neues Deutschland Berlin -
Press review: Franco-Turkish spat over genocide law
23 December 201112213PresseuropYeni Şafak, Milliyet, Zaman & 3 others -
Diplomacy: Who to call in Europe
22 December 201173 Liberté Alger -
The front page: 21 December 2011
21 December 201123Presseurop -
Debt crisis: Entente discordiale
19 December 201174 -
France: Jacques Chirac convicted
16 December 20112PresseuropLibération -
The front page: 16 December 2011
16 December 201116Presseurop -
Debate: Europe’s seven deadly sins (2/2)
15 December 201123724 Die Zeit Hamburg -
The front page: 13 December 2011
13 December 201118Presseurop -
Political crisis: Politics leaves the EU
12 December 2011PresseuropBlog -
The front page: 12 December 2011
12 December 201119Presseurop -
European Council: Unity dearly bought
9 December 201135121 Die Zeit Hamburg -
European Union: Goodbye Britain
9 December 201129PresseuropLe Monde -
Debt crisis: Sarko, Merko, Euro
8 December 201140 The New York Times New York -
Eurozone crisis: Farewell sweet sovereignty...
8 December 201134917 El País Madrid -
Schengen: For a Europe of borders
8 December 2011PresseuropFinancial Times Deutschland, Financial Times Deutschland -
European Union: The economic order that inspires Merkel
8 December 20112006 Libération Paris -
EU democracy : Can Van Rompuy bypass a referendum?
7 December 2011PresseuropBlog -
Press review: Who will follow Merkel and Sarkozy?
6 December 201111521PresseuropAdevărul, Rzeczpospolita, Postimees & 4 others -
Eurozone crisis: Neither Paris nor Berlin, but Frankfurt...
5 December 201112327 Les Echos Paris -
Profile: Jürgen Habermas, the last European
2 December 2011292313 Der Spiegel Hamburg -
The front page: 2 December 2011
2 December 201122Presseurop
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.