Ireland
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Fiscal treaty
Ireland begins bitter referendum debate
1 February 20123PresseuropThe Irish Times -
12 January 20121The Guardian London
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Emigration
The Greek exodus to Australia
22 December 201115The Guardian London -
Immigration
Europe’s judges overturn asylum regulation
22 December 20115Presseurop -
15 December 201124Die Zeit Hamburg
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6 December 20115PresseuropThe Irish Times
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Debate
Crisis tears us apart
29 November 20117The Irish Times Dublin -
29 November 2011The Sunday Business Post Dublin
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Eurozone crisis
An Irish village says no to the banks
22 November 20116Irish Independent Dublin -
Editorial
Breaking the circle
11 November 20112Presseurop -
Editorial
With TINA at the helm
4 November 20112Presseurop -
31 October 20112PresseuropThe Irish Times
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24 October 20112The Irish Times Dublin
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Eurozone crisis
Troika believes in Potemkin villages
12 October 20118Irish Independent Dublin -
29 September 2011The Independent London
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Eurozone crisis
Let Greece then Ireland default
28 September 20112Irish Independent Dublin -
Debt crisis
Eureca – the secret plan to save Greece
28 September 20116PresseuropLa Tribune -
Northern Ireland
Minister rages against bras for children
8 September 2011PresseuropThe Belfast Telegraph -
1 September 20114The Irish Times Dublin
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9 August 20111PresseuropAdevărul
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Debt crisis
Credit markets defiant
4 August 20112Presseurop -
2 August 20111PresseuropDziennik Gazeta Prawna
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Debt crisis
Dublin and Lisbon to pay out less
22 July 2011PresseuropIrish Independent -
Ireland
Taoiseach lambasts the Pope
21 July 2011PresseuropIrish Independent -
Italy
Berlusconi’s shipwreck
15 July 20112La Repubblica Rome -
Editorial
Paralysis
15 July 2011Presseurop -
Eurozone crisis
Understand the banks and you save the euro
14 July 201111Die Zeit Hamburg -
Northern Ireland
Marching season sparks Belfast violence
13 July 2011PresseuropThe Belfast Telegraph -
Debt crisis
After Portugal, now Ireland is junked
13 July 20111PresseuropThe Irish Times -
Debt crisis
Portugal’s junk status gives Ireland jitters
7 July 2011PresseuropThe Irish Times -
6 July 2011PresseuropIrish Independent
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27 June 20119Dziennik Gazeta Prawna Warsaw
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Debt crisis
Euro – what Brussels will do next
23 June 20112Le Monde Paris -
Northern Ireland
Golfer’s victory marred by Belfast riots
23 June 2011PresseuropThe Belfast Telegraph -
Debt crisis
Why the ECB won't allow restructuring
21 June 20113Mediapart Paris -
Debt crisis
Cautious optimism over Ireland's future
21 June 2011PresseuropIrish Independent -
Debt crisis
Credit rating agencies go after euro
13 June 201110Libération Paris -
Editorial
Strike two
7 June 2011Presseurop -
Debt crisis
EU – a confederacy of dunces
31 May 201111Jornal de Negócios Lisbon -
Diplomacy
WikiLeaks comes to Ireland
31 May 2011PresseuropIrish Independent -
24 May 20111PresseuropIrish Independent
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Ireland
In raptures over Queen’s visit
18 May 2011PresseuropIrish Independent -
Debt crisis
Ireland will go bust
17 May 20114The Irish Times Dublin -
Greek crisis
The bailouts are building a federal state
12 May 2011The Times London -
Greek crisis
A crazy way to run civilisation
10 May 20114The Guardian London -
Greece
Lying will kill the euro
9 May 20113Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
Editorial
The European patient
9 May 20112Presseurop -
Debt crisis
Final rescue before renovation
5 May 2011Der Standard Vienna -
European Union
Patient doing better than expected
2 May 20113Gazeta Wyborcza Warsaw -
20 April 2011PresseuropThe Irish Times
A new movement is occupying some of the hundreds of properties abandoned since the crash of 2008, a protest not just against homelessness, but also against the speculation that led to Ireland’s spectacular economic collapse. 
For young Europeans from crisis stricken states, booming Australia has become a new land of opportunity. This is especially true for a new generation of Greek graduates, joining the largest expatriate Greek community in the world. 
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. 
Debt and austerity are the new reality for most Europeans. But for some, such a situation is an opportunity to turn a fast profit. In such a context, how can we still talk of nations and society? asks Irish columnist John Waters. 
As Ireland looks back one year after the EU/IMF bailout, every Sunday the inhabitants of Ballyhea stage a silent protest, against those who plunged the country into recession. 
Is Facebook too curious about its users’ data? A series of complaints initiated by an Austrian law student have led to a data protection audit in Ireland, where the social networking site’s European HQ is based. 
In Greece, Ireland and Portugal, the EU and the IMF are living in their own fantasy of countries cured by austerity. But behind this facade, we’re beginning to see the reality of Europe’s banks filled with bad investments, writes the economic columnist David McWilliams. 
Northern Ireland deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has declared his candidacy for the Irish Republic’s presidential election of October 27. The Independent profiles a candidate whose career begins as IRA leader during the Troubles, to peacemaker, and politician. 
Growing rumours of a Greek default have spurred the markets, not sent them into freefall. This suggests that worse than default is agonising and dithering about the fate of the Eurozone, according to Irish economist David McWilliams. 
How can citizens be forced to pay out €15 million for a shopping centre in a foreign land while seeing their own health services shut down due to budget restrictions? Such is the absurd situation the Irish face right now, a columnist deplores. 
While Rome and Madrid are doing their utmost to reassure the markets as to their solvency, the European press remains sceptical about the capacity of Europe’s 27 member states and EU institutions to credibly address the crisis. 
Italy's sudden weakening in the markets has meant a blow to the credibility of Silvio Berlusconi, who has always said his country is doing fine. Today, with no sign of the Cavaliere, his government is hurriedly pushing through an austerity plan whose usefulness is far from assured. 
The fate of the euro is a matter of indifference to the financial markets. Investors are pulling their money out of Rome, Athens, Lisbon and Madrid. And Europe – especially Germany – is doing everything to drive off the financiers it so depends on. 
The debt crisis has laid the foundations for an economic governance that will accelerate European integration. In future, says the Polish columnist Andrzej Talaga, member states should hand over more sovereignty to the EU. 
With the single currency at risk of collapse, the leaders of Europe’s 27 member states are set to meet for a European Council summit to finalise the details of a mechanism that is supposed to prevent a repeat of the Greek crisis. 
For many economists, debt restructuring is the only possible outcome of the Greek crisis — an option that the European Central Bank has systematically refused to acknowledge. Médiapart argues that it would at least have the advantage of bringing much needed transparency to the banking sector. 
Considering that they failed to see the previous crises coming, Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch are suspected of wanting to destabilise the euro zone, and now they are threatening the strongest countries. 
In imposing austerity on indebted countries, the European Union and its leaders have shown themselves to be blind and even stupid. A Portuguese professor of law argues that they have put their partners in difficulty without obtaining any advantage for themselves. 
With the Irish government on track to owe a quarter of a trillion euro by 2014, a prolonged and chaotic national bankruptcy is becoming inevitable, predicts renowned economist Morgan Kelly. 
The bailouts don’t work but they do allow the EU to build up centralised power at the expense of nation states, argues Times columnist Anatole Kaletsky. 
Despite a series of swingeing austerity budgets to calm the international markets, Greece yet again totters on the brink of bankruptcy. But should democracies determine economic policy according to what a few thousand traders might, or might not, want? 
That’s not the way to save the euro, writes the Süddeutsche Zeitung. With their secretive meeting on the Greek crisis, EU finance ministers have gambled away the last confidence of EU citizens in their governments. This must have consequences. 
How many failed states will still send out distress calls for help? The new bailout plan meant for Portugal ought to be the last, because Europe is going to have to reorganise the monetary union from top to bottom, says the Standard. 
Amid a virtual consensus that the current crisis has cast doubts over the future of the European Union, Polish columnist Jacek Pawlicki argues that the EU’s ability to adapt along with the contribution made by its more recent members will ensure its continued survival.