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France-Italy: Latin “growth axis” vs. German “discipline axis”
15 June 20125620PresseuropLe Monde, La Repubblica, La Stampa -
Debt crisis: The great flight of capital
14 June 2012589PresseuropCorriere della Sera -
Debt Crisis: Italian press gets behind Monti amid bailout rumours
13 June 201251125PresseuropLa Stampa, Il Sole-24 Ore -
The front page: 13 June 2012
13 June 201226PresseuropCorriere della Sera, La Razón, El Correo & 4 others -
Italy: Beppe Grillo — floating on the eurosceptic wave
8 June 201217212 La Stampa Turin -
Debt crisis: Shaken
6 June 201238 -
Rail travel: Lisbon to Kiev — departure delayed
6 June 201213214 La Repubblica Rome -
Opinion Poll: Europeans express limited trust in EU
30 May 20123811PresseuropEl País -
The front page: 30 May 2012
30 May 201235PresseuropLes Echos, El País, i & 5 others -
The front page: 29 May 2012
29 May 201228PresseuropEl Mundo, Dagens Nyheter, Jurnalul Naţional & 4 others -
The front page: 28 May 2012
28 May 201226PresseuropLe Figaro, La Vanguardia, Hospodářské Noviny & 4 others -
The front page: 22 May 2012
22 May 201234PresseuropTo Ethnos, Blic, Corriere della Sera & 4 others -
The front page: 21 May 2012
21 May 201237PresseuropThe Times, Financial Times Deutschland, Financial Times Deutschland & 5 others -
The front page: 18 May 2012
18 May 201224PresseuropThe Guardian, La Stampa, El Periódico de Catalunya & 4 others -
Eurozone: Euro firewall could melt with Greek fall-out
15 May 2012651PresseuropFinancial Times -
Italie: Beppe Grillo, the anti-politics showman
11 May 2012444PresseuropL'Espresso, Corriere della Sera -
The front page: 8 May 2012
8 May 201239PresseuropTo Ethnos, Le Figaro, Corriere della Sera & 4 others -
The front page: 4 May 2012
4 May 201225PresseuropAujourd'hui en France - Le Parisien, Süddeutsche Zeitung, I Kathimerini & 4 others -
Editorial: Let the debate begin!
27 April 20121728Presseurop -
Germany-Italy: Isolated Merkel embraces Monti and growth
26 April 20121597PresseuropLa Stampa -
Eurozone crisis: The people have become a nuisance
24 April 2012137898 Frankfurter Rundschau Frankfurt -
The front page: 20 April 2012
20 April 201223PresseuropTa Nea, El Periódico de Catalunya, The Daily Telegraph & 4 others -
The front page: 13 April 2012
13 April 201216PresseuropCorriere della Sera, The Irish Times, Financial Times & 4 others -
Italy: Dearth in Venice
12 April 20123529 Corriere della Sera Milan -
Italy: Monti’s mission hanging on a thread
11 April 2012553PresseuropLa Stampa -
Libya: Inquiry threatens European oil firms
10 April 20121041PresseuropCorriere della Sera, The Wall Street Journal Europe -
The front page: 10 April 2012
10 April 201223PresseuropLa Stampa, The Independent, Polska The Times & 3 others -
Roma: Bleak horizon
6 April 201246111 MO* Bruxelles -
Italy: In the wake of Berlusconi, Umberto Bossi wraps up an era
6 April 2012374PresseuropLa Stampa, La Repubblica, Corriere della Sera -
The front page: 6 April 2012
6 April 201229PresseuropBlic, Rzeczpospolita, The Irish Times & 4 others -
Italy: Crisis fatal for small businesses
5 April 201237326 Linkiesta Milan -
The front page: 4 April 2012
4 April 201226PresseuropDe Volkskrant, The Independent, To Ethnos & 4 others -
euro zone: The trillion-euro illusion
2 April 20122958 De Volkskrant Amsterdam -
Italie: Child labour re-emerges in Naples
30 March 2012541831 Le Monde Paris -
The front page: 29 March 2012
29 March 2012PresseuropEl Periódico de Catalunya, De Volkskrant, Standart & 4 others -
The front page: 26 March 2012
26 March 201230PresseuropEl País, Die Welt, Público & 4 others -
Italy: Liberalising labour
23 March 2012153 La Repubblica Rome -
Italy: A glut of fake euros
23 March 20123514 La Repubblica Rome -
Regions: Separatists marching under the EU banner
21 March 20122268 Uważam Rze Warsaw -
The front page: 21 March 2012
21 March 201234PresseuropAujourd'hui en France - Le Parisien, Il Sole-24 Ore, De Volkskrant & 4 others -
Car industry: European car makers slam on brakes
16 March 2012524PresseuropLes Echos, La Repubblica -
Parity: EU parliament recognises same sex families
15 March 2012390PresseuropLa Stampa -
Eurozone crisis: Time for politics after the storm
14 March 201210557 La Stampa Turin -
The front page: 14 March 2012
14 March 201224PresseuropLa Stampa, Trouw, Gazeta Wyborcza & 4 others -
European Union: Nine countries back Tobin Tax
12 March 201213237PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung -
The front page: 9 March 2012
9 March 201222PresseuropTo Ethnos, Le Soir, The Daily Telegraph & 4 others -
The front page: 7 March 2012
7 March 201226PresseuropTrouw, De Morgen, Il Giornale & 4 others -
The front page: 6 March 2012
6 March 201228PresseuropMorgunblaðið, The Wall Street Journal Europe, Libération & 5 others -
Germany: Merkel intent on snubbing Hollande
5 March 201210715PresseuropDer Spiegel, Der Standard, Libération -
The front page: 5 March 2012
5 March 201227PresseuropNovaya Gazeta, The Guardian, Frankfurter Rundschau & 4 others
In local elections in May, comedian Beppe Grillo’s Five Star Movement won a number of town halls including Parma. Advocating an exit from the euro and the overthrow of Italy’s political class, Five Star is well on its way to becoming the second most powerful political force in Italy. 
The planned high-speed train that was supposed to link Lisbon to Kiev will not be pulling away from the platform anytime soon. The crisis and the many obstacles on a route that promised to take travelers from the Atlantic to the Russian steppe mean that the European rail corridor has almost ground to halt. 
A spectre is stalking the financial markets: what if the army of unemployed and poor no longer rubber-stamp the policies of the powerful? No wonder neither politicians nor business leaders want to risk too much democracy. 
Every year, hundreds of residents are fleeing Venice, abandoning it to multinationals and art speculators and leaving behind a ghost town. Attempts to revive its economy are being hampered by a lack of state funds and the fatalism of those who have stayed behind. 
In spite of the efforts made by NGOs and the distribution of EU funds, Europe’s main minority is no better off than it was 10 years ago. A lack of appropriate supervision in Brussels, the corruption of local leaders and the indifference of national governments are at the root of the problem. 
Since the crisis began in 2008 at least fifty artisans and business owners have committed suicide in the region that was the engine of Italy’s economic miracle of the 1990s. Those who have been unable to adapt to new circumstances have seen the collapse of the model that built a prosperity they thought would never end. 
On 29 March, EU finance ministers claimed to have come up with the right numbers with which to shield the eurozone from a new crisis. But it is a sleight-of-hand accounting that could crumble at the first sign of trouble. 
In one of Europe’s poorest cities, thousands of children are leaving school to help their families make ends meet. Part of a trend that has been accentuated by the crisis, they find work in the black economy or they are recruited for sinister purposes by the mafia. (Extracts.) 
The region around the city of Giugliano, a strong-hold of the Neapolitan mafia, provides nearly half of the counterfeit euros in circulation. The network, whose international ramifications could destabilise the single currency, has distributed over a billion euros worth of notes since 2002. 
Scotland, like Catalonia or the self-proclaimed Padania in Italy, is now talking openly of its independence. For these regions the European ideal is a political argument, even if a place in the European Union would not necessarily be a good thing for them. 
The European economy appears to have survived the worst of the crisis and to be on the road to recovery. However, progress towards this goal is is hampered by political hesitations and politicians doubts about their performance in future elections.