Portugal
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Portugal: Under the iron thumb of the troika
7 June 201227891 ABC Madrid -
The front page: 7 June 2012
7 June 201232PresseuropEl País, Le Soir, La Razón & 4 others -
Debt crisis: Shaken
6 June 201240 -
Rail travel: Lisbon to Kiev — departure delayed
6 June 201213214 La Repubblica Rome -
The front page: 6 June 2012
6 June 201228PresseuropABC, i, I Kathimerini & 4 others -
The front page: 5 June 2012
5 June 201228PresseuropExpansión, Svenska Dagbladet, Handelsblatt & 4 others -
The front page: 31 May 2012
31 May 201225PresseuropThe Irish Times, NRC Handelsblad, ABC & 4 others -
The front page: 30 May 2012
30 May 201235PresseuropLes Echos, El País, i & 5 others -
The front page: 28 May 2012
28 May 201226PresseuropLe Figaro, La Vanguardia, Hospodářské Noviny & 4 others -
Spain: Budgetary discipline will bear fruit
18 May 20125718 El Mundo Madrid -
The front page: 14 May 2012
14 May 201223PresseuropTa Nea, De Volkskrant, The Guardian & 4 others -
The front page: 9 May 2012
9 May 201241PresseuropTa Nea, Handelsblatt, Le Figaro & 4 others -
The front page: 3 May 2012
3 May 201226PresseuropLa Vanguardia, Financial Times Deutschland, Financial Times Deutschland & 5 others -
The front page: 30 April 2012
30 April 201224PresseuropBerliner Zeitung, El Periódico de Catalunya, Jornal de Negócios & 4 others -
The front page: 25 April 2012
25 April 201219PresseuropNRC Handelsblad, Magyar Hírlap, Neues Deutschland & 4 others -
Emigration: Indignado generation finds happiness abroad
19 April 2012104913 Polityka Warsaw -
Portugal: Billions in debt on the island of Jardim
16 April 20122759 The Daily Telegraph London -
Economy: Portugal first to ratify Fiscal Pact
16 April 20125713PresseuropExpresso -
The front page: 6 April 2012
6 April 201229PresseuropBlic, Rzeczpospolita, The Irish Times & 4 others -
The front page: 5 April 2012
5 April 201225PresseuropEl Periódico de Catalunya, SME, Die Presse & 4 others -
The front page: 4 April 2012
4 April 201226PresseuropDe Volkskrant, The Independent, To Ethnos & 4 others -
The front page: 2 April 2012
2 April 201225PresseuropExpansión, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Gazeta Wyborcza & 4 others -
Portugal: Angola continues to line its nest
2 April 20123931 Visão Lisbon -
The front page: 30 March 2012
30 March 201229PresseuropLa Vanguardia, El Mundo, Svenska Dagbladet & 4 others -
The front page: 26 March 2012
26 March 201230PresseuropEl País, Die Welt, Público & 4 others -
The front page: 23 March 2012
23 March 201228PresseuropLe Figaro, Libération, i & 4 others -
Portugal: Still waiting for better days
22 March 20121133 Expresso Lisbon -
The front page: 20 March 2012
20 March 201232PresseuropLa Dépêche du Midi, The Jerusalem Post, La Vanguardia & 4 others -
Portugal: Emigration - a beautiful mirage
19 March 20123402 Público Lisbon -
The front page: 19 March 2012
19 March 201230PresseuropLibération, Gazeta Wyborcza, The Irish Times & 4 others -
Eurozone crisis: Time for politics after the storm
14 March 201210557 La Stampa Turin -
European Union: Nine countries back Tobin Tax
12 March 201213237PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung -
The front page: 5 March 2012
5 March 201227PresseuropNovaya Gazeta, The Guardian, Frankfurter Rundschau & 4 others -
Debt crisis: Two currencies for the most indebted states
29 February 201212945 Eesti Päevaleht Tallinn -
The front page: 29 February 2012
29 February 201220PresseuropDanas, Zaman, Público & 4 others -
The front page: 27 February 2012
27 February 201227PresseuropBild, Gazeta Wyborcza, Jornal de Notícias & 4 others -
Portugal: Recession raises second bailout fears
24 February 2012833PresseuropPúblico -
The front page: 23 February 2012
23 February 201232PresseuropDie Welt, La Repubblica, Diário de Notícias & 3 others -
The front page: 22 February 2012
22 February 201220PresseuropDie Welt, Público, Correio da Manhã & 4 others -
Eurozone crisis: The great European fire sale
21 February 201250857 The Independent London -
The front page: 17 February 2012
17 February 201226PresseuropDie Welt, La Repubblica, Die Presse & 4 others -
The front page: 15 February 2012
15 February 201230PresseuropChina Daily, Jornal de Negócios, Børsen & 5 others -
Portugal: Patient is still fragile
14 February 20129815 Expresso Lisbon -
Portugal: Major anti-austerity march in Lisbon
13 February 20121621PresseuropDiário de Notícias -
The front page: 10 February 2012
10 February 201222PresseuropFinancial Times Deutschland, Financial Times Deutschland, I Kathimerini & 5 others -
The front page: 9 February 2012
9 February 201226PresseuropTa Nea, Financial Times Deutschland, Financial Times Deutschland & 5 others -
Austerity: Bucharest’s blues
7 February 2012PresseuropBlog -
Portugal: Shopping in the troika era
6 February 201218114 Jornal de Negócios Lisbon -
Slump pact: Europe’s lurch backward
31 January 2012PresseuropBlog -
Debate: Ingo Schulze - 10 theses about the crisis
27 January 2012162524 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich
Fourteen months on, Portugal spends its days under the watchful eye of the IMF, the ECB and the European Commission, which have lent it the money to pay back its debts. As the lenders’ emissaries inside Portugal verify that the reforms are being pushed through, the people are calling for “more time, more money and better conditions.” 
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. 
Faced with a further worsening of the financial crisis, Mariano Rajoy's government tries to give pledges to markets while demanding EU support. But when comparing his situation to those of Portugal and Greece, we realize that there is no alternative, says El Mundo. 
Thousands of young people, often educated, are leaving Portugal and Spain. Europe doesn’t need them while Africa and South America receive them with open arms. 
Despite a tiny population of 250,000, the Portuguese holiday island of Madeira has a massive debt of €6 billion euros, a legacy of the long and eccentric rule of local President Alberto João Jardim. 
Spurred by the economic crisis, Angolans are eagerly buying up Portuguese firms, acquiring a wide range of businesses including banks, oil companies, media outlets and telecom operators. The trend is in part due to the lack of funds on one side and the abundance of cash on the other, but that is not the only explanation. 
On March 12, 2011, João, Alexandre and Paula helped organise a massive demonstration against job insecurity and unemployment. A year later, with the country once more in the grip of a general strike, their situation hasn’t got better. 
Along with a lost generation of young people in low-paid and insecure jobs, the crisis is now pushing couples with families to seek work elsewhere in Europe. Unfortunately, arriving in foreign countries ill-prepared, not speaking the language and low on funds, they often end up in the streets. 
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. 
Rather than leaving the eurozone, the most indebted countries would do better to adopt a second, national currency. It would be circulated alongside the single currency, on the model of what was practiced in the former Soviet-bloc countries at the time of independence, suggests Viljar Veebel, an Estonian political scientist. 
All over Europe, nations are looking for a quick way to raise cash. All of them seem to have the same idea - to sell off state assets. 
With its political consensus, labour agreements and reforms in progress, Portugal appears to be better off than Greece. But the threat of bankruptcy remains and a fresh turn of the screw is still possible, warns Expresso. 
Since Portugal has been subjected to an austerity regimen by the EU/ECB/IMF troika, Portuguese consumers have adapted their habits. The crisis is pushing consumers to save but also to be more creative. 
It is the madness that has become self-evident: for years, the public sphere has been plundered and democracy ruined. The German writer Ingo Schulze has had enough. Here he sets out ten reasons to take himself seriously again.