Spain
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Emigration
Population slumps in crisis stricken Spain
17 January 2012PresseuropEl Mundo -
Eurozone crisis
France relegated to 2nd division
16 January 201211Le Monde Paris -
Spain
Low-cost life for all
9 January 201214El País Madrid -
6 January 20125Le Monde Paris
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Eurozone crisis
UK prepares to rescue Eurogeddon refugees
19 December 201163PresseuropThe Times -
15 December 2011PresseuropEl País
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14 December 201121Die Zeit Hamburg
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Social crisis
Spain losing the roof over its head
2 December 20119El Mundo Madrid -
Press review
Euro at a turning point
28 November 201115Presseurop -
Who’s afraid of Germany? (5)
Europe – an awfully wonderful family
25 November 201119Die Zeit Hamburg -
European Union
A revolution from above
23 November 20115Libération Paris -
Who's afraid of Germany? (1)
Myth of German economic discipline
21 November 201120Der Spiegel Hamburg -
Press review
Rajoy won’t have time to celebrate victory
21 November 20115Presseurop -
Spain
An election for nothing
18 November 20116El País Madrid -
Editorial
Breaking the circle
11 November 20112Presseurop -
8 November 20111Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich
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Editorial
With TINA at the helm
4 November 20112Presseurop -
31 October 20112PresseuropEl País
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Eurozone crisis
They forget about growth
28 October 20114Les Echos Paris -
European Summit
Spanish banks punished
27 October 20111PresseuropABC -
Press review
Spain – ETA says “basta” to armed struggle
21 October 2011Presseurop -
Railways
Greater European network on track
20 October 2011PresseuropLa Vanguardia -
Press review
Another attack from the rating agencies
19 October 201116Presseurop -
Basque Country
ETA shown Northern Irish way
18 October 20113El Periódico de Catalunya Barcelona -
Spain
End of the road for ETA?
17 October 2011Presseurop -
Immigration
Europeans up sticks
14 October 20113Adevărul Bucharest -
13 October 2011PresseuropPresseurop
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Spain
Franco could be exhumed
10 October 2011PresseuropEl Periódico de Catalunya -
6 October 20111PresseuropPúblico
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4 October 20111El País Madrid
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Debt crisis
Eureca – the secret plan to save Greece
28 September 20116PresseuropLa Tribune -
26 September 20111PresseuropEl Periódico de Catalunya
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Economic crisis
Youthful members of the full-time precariat
15 September 20114Polityka Warsaw -
13 September 2011De Volkskrant Amsterdam
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Press review
Worst case scenario for euro approaches
13 September 20115Presseurop -
9 September 2011La Vanguardia Barcelona
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9 September 2011PresseuropPúblico
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8 September 20115La Vanguardia Barcelona
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Debt crisis
Southern Europe at critical turning point
5 September 20112PresseuropLa Tribune -
2 September 2011PresseuropLa Vanguardia
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31 August 2011The Independent London
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30 August 2011Het Parool Amsterdam
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Economic crisis
Please tax me, I’m fabulously rich
30 August 20111The Guardian London -
29 August 2011La Vanguardia Barcelona
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24 August 2011PresseuropPúblico
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18 August 2011Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich
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17 August 2011PresseuropABC
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Debt crisis
Europe reacts
12 August 20111PresseuropLa Vanguardia -
Social unrest
The street bankers
11 August 20115Der Standard Vienna -
Debt crisis
First paralysis, now panic
11 August 20111ABC Madrid
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. 
With the crisis in full swing, and pay packages as low as 1000 euros gross per month, there's no lifestyle choice other than that of austerity. It's a trend that's changing consumer habits. 
In response to the crisis, shopkeepers in Salvaterra de Miño have decided to once again accept the former national currency. And the customers, attracted by prices at the same exchange rate that applied at the launch of the euro in 2002, are flocking to the Galician village. 
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. Die Zeit has compiled a cheat-sheet of national egotisms that are harming the Community. 
Victims of unemployment, the housing bubble and bank loans too easily offered, thousands of families have been forced to abandon their homes. A symptom of the crisis that has rocked Spain, but also the crisis of a system in need of reform. 
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. 
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. 
Germany is selling itself during the crisis as a haven of stability – and the financial markets even believe it. But, in truth, it’s hardly better off than the others. And its public role of disciplinarian is arrogant and dangerous, writes Spiegel Online. 
The landslide victory by the People’s Party (PP) in Spanish general elections on 20 November — 45% of the vote as opposed to 28% won by Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba’s socialists (PSOE) — has given Mariano Rajoy enormous power in a country, which the Spanish press notes, is deep in the doldrums. But in the context of the debt crisis, Rajoy is unlikely to benefit from much room for manoeuvre. 
Mariano Rajoy's right-wing Popular Party is set to win the Spanish general election this 20 November and apply more austerity. But as long as Germany fails to assume its responsibilities at a European level, the new government will be powerless to solve the country's crisis. 
The EFSF was meant to save the single currency. And yet it has found no buyers. Investors are shying away from a complicated, uncertain financial product whose weaknesses the politicians are trying to cover up. 
The agreement reached by the seventeen states of the eurozone is leaving out one crucial issue: growth. Two problems therefore remain unresolved: the lack of a common macroeconomic policy and the divisions between the member countries. 
In a statement released on October 20 the Basque terrorist organisation announces that it has given up violence. Declaring a “permanent cessation of armed activity”, ETA asks the Spanish and French governments to “open a process of direct dialogue” to seek a solution for “the consequences of conflict.” The Spanish press hails an event that ends 40 years of terror. 
A few days ahead of the EU summit that should be “decisive” for the eurozone, rating agencies have degraded or threatened to degrade the sovereign rating of Spain and France and the Italian banks. A final assault while Brussels is trying to get its act together? asks the European press. 
The peace conference in San Sebastian, October 17, called on ETA to end terrorist activities without demanding unconditional surrender. As shown by the peace process in Northern Ireland, some concessions are necessary if we really want peace. 
The crisis is forcing more and more Europeans to emigrate. For young people in Mediterranean countries, as well as for those in Eastern Europe, it's the north of the continent where salvation lies. 
The government calls itself “anti-nuclear”, and no plant has been constructed for over 20 years. And yet Spain's nuclear industry, aided by the government, continues to grow, mostly in developing countries. 
The crisis has accelerated the emergence of a new social class in Europe. Dubbed "the precariat" by sociologists, it is made up of young people with no prospect of a decent job or a reasonable standard of living. 
With Greece progressively sinking deeper and deeper into crisis amid doubts about the country’s ability to remain in the Eurozone, the European press worries about the national and continent-wide consequences of Greek default, which appears to be increasingly likely. 
One bows to rigorous demands from Germany and the ECB, the other dithers, entangled in its political games. Spain and Italy, however, both play a crucial role for the future of the single currency. 
Following riots on the Costa Brava, and hotel balcony deaths in Majorca, the Spanish authorities are increasingly looking at ways to crack down on alcohol tourism. 
As governments prepare their 2012 budgets, with the middle classes expected to tighten austerity belts to clean up the public accounts, more and more super-rich in several countries are expressing their readiness to share the burden and are asking to pay more tax. 
Europe is bailing out its financial centres, but not its youth. Three basic conditions – education, employment and housing – are denied them. So when they fight back, says Der Standard's writer, they're just following the message from the top: take what you can and get out. 
Political dithering and rumour-mongering have caused dramatic falls in global markets. Fiscal integration will be necessary if the euro is to survive the storm. And Angela Merkel is the only political leader who can make it happen, says ABC's editorial.