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Debate: Europeans have a right to the truth
22 June 20112125 La Repubblica Rome -
Spain: IMF piles on the pressure
22 June 2011PresseuropEl Periódico de Catalunya -
Debt crisis: Why the ECB won't allow restructuring
21 June 20111473 Mediapart Paris -
Spain: Angry Ones back at Puerta del Sol
20 June 2011PresseuropEl Periódico de Catalunya -
Spain: Catalan MPs helicopter into parliament
16 June 2011PresseuropLa Vanguardia -
Spain: Angry Ones vacate camp
13 June 2011PresseuropABC -
Food: Suspect number 3
10 June 201179 SME Bratislava -
Economy: Commission: austerity to create "growth"
8 June 2011381PresseuropPresseurop -
E.coli panic: Madrid accuses Brussels of stinginess
8 June 20111PresseuropLa Razón -
E.coli crisis: Hamburg — agony of the big city
7 June 2011104 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
Espagne: Brussels turns spotlight on regional deficits
7 June 2011PresseuropEl Periódico de Catalunya -
Food: A new suspect
6 June 201130 De Standaard Brussels -
Spain-Tunisia: Short lesson on the weaknesses of democracy
6 June 20111913 De Volkskrant Amsterdam -
Health: Living dangerously
1 June 2011100 Le Monde Paris -
Food: Killer cucumber, a European panic attack
1 June 20112472 Presseurop -
Spain: Agriculture victim of the killer cucumbers
31 May 20112PresseuropEl Mundo -
Food: Attack of the green cucumbers
30 May 201155 Trouw Amsterdam -
Political fiction: Onwards to Europe 2.0
30 May 20112467 Die Welt Berlin -
Germany: Fear of the killer cucumbers
27 May 2011PresseuropBild -
Spain: Zapatero gets heir he doesn't want
27 May 2011PresseuropLa Vanguardia -
Immigration: Trouble never ends at Greek-Turkish border
26 May 2011832 Le Monde Paris -
Regions: How Scotland is taking the Catalonia road
25 May 201126013 El País Madrid -
Spain: Europe, don't let those kids down
24 May 20112575 Politiken Copenhagen -
Spain: Contagion
24 May 201168 Le Temps Geneva -
Spain : Only democracy can reform democracy
23 May 201174PresseuropEl País -
Spain: Just how far can the Angry Ones go?
23 May 20111276 Público Madrid -
Spain: ¡Basta!
23 May 201133 La Vanguardia Barcelona -
Spain: Protest banned, showdown on Saturday
20 May 2011PresseuropLa Vanguardia -
Eurozone crisis: Merkel — populism never takes holidays
19 May 20113835 Jornal de Negócios Lisbon -
Economic crisis: Spain's Icelandic revolt
19 May 201118388 El País Madrid -
Spain: “Youth with no future” take to the streets
16 May 2011PresseuropEl País -
Spain: Fatal earthquake and economic recovery
12 May 2011PresseuropEl Periódico de Catalunya -
Gibraltar: The oil slick floating off the Rock
11 May 201111213 El País Madrid -
Spain: Bildu legal at last
6 May 2011PresseuropEl Correo -
Internet: Crime spreads on the web
5 May 20112PresseuropLa Voix du Luxembourg -
European Union: Patient doing better than expected
2 May 2011733 Gazeta Wyborcza Warsaw -
Terrorism and democracy: Bin Laden's demise occurred long before his death
2 May 2011PresseuropBlog -
Spain: Following Sortu ban, Spain outlaws Bildu
2 May 2011PresseuropPúblico -
Spain: ETA abandons revolutionary tax
29 April 2011PresseuropGara -
Spain: Madrid vs Barcelona in budget struggle
28 April 2011PresseuropEl País -
Monarchies: Noblesse oblige
28 April 2011PresseuropDer Freitag -
Spain: Outraged, but still sat at home
27 April 20111283 El País Madrid -
Spain: Amnesty for moonlighting
26 April 2011PresseuropLa Vanguardia -
Populism: Springtime for the anti-euro brigades
19 April 20118911 Berliner Zeitung Berlin -
Belgium-Spain: Indebted states feel increased market heat
19 April 2011PresseuropDe Standaard -
Spain: Judge Garzón gets judged
12 April 2011PresseuropEl País -
Debt crisis: Lisbon surrenders to the markets
7 April 2011491 Presseurop -
Spain: Scramble for Zapatero's empty chair
4 April 2011PresseuropLa Razón -
Banks: Judgement day
31 March 2011PresseuropLa Tribune -
Spain: Basque separatists of Sortu outlawed
24 March 2011PresseuropPúblico
The financial crisis has exposed the deception and subterfuge of politics, yet the leaders of Europe continue to deny the obvious. Only honesty, and the courage to tell the truth, can save Europe. 
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. 
Hamburg, at the epicentre of the food crisis brought on by the EHEC pathogen, has run up the epidemic flag: the blood supply is running out, and vegetables are rotting unsold. ‘We’re still alive,’ hisses the vendor in her market booth. A report. 
In Tunis, a Volkskrant journalist witnessed the extraordinary spectacle of young Spanish indignados demonstrating outside their embassy. Their dialogue with passing Tunisians offers the basis for a reflection on our political system. 
After helping to fuel the controversy, the European press is speculating on the public psychosis associated with the EHEC bacteria. 
Forget the nation-state: Europe would be much better off if it were fundamentally reorganised – into powerful regions in the north and the Alps and picturesque bankrupts in the south 
Illegal migration into Greece has slowed at the crossing near the Turkish city of Edirne since the Frontex mission, charged by the European Union to monitor its borders, deployed there for four months. But while this gap in the Schengen Zone may be partially plugged, the problem has simply been displaced. A report. 
The victory of the Scottish nationalists in the May 5 elections has revived the debate over Scottish independence. But if the example of Catalonia and the Basque country is anything to go by, what looms on the horizon is a confederation of Europe, says El País. 
Answers to the demands of the “Angry Ones”, who have been demonstrating against their lack of a future, cannot come from the Spanish government alone, according to Danish daily Politiken. It is up to Brussels, where the future of the European economy is decided, to find the solution. 
On 22 May, the Spanish electorate severely reprimanded the ruling Socialist party at the local and regional elections, while throughout the country demonstrations and sit-ins are taking place calling for more political democracy. But perhaps the movement isn't structured enough to last. 
In arguing that Greeks, Portuguese and Spanish shouldn’t have more holidays, Angela Merkel is not only spreading disinformation based on cultural stereotypes, but undermining the very foundations of the EU, argues a Portuguese columnist. 
After passively submitting to the crisis, young Spaniards have finally taken to the street. Breaking out on the eve of municipal elections, the protests of recent days have been inspired by those in Iceland that led to the fall of the government in Reykjavik. 
Widely practiced and encouraged by the authorities of the Rock, bunkering (ship refuelling), has caused extensive pollution in the Strait of Gibraltar. Calls from Madrid to respect EU rules are falling on deaf British ears. 
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. 
Unemployment, precariousness, an uncertain future: Spanish youth has been hit hard by the economic crisis. And that’s why they won’t revolt, writes El País.
The success of the True Finns party in the Finnish general elections is further proof that eurosceptics are making themselves increasingly heard on a European as well as a national scale. 
After resisting for months and coming under pressure from the markets, the government of José Sócrates has resolved to seek help from Brussels and the IMF to avoid defaulting. About 75 billion euros of aid should be released before the elections on June 5. A decision too long in coming, says the European press.