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Regions: Towards the exit
22 October 201249 Trouw Amsterdam -
Spain: Basque elections up stakes for Rajoy
22 October 2012295PresseuropEl País, El Mundo -
The front page: 22 October 2012
22 October 201225PresseuropFinancial Times, The Irish Times, El Periódico de Catalunya & 4 others -
European Council: Spectre of Spanish bailout
19 October 20127775 El Periódico de Catalunya Barcelona -
Switzerland: Army prepares for ‘euro-humanitarian’ crisis
17 October 201223218PresseuropEUobserver.com -
The front page: 17 October 2012
17 October 201225PresseuropThe Times of Malta, La Tribune, Financial Times Deutschland & 5 others -
Catalonia-Scotland: Spain, Britain and the forbidden fruits of independence
16 October 201246649 Financial Times London -
Separatism: A symptom of the debt crisis
16 October 2012536PresseuropLa Tribune, De Standaard, Financial Times Deutschland, Financial Times Deutschland -
The front page: 16 October 2012
16 October 201224PresseuropLa Voix du Luxembourg, The Scotsman, La Gaceta & 5 others -
Spain: IMF calls for end to all-out austerity
12 October 201214519PresseuropEl País -
Eurozone: Monetary union continues its painful progress
11 October 20128146 Le Monde Paris -
The front page: 11 October 2012
11 October 201216PresseuropABC, The Times, Kommersant & 4 others -
Greece-Germany: Those mad, bad and sad Anti-Merkelites
10 October 2012261120 Coulisses de Bruxelles Brussels -
The front page: 10 October 2012
10 October 201220PresseuropTa Nea, Bild, Die Presse & 4 others -
European Union: Richer regions want to redraw the map
8 October 201224636 The New York Times New York -
The front page: 8 October 2012
8 October 201225PresseuropTa Nea, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, La Vanguardia & 4 others -
The front page: 5 October 2012
5 October 201218PresseuropIl Giornale, Cinco Días, Les Echos & 4 others -
The front page: 4 October 2012
4 October 201221PresseuropABC, i, Le Figaro & 4 others -
Debt crisis: Spanish banks main investors in national bonds
3 October 20127112PresseuropABC -
The front page: 3 October 2012
3 October 201221PresseuropLa Vanguardia, I Kathimerini, Libération & 4 others -
Catalonia: A scale model of European implosion
2 October 201227451 Diário de Notícias Lisbon -
Catalonia: Artur Mas - the man with Spain’s future in his hands
2 October 201214387 Financial Times London -
The front page: 2 October 2012
2 October 201224PresseuropDie Tageszeitung, El Mundo, De Volkskrant & 4 others -
Austerity: Please make austerity more flexible
1 October 20129439 El País Madrid -
Debt crisis: Crushed
1 October 201248 Trouw Amsterdam -
Debt crisis: Behind the curtain
28 September 201254 L’Echo Brussels -
The front page: 28 September 2012
28 September 201215PresseuropABC, Les Echos, Rzeczpospolita & 4 others -
Eurozone: Surprise — we haven’t escaped the crisis
27 September 201227154 La Stampa Turin -
Eurozone: Germany, Netherlands and Finland in reverse gear
27 September 20129915PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung -
The front page: 27 September 2012
27 September 201223PresseuropI Kathimerini, Cinco Días, Corriere della Sera & 4 others -
The front page: 26 September 2012
26 September 201223PresseuropLa Vanguardia, ABC, La Razón & 4 others -
Spain: Catalonia, a new headache for the EU
24 September 201259776 El País Madrid -
Eurozone: EU prepares giant bazooka
24 September 20125710PresseuropFinancial Times Deutschland, Financial Times Deutschland, Der Spiegel, Kleine Zeitung -
The front page: 24 September 2012
24 September 201221PresseuropDie Welt, La Razón, Irish Examiner & 4 others -
Spain: Eurovegas won’t hit the jackpot
21 September 20128791 El País Madrid -
The front page: 19 September 2012
19 September 2012191PresseuropCharlie Hebdo, The Guardian, La Vanguardia & 4 others -
The front page: 18 September 2012
18 September 201220PresseuropDiário económico, De Standaard, El Mundo & 5 others -
The front page: 17 September 2012
17 September 201229PresseuropEl País, Die Welt, Le Figaro & 4 others -
The front page: 14 September 2012
14 September 201221PresseuropThe Irish Times, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Trouw & 4 others -
Eurozone: Now politicians have no more excuses
13 September 20129178 La Repubblica Rome -
Spain: Catalan show of strength
12 September 201275107PresseuropLa Vanguardia, El Periódico de Catalunya, El País, ABC -
The front page: 12 September 2012
12 September 201218PresseuropDe Morgen, Trouw, Financial Times & 4 others -
Debate: The Eurozone devalues Europe
11 September 2012197118 Ta Nea Athens -
Football: Ronaldo, of the Silver Ball
10 September 201240 La Vanguardia Barcelona -
Greece: Learning languages
7 September 201272 I Kathimerini Athens -
Eurozone: Draghi saves the single currency
7 September 2012105135 El País Madrid -
The front page: 7 September 2012
7 September 201233PresseuropFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, The Irish Times, Público & 4 others -
Interview: Paul Krugman: “The euro is a shaky construction”
6 September 201262880 L'Express Paris -
Spain-Morocco: Agreement to curb migration pressure on the Spanish islands
4 September 20123214PresseuropABC -
Spain: No more free treatment for undocumented migrants
31 August 201211614PresseuropEl País, La Razón
The banking union agreed by European leaders on 18 October is just one of a set of measures that also includes supervision of national budgets and a greater role for the ECB. And the goal of these manoeuvres is to determine if, and how, Spain will ask for help. 
While British PM David Cameron has signed off on a Scottish independence referendum for 2014, Spain rules out a similar vote in Catalonia as unconstitutional. One decision is politically mature, the other likely to fuel rising secessionist demands, argues Gideon Rachman. 
With the entry into force of the stability mechanism and the consensus on plans for a banking union, the Eurozone has compensated for the “birth defects” of the single currency, albeit at the price of a widening rift with other member states. 
Angela Merkel’s 9 October visit to Athens gave rise to demonstrations in the course of which the chancellor was caricatured as Hitler. Excesses bordering on stupidity that prevent the Greeks from facing up to their responsibilities, argues a French journalist. 
The crisis is reviving old historical and economic quarrels between rich regions with a strong sense of identity and central governments. But as the latest example of Catalonia shows, the question is whether the EU encourages stability or secessionist tendencies. 
The budgetary austerity zealously applied by Madrid has revitalised demands for independence in Barcelona. Engaged in a fiscal and economic power struggle with the central government, Catalonia is threatening to disrupt the social and regional equilibrium that underlies Spanish democracy. 
Not only is Spain in the midst of a devastating economic crisis, but it also faces the prospect of a constitutional one, after nationalist leader Arthur Mas, president of the autonomous Catalonia region, called an election widely considered as a plebiscite on independence. A profile. 
Marked by the drive to balance public accounts, the budgets been recently presented by several countries will pave the way for more hard times, and even more recession. To break out of a deficit-austerity vicious circle, spending limits will have to be more flexible, argues the director of Slate.fr. 
After a period of relative truce and some optimism, the markets seem to be back in a mood to dish out more punishment to the shakiest countries in the euro zone, and social tensions are flaring up. Those who thought that the modest changes in policy would solve a structural crisis are gravely mistaken, says an economist. 
Catalonia, Spain's wealthiest and yet most indebted region is claiming the right not to pay for a central government brought low by debt, all the while brandishing the spectre of independence under Madrid’s nose. For Brussels this microcosm version of trouble the eurozone faces is the cause of much scepticism, as well as concern. 
In 2016, a “European Las Vegas” should open outside Madrid. In response, Catalonia is launching Barcelona World, a super-park attraction. In Europe, however, these entertainment venues imported from America rarely live up to their economic promises. 
The verdict of the German Constitutional Court has ended the first part of the 'war of the unification’ of Europe. Today, though, a new phase is opening up: the battle to convince national politicians to accept the surrender of sovereignty necessary for the EU of tomorrow. 
For months, both Greeks and Germans have been talking about the possibility of Greece leaving the euro. And one of the implications of this discussion is that outside of the single currency, there is no EU — a notion that Greek writer Petros Markaris remarks is divisive to the point where it encourages mutual disdain. 
In announcing that the ECB will buy up the debt of countries in distress, Mario Draghi is compensating yet again for the inaction of European leaders. And he is standing up again as the one who is changing the rules of the game – exactly what we needed, rejoices El País. 
To save the single currency beset by difficulties that stem from its initial design, Economics Nobel Prize laureate Paul Krugman argues that Europe should set its sights on low inflation but forget about implementing uniform austerity measures.