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New euro banknotes: €5 won’t buy you a soda
22 May 2013256PresseuropLa Repubblica -
Euro: Hitting the wrong note
6 May 201341 SME Bratislava -
Portugal: ‘Troika presses for political consensus’
17 April 2013257PresseuropJornal de Negócios -
Editorial: A human face for the euro
11 January 201310913Presseurop -
2012 in cartoons: Greek funeral
24 December 201260 To Ethnos Athens -
Euro: Autumn in Brussels
30 November 201225 Der Standard Vienna -
Econony: The new bank
14 September 2012106 Le Soir Brussels -
Eurozone: Now politicians have no more excuses
13 September 20129178 La Repubblica Rome -
The front page: 7 September 2012
7 September 201233PresseuropFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, The Irish Times, Público & 4 others -
European Council: A leap forward
29 June 2012133106 France Inter Paris -
European Council: Europe’s Vietnam
28 June 2012151120 La Repubblica Rome -
Euro: Intensive care
20 June 201222 NRC Handelsblad Amsterdam -
Greece: Suspense not over on Athens’ debt
7 March 2012213PresseuropTa Nea, Les Echos -
Eurozone crisis: Save the euro – get rid of Germany
27 January 2012176120 The Times London
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.
Banking union, relaunched investment, deepening political and economic union; the summit of June 28 and 29 should reignite Europe, says columnist Bernard Guetta. Too bad the players managing the crisis are more like auditors rather than visionaries.
On the eve of an umpteenth “last chance summit,” leaders of the EU’s 27 member states are continuing to stick to their guns, vainly hoping that the crisis will simply resolve itself. In their inability to come to terms with an increasingly negative situation, they are a lot like the American generals who continued to bombard Vietnam when they knew the war was already lost.
By foisting fiscal austerity on its Eurozone partners while stubbornly refusing an enhanced role for the ECB, and greater mutual support on national debt, Germany is a greater hindrance than a help to the single currency, argues Anatole Kaletsky.