International forums (G8 G20 Davos)
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G20 / EU: Europe has no monopoly on democracy
20 June 201215936 De Standaard Brussels -
G20: Monti denies EFSF rescue is “bailout”
20 June 20125916PresseuropThe Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, Corriere della Sera -
G20: Europe’s place
19 June 201251 L’Echo Brussels -
G8: Spurring growth will be a huge task
21 May 201216344 El País Madrid -
Davos summit: UK leaders hit out at Germany and France
27 January 2012877PresseuropFinancial Times -
Eurozone crisis: Davos ski-lift
25 January 201240 24 heures Lausanne -
Eurozone crisis: The democratic model
7 November 201147 NRC Handelsblad Amsterdam -
G20: Italy falls under IMF tutelage
4 November 20112PresseuropLa Repubblica -
G20: Here comes China
2 November 2011107 L'Hebdo Lausanne -
G8: Silvio all alone
25 May 201150 Le Vif/L’Express Brussels -
ECONOMIC CRISIS: Crucial five days
23 May 2011PresseuropLa Tribune -
European Union | United States: Let's end the transatlantic squabble
11 November 2010331 Il Sole-24 Ore Milan -
Austerity: Europe's medecine could cure America
13 July 2010291 NRC Handelsblad Amsterdam -
Finance: States vs markets: an unfair fight
8 July 2010281 El País Madrid -
G8 / G20: Another dead-end summit
28 June 2010331 Presseurop -
Editorial: Some do’s and don’t
25 June 2010Presseurop -
Diplomacy: Why the EU won’t stand up at G20
25 June 201024 Público Lisbon -
European Council: Economic governance will have to wait
18 June 2010112 Presseurop -
Finance: Banks holding out against regulation
9 June 2010PresseuropDie Presse -
After Lisbon (2): Europe’s plot to take over the world
7 October 200926 Financial Times London -
After Lisbon (1): Waiting for the European Washington
6 October 2009Le Monde Paris -
Editorial: From Pittsburgh to Lisbon
25 September 2009Presseurop -
Economic growth: Happiness is the new GDP
15 September 200936 Le Monde Paris -
Editorial: Next stop Copenhagen
11 September 2009Presseurop -
Transatlantic Relations: Obama is no miracle worker
11 September 2009Presseurop -
Banks: Where's the profit in a bonus clampdown?
4 September 2009Presseurop -
Bank bonuses: Gordon Brown’s original idea
1 September 20091PresseuropFinancial Times -
Finance: France seeks allies for G20 summit
31 August 2009PresseuropLe Figaro -
tax havens: Liechtenstein prince angers German Jews
18 August 2009PresseuropThe Independent -
Finance: Bank bonuses bounce back
6 August 2009PresseuropLes Echos -
International Aid: G8 stingy with Africa
13 July 2009PresseuropCorriere della Sera -
Globalization: G8 needs a gee up
8 July 20091 Presseurop -
Cartoon: Rainer Hachfeld, Neues Deutschland (Berlin)
7 July 200918 -
Security: Italy suspends Schengen ahead of G8
29 June 2009PresseuropCorriere della Sera
During the G20 summit in Los Cabos, an indignant Jose Manuel Barroso declared that Europe had not come to Mexico get any tutoring in democracy from emerging states. The European Union, however, not only suffers from a democratic deficit, but lacks legitimacy in the eurocrisis. A look outside the box cannot hurt here, writes a Belgian editor. 
Rumours have been rife for weeks, but it’s the British Daily Telegraph, at the close of the G20 summit in Mexico, that has smashed the taboo, revealing that Spain and Italy are on the verge of bailout. But is Mario Monti’s plan to use EFSF money to buy up debt really a bailout? 
At the G8 in Camp David, the richest countries have agreed to boost growth, particularly in Europe. This requires a radical change in tack from the austerity policies pushed so far. Are the leaders ready? 
After a “golden age” of coordinated reaction to the bank crisis, European and US economic policies are diverging again. And this dearth of policy coordination is threatening the stability of the recovery. The EU-US summit in Lisbon on 20 November will be a chance to re-establish a transatlantic entente – an opportunity that had better not be passed up. 
European austerity measures have come in for much criticism from US economists. According to Melvyn Krauss, this betrays a misunderstanding of Europe's economy and consumption patterns. Instead of criticizing Europe, America would do well to adopt similar tactics. 
Since the crisis broke in 2008, the nation-state has been overwhelmed by new players in a changing world. The EU 27, bereft of political leadership, are the case in point. 
Marked by the EU-US divide over the best way out of the crisis, the Toronto G20 spurned Europe’s proposals to tax banks and regulate markets. The only consensus reached was on deficit reduction – an objective championed by the EU 27. 
At the summit meeting of the world’s leading economies on 26 and 27 June, France and Germany intend to put forth European proposals on bank regulation. But by threatening maverick action, they run the risk of marooning themselves.
At the 17 June summit in Brussels, the EU 27 laid the foundations for “economic governance” aimed at closer economic policy coordination. But they fell short of setting up a bona fide joint management of economic affairs – and intend to levy a controversial bank tax, recaps the European press. 
Strengthened by Ireland’s ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, the European Union, it is argued, may now be on the verge of becoming a global superpower. The way to achieve this ambition, notes Gideon Rachman in the Financial Times, is in using the new platform that the G20 offers. 
Ireland's "Yes" to the Lisbon Treaty has relaunched speculation about the identity of the future President of the European Union. However, writing in Le Monde, Arnaud Leparmentier takes the view that the quest for a leader with the charisma to unite Europe's 27 member states, who are unable to speak with one voice, may well be in vain.
Twelve months into the economic crisis, a commission chaired by Economics Nobel Prize laureate Joseph Stiglitz is advocating the widespread use of a new economic performance indicator, which does a better job of measuring the well-being of populations. France wants Europe to take note of the commission's report.
A report published on the same day as the first 9/11 commemoration of the Obama era shows that Europeans are much more likely to approve of America than they did during the reign of President Bush, but it also notes that enthusiasm for Obama is not as strong in Central and Eastern European countries. 
Paris, Berlin and London have agreed to defend a plan to regulate bankers' pay at the next G20 summit. However, the European press takes the view that, although there is widespread popular support for the measure, the bonus clampdown will have little impact on the economy. 
Haphazard organization, inconsistent agenda, the Italian PM’s derelict leadership: the G8 now getting under way in L'Aquila, Italy, is the object of widespread and acerbic criticism. “The summit is no longer representative of the current economic scene,” objects Brazilian president Lula in an interview with Le Monde. More generally, the European press wonders whether the G8 still serves any purpose at all.