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European summit: For Daily Express, Merkel means war
27 October 20111PresseuropDaily Express -
Press review: Zero hour for the euro has come
26 October 20111041PresseuropLe Figaro, Handelsblatt, La Vanguardia & 2 others -
Italy: Frantic deal to appease Europe
26 October 2011PresseuropCorriere della Sera -
European summit: Putting out fire while rebuilding the house
26 October 2011712 Le Monde Paris -
Eurozone crisis: Not without my Bundestag
25 October 2011PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Press review: Angela rules the roost
24 October 20111217Presseurop -
Financial crisis : Fear is gobbling up politics
20 October 20112008 Frankfurter Rundschau Frankfurt -
Greece: A week in hell
20 October 2011721 Eleftherotypia Athens -
Press review: Another attack from the rating agencies
19 October 20119616Presseurop -
Greek crisis: Bild reveals €200 billion Greek capital flight
19 October 2011PresseuropBild -
Debt crisis: Berlin keeps pressure up on partners
18 October 2011PresseuropIl Sole-24 Ore -
Opinion: How the euro will divide Europe
17 October 201110815 Gazeta Wyborcza Warsaw -
Economy: Britain’s hands tied by eurozone turmoil
17 October 20113PresseuropThe Daily Telegraph -
Eurozone crisis: Crash in the offing
13 October 20111PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Eurozone crisis: Troika believes in Potemkin villages
12 October 20112888 Irish Independent Dublin -
Slovakia: Back to the black hole of Europe?
12 October 2011473 SME Bratislava -
Eurozone crisis: Europe cannot afford any more mistakes
11 October 20111118 La Vanguardia Barcelona -
EFSF: After Malta, all eyes on Slovakia
11 October 2011PresseuropThe Times of Malta -
ECB: What it would have cost without Trichet
6 October 2011652 El País Madrid -
Press review: Dexia - the bomb in the Eurozone
5 October 20111562Presseurop -
Italy: Moody’s drives in another nail
5 October 2011PresseuropCorriere della Sera -
Eurozone crisis: Finland will pay for Greece
5 October 20111PresseuropHelsingin Sanomat -
Greece: EU hits Athens with “fatal bullet”
4 October 2011PresseuropEleftherotypia -
Eurozone crisis: The Eurosceptics’ finest hour
30 September 201131810 The Spectator London -
Germany: Merkel saves euro – and her own skin
30 September 2011PresseuropFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung -
Slovakia: Bratislava agrees to bolster euro
29 September 2011PresseuropSME -
Finland: Finland says yes to European stability fund
29 September 2011PresseuropHelsingin Sanomat -
Eurozone crisis: Let Greece then Ireland default
28 September 20111762 Irish Independent Dublin -
Eurozone crisis: Ready to explode
26 September 20112PresseuropDer Spiegel -
Debt crisis: IMF urges EU to take action
23 September 2011PresseuropLa Stampa -
Portugal: Deutsche Bank profits from crisis
20 September 2011Presseuropi -
Eurozone crisis: The Economist calls for “act of supreme collective will”
16 September 20111396PresseuropThe Economist -
Banks: Dollar to the rescue
16 September 20111PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
Debt Crisis: Beijing is no white knight
14 September 20111894 La Repubblica Rome -
Germany : Liberals threaten Greece and the coalition
14 September 20112PresseuropFinancial Times Deutschland, Financial Times Deutschland -
Debt Crisis: Merkel and Sarkozy support Greece
14 September 2011PresseuropEl Periódico de Catalunya -
Press review: Worst case scenario for euro approaches
13 September 20111395Presseurop -
Debt crisis: End of the age of stability
12 September 20111413 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Frankfurt -
Greece: Is more belt-tightening worth it?
12 September 20111PresseuropEleftherotypia -
Eurozone crisis: Dutch PM wants to kick out faulty countries
9 September 20114PresseuropDe Volkskrant -
Eurozone: Madrid and Rome – two sorts of crisis
8 September 20111165 La Vanguardia Barcelona -
Greek crisis: Banks to get off lighter than expected
8 September 2011PresseuropDer Standard -
Press review: Switzerland: “Welcome to the eurozone”
7 September 20111311Presseurop -
Eurozone bailouts: Karlsruhe says yes, but...
7 September 2011933 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
Greek crisis: Brussels squeezes Slovakia on rescue plan
7 September 2011PresseuropPravda -
Italy: Moment of truth has come
7 September 2011PresseuropCorriere della Sera -
Debt crisis: What can Greece do now?
6 September 201110813 To Ethnos Athens -
Bailouts: German parliament will have its say
5 September 201113PresseuropDer Spiegel -
Debt crisis: Southern Europe at critical turning point
5 September 20112PresseuropLa Tribune -
Italy: Austerity plan in vanishing act
1 September 2011PresseuropLa Repubblica
The extraordinary summit held in Brussels on October 26 is considered crucial by the European press. But whether it's about rescuing Greece or saving the single currency itself, it's a sense of unease that dominates. 
The European Council and eurozone crisis summit which opens on October 26 must prevent debt contagion. But it's a second wind that the EU needs if it's to have a future. 
The European press is unanimous: at the 23 October summit, it was the German Chancellor who dictated her conditions to partner countries — including France — on what should be done to save the euro and Europe’s over-indebted countries from the crisis. 
Out of fear and ignorance, the politicians have been trying since the beginning of the financial crisis to beat the financial markets with their own weapons – and they can still flourish many trillions of euros more. But if they can’t remember to go back to playing by the rules of politics, they are bound to lose the arm-wrestle. 
What with the general strike, violent anti-austerity demonstrations and a European summit to seek yet another solution to the debt crisis, Greece has its work cut out. And its partners are doing little to make a bad situation better... 
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. 
Mooted eurozone reforms should enhance the single currency’s ability to weather financial crises, but will probably deepen the European Union’s division into an inner core (the eurozone) and the rest, argues a Polish columnist. 
In Greece, Ireland and Portugal, the EU and the IMF are living in their own fantasy of countries cured by austerity. But behind this facade, we’re beginning to see the reality of Europe’s banks filled with bad investments, writes the economic columnist David McWilliams. 
Having rejected an expanded rescue fund for the eurozone, the Slovak parliament has jeopardised the EU response to the crisis. Seen from Bratislava, this vote is also a threat to the relatively new status enjoyed by the country in recent years. 
Recapitalising the banks, as called for now by Angela Merkel, is a good step. But avoiding the errors that have been made from the very beginning of the crisis and fostering European growth backed by Germany would be better, writes La Vanguardia. 
Accused at times of excessive timidity, at times of trespassing on the preserve of states, the governor of the European Central Bank has, on balance, been able to hold the euro steady and, so far, to avoid getting swept away by the crisis.
Weakened by its toxic financial arrangements, the Franco-Belgian bank is on the brink. For some, this could usher in a series of bank failures throughout Europe. For others, it is above all the credibility of member states that is at stake. 
As the eurozone staggers from one crisis to the next, is this the end? Two British writers consider Eurosceptics have been vindicated, and are calling for the single currency’s supporters to be held to account. 
Growing rumours of a Greek default have spurred the markets, not sent them into freefall. This suggests that worse than default is agonising and dithering about the fate of the Eurozone, according to Irish economist David McWilliams. 
The announcement by Italy of a flow of Chinese capital rushing in to support the Italian economy has raised hopes of Beijing riding up to rescue the euro. We must be wary of false hopes, however, writes La Repubblica. China is a prudent and discriminating investor. 
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. 
The resignation of the ECB’s chief economist, Juergen Stark, accelerates a trend that the Germans do not want to fess up to, writes the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: The end of the policy of stability at any cost to avoid state bankruptcy. 
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. 
In the wake of months of debate on the soaring value of the Swiss franc, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) has decided to peg the country’s currency to the euro. At a time when the single currency is experiencing the darkest days in its history, the decision has prompted surprise and curiosity in Europe. 
The German Constitutional Court has validated the Eurozone's support mechanisms, but ultimately, if Europe really wants to get organized, the Federal Constitution will have to be rewritten and approved by the people, warns columnist Heribert Prantl. 
Everyone now grasps that the Greek government cannot reduce its debt as promised, and the news has rattled the financial markets. In Athens there’s a feeling of helplessness in the air, as captured in this editorial in To Ethnos.