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Debt crisis: Cautious optimism over Ireland's future
21 June 2011PresseuropIrish Independent -
Debt crisis: A German requiem for a single currency
20 June 201146415 Der Spiegel Hamburg -
Debt crisis: Greece, the serf of Europe
17 June 20112618 Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung Frankfurt -
Greece: Papandreou government hangs by a thread
15 June 2011PresseuropTo Ethnos -
Debt crisis: Why Greece will bring the euro down with it
14 June 201141715 The Irish Times Dublin -
Debt crisis: Credit rating agencies go after euro
13 June 201146410 Libération Paris -
Greece: Blood and tears
10 June 20114PresseuropTa Nea -
Debt crisis: EU - a confederacy of dunces
31 May 201118811 Jornal de Negócios Lisbon -
Debt crisis: Portuguese banks threatened by Greece
27 May 201149PresseuropJornal de Negócios -
Debt crisis: Permanent stability mechanism unveiled
20 May 2011331PresseuropLa Stampa -
Greece: Final warning for Athens
19 May 2011PresseuropFinancial Times Deutschland, Financial Times Deutschland -
Eurozone: The Greek debt headache
18 May 2011465 Presseurop -
Slovakia: Has the euro been worth it?
16 May 2011481 Týždeň Bratislava -
Greek crisis: The bailouts are building a federal state
12 May 201178 The Times London -
ECB: Merkel finally gives nod to Draghi
12 May 2011PresseuropHandelsblatt -
Debt crisis: EU to gain 1.3 billion from Portugal bailout
11 May 20111PresseuropPúblico -
Greek crisis: Germany braces to answer Athens' call
11 May 20111PresseuropHandelsblatt -
Opinion: Referendum on the euro
10 May 2011405PresseuropDie Zeit -
Greece: Get ready to wipe Athens’ slate clean
10 May 20112PresseuropDie Presse -
Greece: Lying will kill the euro
9 May 20111833 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
Greece: An easy target for hoax reports
9 May 201169 Libération Paris -
Debt crisis: Final rescue before renovation
5 May 201150 Der Standard Vienna -
Eurozone crisis: The dangerous game of bailing out
14 April 2011818 Týždeň Bratislava -
Debt crisis: Berlin fears cost of bailouts
13 April 20111PresseuropHandelsblatt -
Debt crisis: Dark horizons for bailout Portugal
12 April 2011PresseuropPúblico -
Portrait: A Super Mario for the ECB?
8 April 2011543 Der Spiegel Hamburg -
Monetary policy: ECB turns off the tap
7 April 20111PresseuropLes Echos -
Greece: Toward debt restructuring
6 April 2011PresseuropFinancial Times Deutschland, Financial Times Deutschland -
Central Europe: The wilted charms of the euro
4 April 201172 Presseurop -
Debt crisis : Brazil to lend Portugal helping hand
30 March 2011PresseuropPúblico -
Europact: What’s in it for Eastern Europe?
28 March 201134 Adevărul Bucharest -
Europact: Life in the new bloc(k)
25 March 2011873 Rzeczpospolita Warsaw -
European Council: Portugal overshadows Irish bank meltdown
25 March 2011211PresseuropIrish Independent -
European Council: Euro, curse of the 17 Sisyphus
24 March 2011434 La Tribune Paris -
Debt crisis: Portugal – opting for the shipwreck
23 March 20112252 Público Lisbon -
Debt crisis: Denmark steps up to europact
22 March 2011PresseuropPolitiken -
Europact: Europe back on its feet
14 March 2011591 El País Madrid -
Europact: Berlin - treasurer and policeman
14 March 201115PresseuropPresseurop -
Eurozone crisis: A new Trafalgar for Merkel and Sarkozy?
10 March 201137PresseuropPresseurop -
Debt crisis: Which way now for the Eurozone?
10 March 2011631 The Daily Telegraph London -
Debt crisis: Banks? What banks?
7 March 20111541 Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung Frankfurt -
Italy: Euro generation comes of age
4 March 20111364 Corriere della Sera Milan -
Poland: Warsaw feels sidelined by eurozone summit
4 March 2011PresseuropDziennik Gazeta Prawna -
Eurozone crisis: Ireland and Greece: parallel destinies
28 February 2011852 I Kathimerini Athens -
Greek crisis: Athens and Berlin mull over exit strategies
21 February 2011PresseuropTa Nea -
Debt crisis: An EU made in Germany
3 February 201114313 Die Zeit Hamburg -
Croatia: Zagreb looks to the euro
3 February 2011PresseuropVjesnik -
Fiscal reform: Berlin has a euroland plan
1 February 2011PresseuropDziennik Gazeta Prawna -
Estonia: The most Soviet Western state?
26 January 2011633 Postimees Tallinn -
Spain: Madrid to part nationalise toxic cajas
25 January 2011PresseuropEl País
As Germany hesitates once more to bail-out a near bankrupt Greece, German weekly Der Spiegel affirms that not only can the euro as we know it be saved, but also it is threatening the entire future of Europe. 
The Greek rescue isn’t helping. It’s just harming. And with it is receding the rule of law. Europeans, once upstanding citizens, are turning into a gang of bribers and blackmailers, writes the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in its Sunday edition. 
As Standard & Poor's gives the Greek economy the lowest credit rating in the world, the economics editor of the Irish Times argues that if the country’s long history of political and economic dysfunction is a guide to the future, the eurozone’s 16 other countries are at risk too. 
Considering that they failed to see the previous crises coming, Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch are suspected of wanting to destabilise the euro zone, and now they are threatening the strongest countries. 
In imposing austerity on indebted countries, the European Union and its leaders have shown themselves to be blind and even stupid. A Portuguese professor of law argues that they have put their partners in difficulty without obtaining any advantage for themselves. 
Debt restructuring to save Greece: although it has yet to achieve a consensus among economists and governments, little by little the idea is gaining ground. The European press argues that the main priority should be to find a sustainable solution. 
Adopted just before the financial crisis hit, the single currency is still seen as the recipe for prosperity by most Slovaks. But many economists are beginning to wonder if Bratislava made the right choice. 
The bailouts don’t work but they do allow the EU to build up centralised power at the expense of nation states, argues Times columnist Anatole Kaletsky. 
That’s not the way to save the euro, writes the Süddeutsche Zeitung. With their secretive meeting on the Greek crisis, EU finance ministers have gambled away the last confidence of EU citizens in their governments. This must have consequences. 
For several weeks, erroneous information about the Greek economy has been circulated to destabilise Athens. The latest hoax to date was Spiegel Online’s 6 May publication of a report about a secret Eurogroup meeting to discuss Greece’s exit from the euro. The question is: who stood to gain from the crime? 
How many failed states will still send out distress calls for help? The new bailout plan meant for Portugal ought to be the last, because Europe is going to have to reorganise the monetary union from top to bottom, says the Standard. 
After Greece and Ireland, now it's Portugal's turn. But isn't helping out indebted countries with the money of other indebted countries going to kill the euro? A Slovak columnist doesn't understand just what the EU is playing at. 
Axel Weber has taken himself out of the running, and the candidate from Finland has also withdrawn: That leaves an Italian, Mario Draghi, in line to succeed Jean-Claude Trichet as head of the European Central Bank. A man from a deeply indebted EU nation may now be tasked with saving the euro. 
Europe’s sovereign debt crisis has dampened enthusiasm for the single currency in most of the countries of Central Europe. Today, only the Baltic States are still eager to join the Eurozone, writes "Rzeczpospolita".
The EU’s 27 member states have adopted a pact for the euro that will provide a collective guarantee for the single currency. However, a former Romanian diplomat argues that Brussels will still have to find the courage and the means to implement it. 
The europact, which the EU’s 27 member states are discussing today in Brussels, will pave the way for a complete overhaul "of the European economic bloc(k)." To ensure that it will able to weather stormy conditions on financial markets, the chief architects, France and Germany, are emphasising functionality and security over variety. 
European Council summits organised since the onset of the Greek crisis have not been sufficient to prevent Europe from sinking into recession and political crisis — a fact that will remain unchanged by the 24/25 March meeting of member state leaders, writes La Tribune. Europe is faced with a straight choice: reduce the burden on over-indebted countries or organise their exit from the Eurozone. 
His new austerity plan rejected by parliament, Portuguese PM José Sócrates has resigned on the eve of European Council in Brussels 24/25 March. With elections on the horizon, the country is headed for a destiny similar to that of Greece’s, argues a Público columnist. 
The Competitiveness Pact has been rebranded the “Euro Pact”. The new name comes along with a form of economic governance to be established, but it doesn’t mean any easing of austerity, El País notes. 
Political paralysis in Brussels, monetary tightening by the ECB and soaring rates for Portuguese, Irish and Greek bonds : the omens for the crucial 11 March Eurozone summit on how to head off the deepening economic crisis are not good. 
With Europe's leaders scheduled to meet on 11 March, all talk will be on rescuing troubled economies and Franco-German driven competitiveness pact to ward off future crises. But politicians are keeping quiet about the true nature of the eurozone crisis: the fragility of the banks. 
Nine years after euro coins and banknotes were brought in, Italian teenagers of today have forgotten what national currencies, borders and devaluations were. Their generation has taken a big step away from those nostalgic for the lira, the mark, or franc. 
Electoral revolution in Dublin, paralysing strikes in Athens - Europe's most economically fragile member states are reacting differently to drastic austerity budgets and the EU/IMF bailout. But their fates are intertwined if they wish to emerge from the crisis and have a say in the running of the eurozone, writes an economist. 
To save the eurozone, do as the Germans. Much repeated by Angela Merkel, this message is getting through to her partners. But for the crisis-ridden EU, such is the price to pay, argues Die Zeit. 
With the adoption of the euro on 1st January, Estonia, now a member of NATO, the EU and the Eurozone, became the most "Western" of the Nordic countries. However, the country’s drive to join Europe has been marked by political reflexes reminiscent of the Soviet past that it would prefer to set aside.