Economy
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Debt crisis: Credit rating agencies go after euro
13 June 201146410 Libération Paris -
Greece: Blood and tears
10 June 20114PresseuropTa Nea -
E.coli panic: Madrid accuses Brussels of stinginess
8 June 20111PresseuropLa Razón -
Air travel: EU-China deadlock over CO2
7 June 201115PresseuropLa Stampa -
Institutions: Trichet calls for European finance ministry
3 June 2011454PresseuropFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung -
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 -
Belgium: Credit rating agencies turn up the heat
24 May 2011PresseuropDe Standaard -
ECONOMIC CRISIS: Crucial five days
23 May 2011PresseuropLa Tribune -
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 -
Unemployment: Italy's youth population in total slump
18 May 20111603PresseuropCorriere della Sera -
Slovakia: Has the euro been worth it?
16 May 2011481 Týždeň Bratislava -
Strauss-Kahn affair: A great manager, except of himself
16 May 2011993 La Repubblica Rome -
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 -
Romania : Hounding the black economy
9 May 2011PresseuropEvenimentul zilei -
Germany: Not so poor kids
6 May 2011PresseuropFinancial Times Deutschland, Financial Times Deutschland -
Debt crisis: Final rescue before renovation
5 May 201150 Der Standard Vienna -
Portugal: A 3 billion bill for families
5 May 2011Presseuropi -
Portugal: Austere New Year
4 May 2011302 Jornal de Negócios Lisbon -
Sweden: Chinese to Saab's rescue
3 May 2011PresseuropDagens industri -
Labour market: Work in Germany? Yes, maybe
29 April 20111571 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Frankfurt -
Economic crisis: Portuguese will learn to live with IMF
29 April 20111PresseuropJornal de Negócios -
Railways: Berlin-Moscow soon at high speed
26 April 201177PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Spain: Amnesty for moonlighting
26 April 2011PresseuropLa Vanguardia -
Belgium-Spain: Indebted states feel increased market heat
19 April 2011PresseuropDe Standaard -
Air travel: Heavy cloud forecast for Europe's single sky
15 April 201165 Der Spiegel Hamburg -
Eurozone crisis: The dangerous game of bailing out
14 April 2011818 Týždeň Bratislava -
European Commission: Revival of the single market
13 April 2011PresseuropLa Tribune -
Debt crisis: Berlin fears cost of bailouts
13 April 20111PresseuropHandelsblatt -
Debt crisis: Dark horizons for bailout Portugal
12 April 2011PresseuropPúblico -
Iceland: Icesave agreement booted out second time
11 April 201147PresseuropMorgunblaðið -
Portrait: A Super Mario for the ECB?
8 April 2011543 Der Spiegel Hamburg -
Iceland: A gentle cure for the crisis
8 April 20112394 Mediapart Paris -
Debt crisis: Portugal gets offer it can't refuse
8 April 20112461 The Guardian London -
Debt crisis: Lisbon surrenders to the markets
7 April 2011491 Presseurop -
Sweden: Saab’s coffers are rattling
7 April 20111PresseuropDagens Nyheter -
Monetary policy: ECB turns off the tap
7 April 20111PresseuropLes Echos -
Portugal : Portuguese banks call for foreign aid
6 April 20111Presseuropi -
Greece: Toward debt restructuring
6 April 2011PresseuropFinancial Times Deutschland, Financial Times Deutschland -
Employment: Everyone for Germany!
5 April 2011234 Polityka Warsaw -
Central Europe: The wilted charms of the euro
4 April 201172 Presseurop
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 arrest of the head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has deprived the international arena of a key player for Europe, who was able to include a social dimension in IMF intervention in crisis-stricken states. 
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. 
The 78 billion euro bailout plan announced on May 3 to help Portugal to avoid bankruptcy will likely not be as severe as feared by the Portuguese. Nevertheless, hard times lie ahead if they want to their country enjoy a new start, warns Jornal de Negócios. 
On 1 May, the doors will open wide for Poles, Czechs and other eastern Europeans now free to work in Germany. But no one expects a stampede. Quite the opposite: German companies will have to woo the new guest workers ardently and assiduously. 
One year after air traffic was shut down across Europe following the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano, airlines and European authorities are simulating a new ash cloud over the continent. Objective: better coordination. But that’s yet to be seen. 
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. 
While countries elsewhere in Europe have responded to the debt crisis with unpopular austerity plans, Iceland, which allowed its banks to fail, has now embarked on a slow journey towards recovery. In a referendum scheduled for 9 April, the citizens of the country may refuse to reimburse the international creditors of the collapsed Icesave savings scheme. 
Irish and Greek and now Portuguese citizens can testify that falling into the clutches of the European commission for a bailout is a mobster's embrace, argues a Guardian columnist. 
After resisting for months and coming under pressure from the markets, the government of José Sócrates has resolved to seek help from Brussels and the IMF to avoid defaulting. About 75 billion euros of aid should be released before the elections on June 5. A decision too long in coming, says the European press. 
The 1st May will mark an end to quotas to limit the access of workers from former communist countries to the German labour market. While the German population fears a wave of cheap labour from Poland, Polityka argues that the German economy stands to benefit. 
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".