Member States
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Debt crisis: Greece and Italy, two parallel destinies
11 November 20111585 Eleftherotypia Athens -
Italy: Only the full Monti will do
10 November 20111094 La Stampa Turin -
Crisis eurozone: The real Greek tragedy – its rapacious oligarchs
9 November 20117719 Financial Times London -
Eurozone crisis: Berlusconi fiddles while Italy burns
8 November 20112926 La Stampa Turin -
France: Sarkozy’s triple A for Austerity
8 November 20111PresseuropLes Echos -
Greece: New government - but no respite for Greeks
7 November 20116212 Eleftherotypia Athens -
Ireland: A people’s president in a time of crisis
31 October 20112PresseuropThe Irish Times -
Slovakia: Not another cent for Greece
28 October 201120PresseuropSME -
Poland: Parliament gears up for ideological battles
28 October 2011PresseuropPolska The Times -
Romania: Băsescu snubs ex-king’s speech
26 October 2011PresseuropJurnalul Naţional -
Press review: Cameron upended by Eurosceptic wave
25 October 2011856Presseurop -
Italy: Let's laugh about Sarkozy
25 October 20112PresseuropIl Giornale -
Hungary: Facebook group takes to streets of Budapest
24 October 2011PresseuropNépszabadság -
Bulgaria: Vote boosts ruling party
24 October 2011PresseuropDnevnik -
Press review: Spain - ETA says “basta” to armed struggle
21 October 201149Presseurop -
Basque Country: ETA shown Northern Irish way
18 October 2011693 El Periódico de Catalunya Barcelona -
France: Hollande-Sarkozy presidential duel launched
17 October 2011PresseuropLe Figaro -
Spain: End of the road for ETA?
17 October 2011Presseurop -
Slovakia : Eurozone vote triggers shift in alliances
14 October 2011PresseuropSME -
Portugal: Drastic measures to stave off collapse
14 October 20111PresseuropPúblico -
Slovakia: Elections to bail out the bail-out
13 October 2011PresseuropPravda -
Press review: Belgium is dead, long live Belgium!
12 October 20111411Presseurop -
United Kingdom: Hunting season opens on minister Fox
11 October 20111PresseuropThe Guardian -
Press review: Poland - no honeymoon for re-elected Tusk
10 October 201149Presseurop -
Spain: Franco could be exhumed
10 October 2011PresseuropEl Periódico de Catalunya -
Portugal: Boss of Madeira in narrow victory
10 October 2011PresseuropDiário de Notícias -
Romania: Crooked judges in corruption scandal
10 October 20111PresseuropRomânia libera -
Polish elections: Sleepwalkers versus the wide-awake
7 October 2011711 Uważam Rze Warsaw -
Austria: The country of 35 scandals
6 October 2011PresseuropFalter -
Denmark : New government reopens Schengen
5 October 2011PresseuropPolitiken -
Poland: Kaczyński campaigns with anti-German innuendo
5 October 201119PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Debt crisis: Liberate Greece from its elites
4 October 20112828 De Volkskrant Amsterdam -
Hungary: Trade unions on front line against Orbán
3 October 20111PresseuropNépszabadság -
United Kingdom: Daily Express - break with EU is nigh
3 October 2011PresseuropDaily Express -
France: King Sarkozy is in the altogether
30 September 20111PresseuropLe Point -
Ireland: Martin McGuinness - from IRA to the presidency
29 September 201139 The Independent London -
Denmark: A constitution for Greenland
27 September 201125PresseuropPolitiken -
Netherlands: Wilders acts up in Parliament
23 September 20111PresseuropDe Volkskrant -
Greece: A financial genocide
22 September 2011497927 Die Presse Vienna -
Italy: Time to go, Silvio
21 September 20112022 Corriere della Sera Milan -
France: Banks lend, communities pay
21 September 2011PresseuropLibération -
Slovenia: Crisis sweeps away Borut Pahor government
21 September 2011PresseuropDnevnik -
Czech Republic: Bosses want an end to corruption
19 September 2011PresseuropHospodárske Noviny -
Germany: Berlin party animal to take on Merkel?
19 September 2011PresseuropFinancial Times Deutschland, Financial Times Deutschland -
Denmark: The left wins, the far right doesn’t lose
16 September 20112PresseuropBerlingske Tidende -
Italy: Problems remain despite austerity
15 September 2011PresseuropLa Stampa -
Belgium: Decisive progress towards a government
15 September 20112PresseuropDe Standaard -
Denmark : Country prepares to swing left
15 September 2011PresseuropBerlingske Tidende -
Netherlands: Rotterdam gaining ground
14 September 20111033 Trouw Amsterdam -
Belgium: Leterme finds asylum at the OECD
14 September 2011PresseuropDe Morgen
In Athens and in Rome, the crisis has swept away elected leaders, replacing them with technocrats whose main mission is to implement austerity plans demanded by Brussels and the markets, which their predecessors were unable to apply. 
Berlusconi’s agony has brought down markets and pushed Italian bonds’rates above 7 per cent, threatening a credit crunch that would sink the whole eurozone. The only foreseeable solution is to quickly set up a unity government led by the widely respected former EU commissioner, writes La Stampa's editor in chief. 
A network of corrupt clans control key sectors of Greek economy, and stand to profit most from the country’s continued disarray, writes the author of McMafia. 
Markets and European partners’ pressure may be about to finally break Berlusconi’s desperate and costly resistance. But his exit won’t suffice to resolve Italy’s lack of credibility and its deep socio-political crisis. 
The 6 November agreement on the formation of a government to be supported by both the left and right has temporarily put an end to the crisis prompted by the idea of organising a referendum on the Greek bailout. However, most of the problems faced by the Greek population will remain unresolved. 
On October 24, the House of Commons overwhelmingly rejected a motion to hold a referendum on Britain’s relationship with the EU. The vote has split the ruling Conservative party. An equally divided British press concedes that an EU reset is inevitable. 
In a statement released on October 20 the Basque terrorist organisation announces that it has given up violence. Declaring a “permanent cessation of armed activity”, ETA asks the Spanish and French governments to “open a process of direct dialogue” to seek a solution for “the consequences of conflict.” The Spanish press hails an event that ends 40 years of terror. 
The peace conference in San Sebastian, October 17, called on ETA to end terrorist activities without demanding unconditional surrender. As shown by the peace process in Northern Ireland, some concessions are necessary if we really want peace. 
On 11 October, after 485 days without a government, Elio Di Rupo — who will likely be Belgium’s next prime minister — and his Flemish and Francophone partners presented a global agreement on state reforms. The compromise deal, which has been viewed as heaven sent, will stabilise the country and pave the way for an end to its long-drawn out political crisis. 
Donald Tusk looks likely to become the first Prime Minister in Poland’s post-communist history to win a second term in office. The Polish press hails the victory of his ruling Civic Platform party, but warns of difficult times ahead. 
On 9 October, the citizens of Poland will vote in general elections in which the choice between the liberals, led by outgoing PM Donald Tusk, and Jarosław Kaczyński’s populist PiS, is also a choice between two radically opposed visions of the state of the country. But no matter who wins, there is a strong chance that the country’s voters will soon be disappointed. 
The emergency aid under consideration by Eurozone countries does not amount to a sustainable solution to the Greek crisis, argues economist Rens van Tilburg. We will first have to break the grip on power maintained by the country’s elites, whose privileges remain an obstacle to the fair distribution of economic sacrifices. 
Northern Ireland deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has declared his candidacy for the Irish Republic’s presidential election of October 27. The Independent profiles a candidate whose career begins as IRA leader during the Troubles, to peacemaker, and politician. 
Are the Greeks not sufficiently keen on saving? A Viennese lawyer living in Athens has observed the daily life of the Greeks and come to the conclusion: they save to death. 
Following in the footsteps of the international markets and the ratings agencies, the major daily papers in Italy have come to the realisation that the weakness in the credibility of the country and the principle obstacle to its economic recovery is Silvio Berlusconi. Even moderate newspapers, like Corriere della Sera and Il Sole 24 Ore are now demanding his resignation. 
When growth in Europe’s largest port was stifled by a lack of available space, engineers came up with an ingenious expansion project to reclaim a tract of land that is as big as 4,000 football pitches — a feat that is reminiscent of the construction of the sea walls that protect the islands of South Holland, which were built half a century ago.