Ludovic Lamant
Born in 1983, French journalist Ludovic Lamant worked for Reuters and Cahiers du Cinéma before joining Mediapart where he specialises on such international economic issues as the subprimes crisis and the development of Southern Hemisphere countries.
Updated: 8 April 2011
A success story of the transition to democracy and a showcase for Spanish journalism, today the left-wing daily is struggling to cope with huge losses, which have even affected its editorial line — a crisis exacerbated by the newspaper’s managers who have refused to take responsibility for their actions. 
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.