Die Tageszeitung, 22 June 2010
"We need help", declared 22 MEPs from all of the major political groups, headlines the Tageszeitung. On the 21 June, they called upon civil society and the Commission to counter the powerful banking and financial lobbying, which has gained a monopoly on advising the Parliament, in the absence of its own advisory body. But, argues the TAZ it would be naïve to think that NGOs recruit financial experts. This unequal battle can only be fought by making these experts unnecessary, particularly through making the financial markets more transparent.
The leader of Greece’s leftist alliance SYRIZA is the new bright hope of Greek politics. Steering a course between pragmatism and the rhetoric of class warfare, he has unsettled Berlin, and not just those who back Angela Merkel's austerity policies. 
Europe’s economic woes have forced us to try to understand the secret Olympian world of global finance. But now that we pay more attention to bond yields and stability mechanisms, isn’t it clear that the experts up on their lofty peaks don’t know what’s going on either? 
This year’s Eurovision Song Contest is hosted by Azerbaijan, a country that is far from being a model democracy. An Estonian journalist takes a critical look at the deferential treatment enjoyed by the regime in Baku.