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                <language>en</language><item><title>Eurozone | Greece retires... (To Vima, Athens)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1495071-greece-retires</link><description><![CDATA[Agree to new austerity measures or risk being kicked out of the eurozone: that’s the alternative presented to Athens on the day the euro group is meeting. It’s a situation Greek politicians have failed to avoid, regrets To Vima. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/HADDAD_greece_0.jpg" length="127686" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:53:21 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Garage Europe | Cartoon (Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/1491681-garage-europe</link><description><![CDATA[Garage Europe (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/pepsch-greece-490_0.jpg" length="118145" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:10:19 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | The "Grexit" taboo has been broken (De Volkskrant, Amsterdam)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1491631-grexit-taboo-has-been-broken</link><description><![CDATA[At a time when Athens is still involved in debt restructuring negotiations with its private creditors, Neelie Kroes’ recent allusions to a Greek exit from the euro are a sign that European leaders are intent on preparing the terrain for such an eventuality. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/tom-greece.jpg" length="83202" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:53:39 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debt crisis | Why we've had enough of Greece (El Mundo, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1487851-why-we-ve-had-enough-greece</link><description><![CDATA[The game has gone on for nearly two years: Athens pretends to comply with the demands of its creditors and partners, and they pretend to believe in Greece’s commitments. As the spectre of default comes nearer, however, the Greek bluff cannot go on much longer, writes an El Mundo editorialist. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/AREND_greece.jpg" length="82530" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:01:42 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Greece | Athens hopes bankruptcy avoidable</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1483151-athens-hopes-bankruptcy-avoidable</link><description><![CDATA[For Athens daily, To Ethnos, Prime Minister Loukas Papademos has concluded a &quot;preliminary agreement&quot; with the leaders of the main political parties before continuing negotiations [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:25:51 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | No-one wants a German budget commissar</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/press-review/1460271-no-one-wants-german-budget-commissar</link><description><![CDATA[The idea of pinning the second Greek bail-out on the acceptance by Athens of supervision by a European budget commissioner, a German proposal unveiled on the eve of the January 30 European Council meeting, is nothing less than a violation of state sovereignty, according to the European press. &ndash;  (Press review)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/author/merkel_papademos_0.jpg" length="247222" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:02:32 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Greece | Poverty in a time of economic diktat (Libération, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1460301-poverty-time-economic-diktat</link><description><![CDATA[While negotiations on the write-down of Greek debt remain ongoing, Athens city hall is supplying two meals a day to jobless workers who are now threatened with famine in the wake of austerity measures: a situation that some Greeks readily compare with the occupation of the country during World War 2. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/greece-crisis_3.jpg" length="123794" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:39:32 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Greece | Costas' Concordat | Cartoon (Kathimerini, Athens)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/1452151-costas-concordat</link><description><![CDATA[Costas' Concordat (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/iliasmakris-ship.jpg" length="43815" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:41:58 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Save the euro - get rid of Germany (The Times, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1449971-save-euro-get-rid-germany</link><description><![CDATA[By foisting fiscal austerity on its Eurozone partners while stubbornly refusing an enhanced role for the ECB, and greater mutual support on national debt, Germany is a greater hindrance than a help to the single currency, argues Anatole Kaletsky. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/brookes-merkel.jpg" length="44179" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:54:03 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | The Greek trap (Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1436611-greek-trap</link><description><![CDATA[In Athens, the war of nerves over the debt haircut is nearing a finale. The negotiations between private creditors and the government, however, are taking some dangerous stumbles. Before Greece gets €130 billion in aid, it must show some success with its reforms. And that, with all the good will in the world, cannot be achieved. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/BLEIBEL_grece.jpg" length="113991" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:44:27 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Greece | EU aid | Cartoon (Kommersant, Moscow)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/1433081-eu-aid</link><description><![CDATA[EU aid (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/TIOUNINE-ue-490.jpg" length="73007" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:29:45 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Greece | Suspense over Athens debt talks</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1431401-suspense-over-athens-debt-talks</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Greek  debt holders lay down limit for losses,&rdquo; headlines the Financial Times,  after talks broke off in the early hours of January 21 [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/ft-100.jpg" length="40439" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:56:25 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Arms industry | Greece still splashes out billions on defence (Die Zeit, Hamburg)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1383501-greece-still-splashes-out-billions-defence</link><description><![CDATA[Frigates, tanks and submarines: Greece may be teetering on the brink, but the bite of austerity hasn’t come near its military. And Germany is profiting from it. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/greece-army.jpg" length="35066" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:08:53 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | In trouble | Cartoon (Trouw, Amsterdam)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/1379661-trouble</link><description><![CDATA[In trouble (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/tom-boxer.jpg" length="68835" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:32:34 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Greece | Leaving the euro, a risky business?</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1354871-leaving-euro-risky-business</link><description><![CDATA[The euro or the drachma? That is the question asked by the Greek press while the government continues to negotiate with the European Union and [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:14:14 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debt crisis | Does doom await in 2012? (El País, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1346951-does-doom-await-2012</link><description><![CDATA[In the wake of a terrible year in 2011, the worst may be yet to come warns political analyst José Ignacio Torreblanca. The crisis could force EU member states to choose between Greece and Great Britain. And once again, everything will be decided in Germany. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Casandra-2012.jpg" length="36336" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:16:30 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Emigration | The Greek exodus to Australia (The Guardian, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1318891-greek-exodus-australia</link><description><![CDATA[For young Europeans from crisis stricken states, booming Australia has become a new land of opportunity. This is especially true for a new generation of Greek graduates, joining the largest expatriate Greek community in the world. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/greek-australia-A.jpg" length="39934" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:22:55 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Immigration | Europe's judges overturn asylum regulation</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1320021-europe-s-judges-overturn-asylum-regulation</link><description><![CDATA[An asylum seeker cannot be transferred to an EU state where he or she &ldquo;risks having to endure degrading or inhumane treatment,&rdquo; reports Die Tageszeitung. [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:53:09 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Xenophobia | Florence murders - crisis distills its poison (La Stampa, Turin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1289151-florence-murders-crisis-distills-its-poison</link><description><![CDATA[The murder of two Senegalese traders in Florence is the latest manifestation of an upsurge of hatred in Europe. With the Utøya massacre, the vehement reactions to the Greek crisis, British isolationism and the rise of the extreme right, this trend has many forms — all of them equally alarming. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/italy-shooting.jpg" length="28465" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:04:55 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | Europe's seven deadly sins (1/2) (Die Zeit, Hamburg)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1287951-europe-s-seven-deadly-sins-12</link><description><![CDATA[The politicians of Europe love to flourish the flag of Community togetherness. But in their day-to-day politicking they give the lie to their supposed virtues. Die Zeit has compiled a cheat-sheet of national egotisms that are harming the Community. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/bosch-gluttony.jpg" length="45845" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:50:42 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Union | Union of fear</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1267821-union-fear</link><description><![CDATA[For the first time since the start of the debt crisis, Greece has not been at the centre of discussions at the European Council. But [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:37:19 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Profile | Jürgen Habermas, the last European (Der Spiegel, Hamburg)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1242541-juergen-habermas-last-european</link><description><![CDATA[Jürgen Habermas has had enough. The philosopher is doing all he can these days to call attention to what he sees as the demise of the European ideal. He hopes he can help save it -- from inept politicians and the dark forces of the market. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/jurgen-habermas.jpg" length="20563" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:31:20 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debt Crisis | Angela Dominatrix | Cartoon (The Sunday Business Post, Dublin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/1228521-angela-dominatrix</link><description><![CDATA[Angela Dominatrix (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/schrank-discipline.jpg" length="67010" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:22:19 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Greece | Athens Biennale, the crisis as art (Expressen, Stockholm)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1224511-athens-biennale-crisis-art</link><description><![CDATA[In a country destabilised by the crisis, the 3rd Athens Biennale contemporary art festival has been largely overlooked. However, a Swedish journalist argues that the exhibition offers an opportunity to appreciate the urgency of the moment. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Biennale-athens.JPG" length="83129" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:30:35 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Who’s afraid of Germany? (5) | Europe - an awfully wonderful family (Die Zeit, Hamburg)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1216581-europe-awfully-wonderful-family</link><description><![CDATA[A family with strict parents, black sheep and tough love: that’s today’s Europe, says an editor at Die Zeit, who sends out a call to defend the historically unprecedented culture of solidarity. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/krauze-toy.jpg" length="32020" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:21:48 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Union | A revolution from above (Libération, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1205541-revolution-above</link><description><![CDATA[Political changes in Greece, Italy and Spain have highlighted how European leaders have upset the balance of power between society and the state and politics and the economy. French philospher Etienne Balibar points out that these developments have overlooked the role of citizens. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/VLAHOVIC_revolution.jpg" length="126115" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:19:31 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Immigration | EU a closed door for refugees</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1193971-eu-closed-door-refugees</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Most EU countries reject refugees,&rdquo; writes Dagens Nyheter  in a report on member state policies on asylum seekers. Ten countries  take in 90% [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Dagens-Nyheter-21112011-100.jpg" length="11619" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:36:11 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | Why Europe needs enemies (Hospodářské noviny, Prague)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1181391-why-europe-needs-enemies</link><description><![CDATA[Nothing better than an enemy to forge a common identity. But the adage of the nineteenth century doesn’t quite fit the current crisis. Only by changing their relationship to power can Europeans unite and overcome the crisis, says a Czech editorialist. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Together-since-1957_0.jpg" length="70320" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:56:45 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | In defence of technocrats (The Guardian, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1180081-defence-technocrats</link><description><![CDATA[The appointments of non-politicians Lucas Papademos and Mario Monti in Greece and Italy has caused much ink to flow. But on the continent, experts have often played a positive role in politics in times of deep crisis, points out a Guardian editor. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/mario-monti_0.jpg" length="102194" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:51:26 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Union   | Our friends from Goldman Sachs... (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1177241-our-friends-goldman-sachs</link><description><![CDATA[Mario Monti, Lucas Papademos and Mario Draghi have something in common: they have all worked for the American investment bank. This is not a coincidence, but evidence of a strategy to exert influence that has perhaps already reached its limits. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/goldman-sachs_0.jpg" length="176087" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:26:31 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Frankfurt Group, Europe's hit squad (The Spectator, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1175691-frankfurt-group-europe-s-hit-squad</link><description><![CDATA[Gathered around Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy, a small group of unelected EU officials have been assigned the task of governing the eurozone and removing leaders who fail to toe the line, writes the British conservative weekly The Spectator. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/ruben-boot.jpg" length="12416" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:00:44 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Greece | The handover | Cartoon (Kathimerini, Athens)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/1173201-handover</link><description><![CDATA[The handover (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/makris-15112011.jpg" length="40825" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:07:26 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | Look behind you, Lucas and Mario (Financial Times, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1171901-look-behind-you-lucas-and-mario</link><description><![CDATA[The arrival of technocratic governments in Greece and Italy may well calm jittery markets, but could also help boost populist political parties who point to the democratic deficit at the heart of the EU, argues Gideon Rachman. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/ingram-pinn.jpg" length="136300" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:07:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Greece | Papademos offers more of the same medicine</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1172061-papademos-offers-more-same-medicine</link><description><![CDATA[On  14 November, Greece&rsquo;s new Prime Minister Lucas Papademos outlined his  policies to the Greek parliament in an eagerly awaited speech which To [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/ethnos-15112011-100.jpg" length="34660" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:03:01 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Light at the end of the tunnel | Cartoon (De Volkskrant, Amsterdam)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/1161591-light-end-tunnel</link><description><![CDATA[Light at the end of the tunnel (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/collignon-tunnel.jpg" length="57417" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:22:14 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Europe against the people? (The Economist, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1159631-europe-against-people</link><description><![CDATA[Efforts to save the euro cannot run against the will of the voters indefinitely, writes Charlemagne of the Economist. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/schrank-democracy.jpg" length="29406" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:03:38 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debt crisis | Greece and Italy, two parallel destinies (Eleftherotypia, Athens)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1161301-greece-and-italy-two-parallel-destinies</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/bleibel-pillar.jpg" length="41743" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:59:44 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Breaking the circle | Editorial</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/editorial/1160691-breaking-circle</link><description><![CDATA[Exit  Berlusconi. The last government leader among the PIIGS  &ndash;  a charming  acronym invented by the Anglophone media for European countries which  fail to live up to economic standards  &ndash;  has finally succumbed to the  only law that that he has been unable to subvert: the law of the  markets. 
To  date, this same law has already claimed the heads of Ireland&rsquo;s Brian  Cowen, Portugal&rsquo;s Jos&eacute; S&oacute;crates, Greece&rsquo;s George Papandreou and Spain&rsquo;s  Jos&eacute; Luis Zapatero. The Spanish Prime Minister, who has decided not to  run for a second term, will remain in power until 20 November elections  that his Socialist Party will probably lose. He thereafter plans to  leave politics.
As  unrelenting as a law of nature, the debt crisis has swept away  governments that have been too weak to resist its onset. The governments  are weak, because they have been forced to face the crisis alone: we  have seen how solidarity between eurozone partners is only triggered  when the survival of the single currency  &ndash;  that is to say everyone&rsquo;s  vital interest  &ndash;  is under threat. 
They  are weak, because they have been forced to adopt virtually  non-negotiable budgetary adjustments dictated by international  institutions (the IMF and the EU). They are weak, because they have been  deprived of the support of populations, which did not elect them to cut  back on social services. Finally, they are weak because they have been  unable to admit the truth, which is that in response to market attacks  the best they can do is attempt to limit the damage.
As  a result, these government&rsquo;s have been deprived of room for manoeuvre;  their role in this time of crisis, has been restricted to applying  decisions taken elsewhere and managing day-to-day business. Differences  and divisions that were significant in &ldquo;pre-crisis&rdquo; politics have been  wiped away, while politicians appear incapable of proposing  &ndash;  or even  imagining  &ndash;  solutions that go beyond standard orthodoxies.
In  the meantime, disoriented citizens have become sceptical about the  capacity of politics to respond to problems to the point where its  legitimacy is continually being eroded, and technocracy appears to be a  more effective option.
That  said, politicians still benefit from democratic legitimacy. The problem  is that the issues they are supposed to address extend beyond the  framework of national sovereignty, which is the foundation and the limit  of their field of action.
As  for supranational organisations like the EU, they could intervene more  effectively on these issues, were it not for their lack of democratic  legitimacy. Nation states are, not without justification, reluctant to  let go of their prerogatives. And were it not for the crisis that Europe  is currently experiencing, no one would have even have thought of  breaking free of this circle.
Translated from French by Mark McGovern
 (Editorial)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:54:41 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Crisis eurozone | The real Greek tragedy - its rapacious oligarchs (Financial Times, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1150881-real-greek-tragedy-its-rapacious-oligarchs</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/greece-oligarchy.jpg" length="50931" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:00:03 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Romania-Greece | Orthodox church at the gates of purgatory (România libera, Bucharest)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1151801-orthodox-church-gates-purgatory</link><description><![CDATA[In Bucharest and in Athens, the exacerbation of the economic crisis has undermined public tolerance for the privileges enjoyed by the Orthodox Church. If things do not change, warns România Liberă, the organisation runs the risk of paying a heavy cultural tribute. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/romania-orthodox.jpg" length="81918" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:20:48 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Greece | New government - but no respite for Greeks (Eleftherotypia, Athens)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1144051-new-government-no-respite-greeks</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/greece-crisis_2.jpg" length="55533" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:06:21 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Greek crisis | Referendums - can't always get what you want (Rzeczpospolita, Warsaw)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1135861-referendums-can-t-always-get-what-you-want</link><description><![CDATA[The EU leadership’s obsession with political and economic federation is the source of the current crisis rocking the eurozone, writes columnist Marek Magierowski. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/BOJESEN-referendum_0.jpg" length="71022" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:46:34 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | And if Greece goes... (Le Figaro, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1137811-and-if-greece-goes</link><description><![CDATA[What if Greece leaves the EU? Professor George Prevelakis argues that it is an eventuality that would prompt a new geopolitical upset in the Balkans. As for the EU, it would be forced to acknowledge its inability to “Europeanise” a member state of 30 years standing. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/exit-greece.jpg" length="87073" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:33:55 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Welcome to the union of unequals (The Daily Telegraph, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1135771-welcome-union-unequals</link><description><![CDATA[France and Germany have been largely responsible for thwarting Greek PM George Panpandreou’s decision to hold a referendum on its EU/IMF bailout. A naked display of power that bodes ill for a union of equals. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Papandreou-forced-union.jpg" length="85773" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:33:04 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Greece | Democratic dynamite | Cartoon (The Economist, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/1135561-democratic-dynamite</link><description><![CDATA[Democratic dynamite (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/schrank-democracy-10.jpg" length="74315" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:45:20 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Greek find-the-euro | Cartoon (NRC Handelsblad, Rotterdam)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/1132911-greek-find-euro</link><description><![CDATA[Greek find-the-euro (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/RUBEN-greece-490.jpg" length="138739" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:55:04 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | May God defend the EU's heretics (Die Presse, Vienna)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1132651-may-god-defend-eu-s-heretics</link><description><![CDATA[Irresponsible? Poker game? – The reactions to the Greek referendum are revealing how tenaciously the “Brussels Congregation of the Faithful” are sticking to their dogmas. And that&#039;s a good thing, writes the editor of Die Presse: as things stand, Europe&#039;s last chance is heresy. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/BOJESEN-heretics.jpg" length="35301" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:56:26 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Greek referendum | Democracy has junk status (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurt)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1128541-democracy-has-junk-status</link><description><![CDATA[He who submits a vital issue to a referendum is a public menace to Europe. This has been the message from the markets – and since Monday night, from the politicians too. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/aguilar-statue.jpg" length="19611" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:23:38 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Greece | Papandreou resorts to blackmail to survive (To Ethnos, Athens)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1128651-papandreou-resorts-blackmail-survive</link><description><![CDATA[In response to the dissent of his people, the Greek Prime Minister has chosen to organise a referendum instead of calling for early general elections. His bid to safeguard his future will mean that the Greek population will faced with a simplistic choice. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/papandreou-council.jpg" length="27981" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:15:29 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Will someone rid us of the Greek poison? (Le Figaro, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1128431-will-someone-rid-us-greek-poison</link><description><![CDATA[Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou&#039;s decision to submit the EU rescue plan to a referendum is dangerous and irresponsible, complains conservative French daily Le Figaro. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/burki-barrel.jpg" length="44110" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:25:57 +0100</pubDate></item>
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