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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 | 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 | Save the ECB from the danger of Greece (De Tijd, Antwerp)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1474301-save-ecb-danger-greece</link><description><![CDATA[A Greek default can still not be ruled out, and it would place the European Central Bank in considerable danger. To avoid this, states should pay up and provide guarantees, believes economist Melvyn Krauss. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/AREND-bce-GREECE.jpg" length="99495" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:06:42 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Davos summit | UK leaders hit out at Germany and France</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1450111-uk-leaders-hit-out-germany-and-france</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Cameron  attacks Eurozone,&rdquo; headlines the Financial Times, after the British PM  has delivered what the London daily terms &ldquo;a firm rebuke&rdquo; to Germany [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:44:05 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Commission | Santer returns to the fold</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1440361-santer-returns-fold</link><description><![CDATA[Former  European Commission president Jacques Santer was appointed on Monday  January 23 to head the board of the Special Purpose Investment Vehicle  [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:07:01 +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>Eurozone crisis | Draghi sounds the alarm</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1403581-draghi-sounds-alarm</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;The crisis is very serious. We must act now.&quot; Il Sole 24 Ore leads on its front page with the words Mario Draghi used to [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/il-solle-17012011-100.jpg" length="34644" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:44:08 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | After the downgrades comes the downward spiral (Financial Times, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1399301-after-downgrades-comes-downward-spiral</link><description><![CDATA[In the wake of the collective downgrading of 9 eurozone countries, including France, it’s become clear that the EU’s policy of rescue funds coupled with fiscal austerity has exhausted itself. It’s time for Angela Merkel and her partners to find a credible outcome, writes Wolfgang Münchau. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/bojesen-stocks.jpg" length="20164" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:11:12 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | For S&amp;P, the Emperor has no clothes</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/press-review/1400521-sp-emperor-has-no-clothes</link><description><![CDATA[For the European press, the ratings downgrade for nine eurozone countries by Standard &amp; Poor&#039;s merely confirms what markets and leaders have known for a long time: that the difficulties of the eurozone are primarily due to rifts between the member countries. &ndash;  (Press review)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/author/euro-rating_2.jpg" length="33324" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:56:37 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | France relegated to 2nd division (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1399761-france-relegated-2nd-division</link><description><![CDATA[Standard &amp; Poor&#039;s 13 January downgrade of France’s credit rating is a double blow: Nicolas Sarkozy and his presidential election rivals will come under even greater pressure from the markets while the North-South divide in Europe has grown significantly wider. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/bertrand-aaa.jpg" length="18731" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:30:59 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Stability pact | "Golden Rule" doesn't glitter anymore</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1391051-golden-rule-doesn-t-glitter-anymore</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;&#039;Golden  Rule&#039; is no longer obligatory in national constitutions&quot;,&rdquo; writes  P&uacute;blico. According to the Lisbon daily, the enforcement of the principle  of [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:32:29 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Monti takes on Merkozy</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/press-review/1387691-monti-takes-merkozy</link><description><![CDATA[Two days after French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s visit, Mario Monti traveled to Berlin on 11 January for discussions on saving the Eurozone with Angela Merkel. The Italian PM, who advocates a more flexible approach to the crisis, succeeded in obtaining the support of the German Chancellor. &ndash;  (Press review)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/author/monti-strasbourg.jpg" length="29440" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:19:16 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Spain | Paying with pesetas in Salvaterra de Miño (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1363991-paying-pesetas-salvaterra-de-mino</link><description><![CDATA[In response to the crisis, shopkeepers in Salvaterra de Miño have decided to once again accept the former national currency. And the customers, attracted by prices at the same exchange rate that applied at the launch of the euro in 2002, are flocking to the Galician village. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/pesetas-bis.jpg" length="64434" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:31:40 +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>Anniversary | 10 years of the euro. What's to celebrate? (Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1346281-10-years-euro-what-s-celebrate</link><description><![CDATA[On 1st January 2002, the euro began to be circulated. But given the current crisis, no one is planning to celebrate a decade of the single currency. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Euro-tenyears-ter.jpg" length="52766" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:08:15 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debt crisis | ECB brings some relief to the banks</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1319631-ecb-brings-some-relief-banks</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Mario Draghi dresses up as Santa Claus,&rdquo; writes La Tribune. On December 21 the President of the European Central Bank (ECB) made available a line [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/brief/LaTribune-c.jpg" length="17326" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:02:17 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Ideas | Explaining the eurozone crisis to children (Il Sole-24 Ore, Milan)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1315431-explaining-eurozone-crisis-children</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Hey Dad, what&#039;s the euro crisis?&quot; Rather than explaining interest rates and public debt, the best way to answer is to trot out the well-known tale of The Three Little Pigs and the big bad wolf, suggests Giovanni Majnoni. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/3littlepigs.jpg" length="66150" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:38:55 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | IMF euro rescue fund misses target</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1310161-imf-euro-rescue-fund-misses-target</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;EU  states fail to cobble together &euro;200bn for IMF,&rdquo; headlines the  EUobserver, after eurozone countries agreed on 19 December to pay &euro;150bn  [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:19:34 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | UK prepares to rescue Eurogeddon refugees</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1305781-uk-prepares-rescue-eurogeddon-refugees</link><description><![CDATA[With  credit rating agencies warning that the deal struck by EU leaders this  month might not save the single currency from collapse, the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/TheSundayTimes-12192011-100.jpg" length="14248" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:00:15 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Fiscal Union | New treaty - a legal and economic headache</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1286961-new-treaty-legal-and-economic-headache</link><description><![CDATA[Only  a few days after the December 9 agreement on a new treaty to bind the  EU&rsquo;s economies more closely, &ldquo;Franco-German hopes&rdquo; are [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:57:36 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Council | Unity dearly bought (Die Zeit, Hamburg)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1268111-unity-dearly-bought</link><description><![CDATA[Without doubt, Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy have taken a big step nearer their goal of a fiscal union. But at what price? Britain remains outside it. The salvation or the disintegration of the Union is now approaching. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/cameron-flag.jpg" length="21933" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:21:13 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Rating agencies - don't shoot the messenger (The Daily Telegraph, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1257781-rating-agencies-don-t-shoot-messenger</link><description><![CDATA[Standard &amp; Poor&#039;s threat to downgrade the eurozone as a bloc has aroused the ire of European leaders and opinion makers. But according to a British columnist, the rating agency is only telling the unpalatable truth. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Euro-marchés.jpg" length="103389" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:17:13 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Van Rompuy and Barroso to the rescue</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1257631-van-rompuy-and-barroso-rescue</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Van  Rompuy and his plan for Europe&rdquo;, leads the Spanish daily El Pa&iacute;s,  referring to the plan for immediate action that European Council [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:02:49 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>United Kingdom | PM puts price on support for treaty change</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1257551-pm-puts-price-support-treaty-change</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Cameron  names his price,&rdquo; headlines The Times. Ahead of Friday&rsquo;s crucial EU  summit to save the euro, the British PM has penned an [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Times-100.jpg" length="43404" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:58:50 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Who will follow Merkel and Sarkozy?</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/press-review/1255171-who-will-follow-merkel-and-sarkozy</link><description><![CDATA[At a 5 December meeting in Paris, Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy agreed on a plan to save the euro from catastrophe, which they will be asking the EU’s 27 member states to approve at a summit on 8-9 December. The European press, however, thinks they’re not out of the woods yet. &ndash;  (Press review)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/author/SCHRANK_Merkozy.jpg" length="98964" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:13:44 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Do what the lady says (La Repubblica, Rome)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1240631-do-what-lady-says</link><description><![CDATA[Europe must learn to co-operate with Germany, argues veteran Italian columnist Barbara Spinelli. Despite a reputation for being excessively stern and power-hungry, German rigour is nevertheless the only viable alternative to the Chinese model. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/merkel-bundestag.jpg" length="14159" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:25:44 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | How business is preparing for Eurogeddon</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1237681-how-business-preparing-eurogeddon</link><description><![CDATA[Eurozone  leaders may insist that a euro break-up is &ldquo;never going to happen&rdquo; but  &ldquo;some banks are no longer so sure&rdquo;, points out [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:14:34 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Polish minister begs Germany to act</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1232521-polish-minister-begs-germany-act</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Europe  talks Sikorski&rdquo;, headlines Gazeta Wyborcza the day after Polish Foreign  Minister Radosław Sikorski delivered a &ldquo;historic&rdquo; speech  in Berlin in which [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/gazeta-wyborcza-30112011-100.jpg" length="34508" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:06:28 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Euro at a turning point</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/press-review/1225361-euro-turning-point</link><description><![CDATA[Ratings for all European countries are at risk, warned Moody&#039;s on November 28. The warning comes at a time when Italy is under heavy pressure from the markets and proposals for solving the crisis are proliferating. But it may already be too late, worries the European press. &ndash;  (Press review)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/author/TOM_euro.jpg" length="82252" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:53:20 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Who’s afraid of Germany? (4) | Merkel's Nein is wrecking the EU (Die Tageszeitung, Berlin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1210121-merkel-s-nein-wrecking-eu</link><description><![CDATA[Alone against all, the Chancellor says ‘No’ to a supporting mandate for the ECB and ‘No’ to common euro bonds. In Germany too, more and more experts are warning that her firm stance on discipline and rules is plunging the eurozone into chaos. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/vadot-merkel_0.jpg" length="97980" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:43:39 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Only Eurobonds can save us (El Mundo, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1210481-only-eurobonds-can-save-us</link><description><![CDATA[The measure demanded by most European partners and supported by the European Commission still meets with stiff opposition from Germany. But Berlin cannot indefinitely block the launch of Eurobonds, which increasingly appear to be the only solution to the debt crisis. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/HACHFELD_eurobonds.jpg" length="77762" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:49:59 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Austria | Credit crunch comes to the East</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1209671-credit-crunch-comes-east</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The Austrian Financial Market Authority and the National Bank of Austria put a brake on credit for the East,&rdquo; headlines Die Presse,  in the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Die-Presse-24112011-100.jpg" length="40508" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:19:28 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis  | Brussels to put bad pupils under tutelage</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1199081-brussels-put-bad-pupils-under-tutelage</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Europe seeks power to place weak states in &lsquo;administration&rsquo;&quot;, leads the Irish Times.&nbsp; Reporting that &ldquo;the Commission wants the Brussels authorities to be given the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Volkskrant-22112011-100.jpg" length="30468" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:09:08 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Who&amp;#039;s afraid of Germany? (1) | Myth of German economic discipline (Der Spiegel, Hamburg)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1194641-myth-german-economic-discipline</link><description><![CDATA[Germany is selling itself during the crisis as a haven of stability – and the financial markets even believe it. But, in truth, it’s hardly better off than the others. And its public role of disciplinarian is arrogant and dangerous, writes Spiegel Online. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/vadot-merkel-pigs-490.jpg" length="42527" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:34:09 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | Refuseniks and problem cases of the non-eurozone (Respekt, Prague)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1154301-refuseniks-and-problem-cases-non-eurozone</link><description><![CDATA[As the eurozone crisis deepens, the countries outside of it are trying to come up with ways not to lose control of their destinies inside the EU. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/MAYK-euro-respekt_0.jpg" length="59391" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:15:16 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>EFSF | Europe's financial flop fund (Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1148511-europe-s-financial-flop-fund</link><description><![CDATA[The EFSF was meant to save the single currency. And yet it has found no buyers. Investors are shying away from a complicated, uncertain financial product whose weaknesses the politicians are trying to cover up. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/jackpot-euro-2.JPG" length="137360" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:11:49 +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 | 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>G20 | Italy falls under IMF tutelage</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1135581-italy-falls-under-imf-tutelage</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;The  Great and Good&rsquo;s ultimatum to Italy&quot;, headlines La Repubblica,  revealing that at the G20 in Cannes &quot;the Italian government has accepted  [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/repubblica-04112011-100_0.jpg" length="38598" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:16:27 +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>
<item><title>European Union | Idea of non-eurozone gains support</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1127631-idea-non-eurozone-gains-support</link><description><![CDATA[In the context of increased integration of the Eurozone, &quot;In Bucharest and London politicians are considering launching a group of non-eurozone countries&quot;, announces Adevărul. The [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:22:03 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Jury is out on Trichet's record</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/press-review/1122811-jury-out-trichet-s-record</link><description><![CDATA[As the President of the European Central Bank steps down from an institution that has become an essential anchor for the single currency, the European press wonders about the legacy of his eight-year mandate. &ndash;  (Press review)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/author/trichet-berlin.jpg" length="19630" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:06:52 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debt crisis | The Economist sceptical about rescue plan</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1111601-economist-sceptical-about-rescue-plan</link><description><![CDATA[On the front page of The Economist, Europe&rsquo;s leaders are seen escaping the sinking boat that the Eurozone seems to have become. But for the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/111028economist.jpg" length="6416" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:13:06 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone Summit | We are all at Germany's mercy (Eleftherotypia, Athens)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1108051-we-are-all-germany-s-mercy</link><description><![CDATA[The leaders of the Eurozone have reduced Greece’s debt and increased the amount of EU aid. However, for Eleftherotypia, which notes on its front page that “German tanks are in the bailout,” the decision will put the Greeks and all Europeans under the heel of Berlin. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/HACHFELD_germany_0.jpg" length="85057" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:55:40 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European summit | The fake euro rescue (Berliner Zeitung, Berlin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1107911-fake-euro-rescue</link><description><![CDATA[Europe&#039;s politicians would like to celebrate the decisions of the 26 October summit as historic. But the euro crisis will be with us a while longer yet. The basic paradox – that states want to buy the trust of investors with money that they don’t have – just can’t be eternally ignored. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/SCHNEIDER_europe-greece.jpg" length="117569" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:06:51 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European summit | Berlusconi makes firing easier</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1107011-berlusconi-makes-firing-easier</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Easier dismissals to please EU&rdquo;, headlines La Stampa after yesterday&rsquo;s euro crisis summit in Brussels. New measures  submitted by Berlusconi to his EU partners [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/la-stampa-27102011-100.jpg" length="38564" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:27:41 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Summit | Spanish banks punished</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1107131-spanish-banks-punished</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Europe punishes Spanish banks,&quot; headlines conservative Spanish daily ABC,  following the eurozone summit in Brussels. Recapitalising Spanish  banks, which is among the solutions [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/abc-27102011-100.jpg" length="37744" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:00:33 +0100</pubDate></item>
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