<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" href="http://www.presseurop.eu/sites/all/themes/pefront/style-rss.css" ?><rss version="2.0">
            <channel><title>Presseurop | <![CDATA[Spain]]></title>
                <link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en</link>
                <description>The best of the European press translated into 10 languages</description>
                <language>en</language><item><title>Emigration | Population slumps in crisis stricken Spain</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1403561-population-slumps-crisis-stricken-spain</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Spain is no longer a land of welcome&rdquo;, writes El Mundo. According to the Madrid daily:

The  migration bubble that grew during the last decade [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:34:49 +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>Spain | Low-cost life for all (El País, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1375731-low-cost-life-all</link><description><![CDATA[With the crisis in full swing, and pay packages as low as 1000 euros gross per month, there&#039;s no lifestyle choice other than that of austerity. It&#039;s a trend that&#039;s changing consumer habits. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/bajo-coste.jpg" length="78651" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:01:38 +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>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>Fishing | Western Sahara sinks EU-Morocco accord</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1292931-western-sahara-sinks-eu-morocco-accord</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;European parliament vetos fishing agreement with Morocco over Western Sahara,&quot; headlines El Pa&iacute;s. On 14 December, MEPs decided not to renew the agreement,  set [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:34:06 +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>Social crisis | Spain losing the roof over its head (El Mundo, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1242441-spain-losing-roof-over-its-head</link><description><![CDATA[Victims of unemployment, the housing bubble and bank loans too easily offered, thousands of families have been forced to abandon their homes. A symptom of the crisis that has rocked Spain, but also the crisis of a system in need of reform. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/spain-housing.jpg" length="38508" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:18:02 +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? (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>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>Rajoy won't have time to celebrate victory</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/press-review/1194881-rajoy-won-t-have-time-celebrate-victory</link><description><![CDATA[The landslide victory by the People’s Party (PP) in Spanish general elections on 20 November — 45% of the vote as opposed to 28% won by Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba’s socialists (PSOE) — has given Mariano Rajoy enormous power in a country, which the Spanish press notes, is deep in the doldrums. But in the context of the debt crisis, Rajoy is unlikely to benefit from much room for manoeuvre. &ndash;  (Press review)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/author/CAPDEVILLA-Rajoy.jpg" length="55038" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:12:56 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Spain | An election for nothing (El País, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1184751-election-nothing</link><description><![CDATA[Mariano Rajoy&#039;s right-wing Popular Party is set to win the Spanish general election this 20 November and apply more austerity. But as long as Germany fails to assume its responsibilities at a European level, the new government will be powerless to solve the country&#039;s crisis. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/kap-merkel.jpg" length="37578" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:55:15 +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>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>With TINA at the helm | Editorial</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/editorial/1136881-tina-helm</link><description><![CDATA[Ever since the debt crisis began to threaten the stability of the single currency, the &ldquo;Merkozy&rdquo; duo has taken over the bridge of the good ship Euro. Not by virtue of any agreement among the member states, but due to a simple conclusion: &ldquo;There Is No Alternative&rdquo; &ndash; T.I.N.A., to quote a certain Iron Lady.
Or perhaps there is. There&rsquo;s the European Commission, guardian of the treaties and of the &ldquo;economic government&rdquo; of the EU, as its President, Jose Manuel Barroso, recently repeated. But when it comes to the eurozone, it&rsquo;s the Eurogroup &ndash; the Ministers of Economy, i.e. national governments &ndash; that has taken over. Again, therefore, Paris and Berlin.
The recent appointment of European Council President Herman Van Rompuy as &ldquo;Mr. Euro&rdquo;, with the blessing of Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy, strengthens the role of member states in the economic governance of &ldquo;Euroland&rdquo;, with Germany and France in the lead.
The catch is that this set-up isn&rsquo;t based on any agreement and that the decisions taken by &ldquo;Merkozy&rdquo; seem increasingly to be evading any debate, even within the eurozone itself. Indeed, no other country is able to influence the discussions or to act as counterweight to a steamroller increasingly unencumbered by courtesies when addressing one&rsquo;s peers, as shown by the angry and hostile tone in which the proposed referendum in Greece was greeted by &ldquo;Merkozy&rdquo;.
Among the other &ldquo;big&rdquo; countries, Italy, the third-largest economy in the eurozone, finds itself in the hot seat because of the precariousness of its government and its public finances. Meanwhile Spain, in the middle of an election campaign, is not out of the rut yet.&nbsp; 
Hammered by the debt crisis, they are, like Portugal and Ireland, well distant from the &ldquo;triple A&rdquo; of the rating agencies that seems to confer supernatural powers on countries that still have it. Which, incidentally, explains why the French president is obsessed with keeping his country in the most prized circle of the moment. In the eurozone, the other members of this triple-A club &ndash; Austria, Finland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands &ndash; either pack a light punch or are aligned with the Franco-German duo.
While Merkel and Sarkozy may be able to avoid the most threatening whirlpools, however, they seem to have no clear idea of where they want to steer the good ship Euro &ndash; and they have no mandate for it either. This lack of clarity and legitimacy weighs heavily over the uncharted course of the crisis and gives the impression that they&rsquo;re navigating by sight. Steering through the storm, we&rsquo;re not willing to hand the helm over unless those who take it can guide the ship and crew safely to harbour.
Translated from the French by Anton Baer
 (Editorial)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:41:28 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Spain | Wealth gap wider than ever</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1121391-wealth-gap-wider-ever</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;The gap between rich and poor is widening in Spain&quot;, reports El Pa&iacute;s, which points out that economic inequality has reached &quot;a record high&quot; since [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/111031elpais.jpg" length="7228" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:52:43 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | They forget about growth (Les Echos, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1113691-they-forget-about-growth</link><description><![CDATA[The agreement reached by the seventeen states of the eurozone is leaving out one crucial issue: growth. Two problems therefore remain unresolved: the lack of a common macroeconomic policy and the divisions between the member countries. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/factory-shoe.jpg" length="47463" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:00:58 +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>
<item><title>Spain - ETA says "basta" to armed struggle</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/press-review/1082521-spain-eta-says-basta-armed-struggle</link><description><![CDATA[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. &ndash;  (Press review)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/author/000_Par6600456.jpg" length="34035" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:00:41 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Railways | Greater European network on track</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1077461-greater-european-network-track</link><description><![CDATA[On 19 October, the European Commission presented its project  for the integration of European transport networks. Endowed with a  budget of 37.7 billion [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Vanguardia-20102011-100.jpg" length="39368" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:52:37 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Another attack from the rating agencies</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/press-review/1074291-another-attack-rating-agencies</link><description><![CDATA[A few days ahead of the EU summit that should be “decisive” for the eurozone, rating agencies have degraded or threatened to degrade the sovereign rating of Spain and France and the Italian banks. A final assault while Brussels is trying to get its act together? asks the European press. &ndash;  (Press review)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/author/france-AAA.jpg" length="61103" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:14:47 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Basque Country | ETA shown Northern Irish way (El Periódico de Catalunya, Barcelona)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1068681-eta-shown-northern-irish-way</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/ETA.JPG" length="85492" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:33:54 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Spain | End of the road for ETA?</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1065411-end-road-eta</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;The San Sebasti&aacute;n International Conference opens the way for the end of ETA,&quot; headlines Spanish daily El Pa&iacute;s. On October 17, civil society organisations and [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/El-pais-17102011-100.jpg" length="37577" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:13:04 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Immigration | Europeans up sticks (Adevărul, Bucharest)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1058131-europeans-sticks</link><description><![CDATA[The crisis is forcing more and more Europeans to emigrate. For young people in Mediterranean countries, as well as for those in Eastern Europe, it&#039;s the north of the continent where salvation lies. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/ares-suitcase.jpg" length="27385" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:15:07 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>CAP | The crusade of Commissioner Cioloş</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1053321-crusade-commissioner-ciolos</link><description><![CDATA[The European Commissioner for Agriculture, Dacian Cioloş, presented the draft reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in Brussels on 12 October. 
Adevărul notes that [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:10:55 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Spain | Franco could be exhumed</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1040551-franco-could-be-exhumed</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Experts propose to exhume Franco,&quot; headlines El Peri&oacute;dico.  The daily reveals part of the report, commissioned by Prime Minister  Jos&eacute; Lu&iacute;s Rodr&iacute;guez Zapatero [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/111010elperiodico.jpg" length="8445" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:28:39 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>NATO  | Spain signs up to anti-missile shield</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1029061-spain-signs-anti-missile-shield</link><description><![CDATA[Spain, following the lead of Turkey, Poland and Romania, will participate in NATO&#039;s anti-missile shield, Prime Minister Jos&eacute; Luis Zapatero, said in a surprise announcement [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Publico-06102011-100.jpg" length="39952" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:21:05 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Spain | Anti-nuclear at home, but selling it abroad (El País, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1019881-anti-nuclear-home-selling-it-abroad</link><description><![CDATA[The government calls itself “anti-nuclear”, and no plant has been constructed for over 20 years. And yet Spain&#039;s nuclear industry, aided by the government, continues to grow, mostly in developing countries. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/BURKI_nuclear_0.jpg" length="115909" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:27:25 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debt crisis | Eureca - the secret plan to save Greece</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1000321-eureca-secret-plan-save-greece</link><description><![CDATA[Reducing the debt mountain of Greece without provoking default to get the country permanently out of recession and social unrest: this is the &ldquo;secret German [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Tribune-28092011-100.jpg" length="41004" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:36:44 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Spain | A last bull fight for Catalonia</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/991331-last-bull-fight-catalonia</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;&#039;Ad&eacute;u&#039; to the bulls,&quot; Barcelona-based daily El Peri&oacute;dico bids a Catalonian goodbye to the noble bovines following the last legal bull fight in Catalonia. The [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/El-Periodico-26092011-100.jpg" length="48113" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:42:15 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Economic crisis | Youthful members of the full-time precariat (Polityka, Warsaw)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/953511-youthful-members-full-time-precariat</link><description><![CDATA[The crisis has accelerated the emergence of a new social class in Europe. Dubbed &quot;the precariat&quot; by sociologists, it is made up of young people with no prospect of a decent job or a reasonable standard of living. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/precarita.jpg" length="207636" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:40:35 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone | Club Med | Cartoon (De Volkskrant, Amsterdam)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/945251-club-med</link><description><![CDATA[Club Med (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/collignon-club-med-490.jpg" length="123137" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:57:44 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Worst case scenario for euro approaches</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/press-review/944461-worst-case-scenario-euro-approaches</link><description><![CDATA[With Greece progressively sinking deeper and deeper into crisis amid doubts about the country’s ability to remain in the Eurozone, the European press worries about the national and continent-wide consequences of Greek default, which appears to be increasingly likely. &ndash;  (Press review)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/author/Horsch-greece.JPG" length="78740" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:13:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Spain | Votive offering | Cartoon (La Vanguardia, Barcelona)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/932621-votive-offering</link><description><![CDATA[Votive offering (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/CAPDEVILLA_2011-09-02-8803*.jpg" length="175548" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:25:17 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Spain | Parliament launches 'Operation Transparency'</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/932211-parliament-launches-operation-transparency</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;The assets of our Members of Parliament&rdquo; will henceforth be public knowledge, announces P&uacute;blico. As of 8 September, Spanish Parliamentarians&rsquo; declarations of their assets have [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/publico.750*.jpg" length="24230" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:12:16 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone | Madrid and Rome - two sorts of crisis (La Vanguardia, Barcelona)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/927981-madrid-and-rome-two-sorts-crisis</link><description><![CDATA[One bows to rigorous demands from Germany and the ECB, the other dithers, entangled in its political games. Spain and Italy, however, both play a crucial role for the future of the single currency. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/spain-italy.jpg" length="83043" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:54:50 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debt crisis | Southern Europe at critical turning point</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/914171-southern-europe-critical-turning-point</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Moment of truth for Southern Europe,&quot; headlines La Tribune,  at a time when three of the &lsquo;Club Med&rsquo; economies have come under  increasing [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/La-tribune-05092011-100.jpg" length="40157" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:44:09 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Spain | Germany green lights "Golden Rule"</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/907681-germany-green-lights-golden-rule</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Merkel has endorsed Zapatero on the eve of reform,&rdquo; headlines La Vanguardia, reporting the Spanish Parliament&rsquo;s upcoming vote on September 2 on the constitutional reform [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/LaVanguardia02092011-100.jpg" length="13421" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:26:36 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Spain | Glass almost empty for binging Brits abroad (The Independent, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/899461-glass-almost-empty-binging-brits-abroad</link><description><![CDATA[Following riots on the Costa Brava, and hotel balcony deaths in Majorca, the Spanish authorities are increasingly looking at ways to crack down on alcohol tourism. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/tourist-british.jpg" length="29913" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:12:03 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Economy | Mediterranean diet | Cartoon (Het Parool, Amsterdam)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/897751-mediterranean-diet</link><description><![CDATA[Mediterranean diet (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/bertrams-diet.jpg" length="57969" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:45:47 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Economic crisis | Please tax me, I'm fabulously rich (The Guardian, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/896391-please-tax-me-i-m-fabulously-rich</link><description><![CDATA[As governments prepare their 2012 budgets, with the middle classes expected to tighten austerity belts to clean up the public accounts, more and more super-rich in several countries are expressing their readiness to share the burden and are asking to pay more tax. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/curier-suit.jpg" length="19933" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:57:24 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Spain | Constitutional contestation | Cartoon (La Vanguardia, Barcelona)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/894921-constitutional-contestation</link><description><![CDATA[Constitutional contestation (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/CAPDEVILLA_2011-08-27-490.jpg" length="61308" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:22:51 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Spain | A golden rule for capping debt</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/881951-golden-rule-capping-debt</link><description><![CDATA[Following Hungary, Spain is preparing to introduce a &ldquo;golden rule&rdquo; of balanced budgets in its Constitution: the PSOE (Socialists) and PP (right-wing opposition) &ldquo;agree to [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110824publicoes.jpg" length="8305" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:08:33 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Spain | Muscular Christianity | Cartoon (Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/868491-muscular-christianity</link><description><![CDATA[Muscular Christianity (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/horsch-catholic.jpg" length="31007" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:55:18 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Spain | Madrid kicks off World Youth Day</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/864871-madrid-kicks-world-youth-day</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Welcome to Spain, a country with Christian roots,&rdquo; headlines ABC, in the wake of a mass in Cibeles Square, which launched the beginning of a [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110817abc.jpg" length="7476" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:08:43 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debt crisis | Europe reacts</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/855061-europe-reacts</link><description><![CDATA[The La Vanguardia headline highlights a range of measures that have been introduced to reduce the turmoil on European markets. At the same time, notes [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/vang2.jpg" length="35760" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:22:01 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Social unrest | The street bankers (Der Standard, Vienna)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/852971-street-bankers</link><description><![CDATA[Europe is bailing out its financial centres, but not its youth. Three basic conditions –  education, employment and housing – are denied them. So when they fight back, says Der Standard&#039;s writer, they&#039;re just following the message from the top: take what you can and get out. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/europe-youth.jpg" length="157259" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:46:21 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debt crisis | First paralysis, now panic (ABC, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/852031-first-paralysis-now-panic</link><description><![CDATA[Political dithering and rumour-mongering have caused dramatic falls in global markets. Fiscal integration will be necessary if the euro is to survive the storm. And Angela Merkel is the only political leader who can make it happen, says ABC&#039;s editorial. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Panic-on-stock.jpg" length="151205" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:51:50 +0100</pubDate></item>
</channel></rss>
