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                <language>en</language><item><title>Syria | Diplomatic class | Cartoon (Le Soir, Brussels)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/1495111-diplomatic-class</link><description><![CDATA[Diplomatic class (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/KROLL_Syria-490..jpg" length="118604" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:34:10 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Trade | German exports soar, but not for long</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1494381-german-exports-soar-not-long</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Germany exporting more than ever,&quot; boasts German daily S&uuml;ddeutsche Zeitung. Despite the crisis, &quot;the German economy exported over &euro;1 trillion in 2011,&quot; the paper says. [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:30:09 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>EU-US | Obama honey words ahead of Monti visit</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1493891-obama-honey-words-ahead-monti-visit</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Italy  is taking impressive steps&rdquo;. On the day Italian PM Mario Monti makes  his first official visit to Washington, La Stampa devotes its [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:22:24 +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>Climate | Snowed in | Cartoon (, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/1487661-snowed</link><description><![CDATA[Snowed in (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/kazanevsky-froid-490.jpg" length="181926" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:06:57 +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>Institutions | Maastricht 20 years on: Eurocrat blues (Le Temps, Geneva)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1483951-maastricht-20-years-eurocrat-blues</link><description><![CDATA[The European Commission and its civil servants gained unprecedented powers with the signing of the Maastricht Treaty on February 7 1992. Two decades later, the economy’s primacy over politics and the advent of the crisis has destroyed their dreams and turned them into scapegoats. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/MAYK_depressed-europe.jpg" length="60691" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:49:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Air travel | China strikes first blow against EU tax</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1482781-china-strikes-first-blow-against-eu-tax</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;China  bars airlines from EU tax plan,&rdquo; headlines the Financial Times, after  the Chinese government ordered national airlines not to comply with the [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:38:57 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Germany | Angela's commandments | Cartoon (The Economist, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/1477441-angela-s-commandments</link><description><![CDATA[Angela's commandments (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/shrank-slate.jpg" length="37233" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:36:53 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Germany | Call us Nazis if it makes you happy (Die Zeit, Hamburg)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1476831-call-us-nazis-if-it-makes-you-happy</link><description><![CDATA[“Hitler”, “Occupying Power&quot; – it’s always the same. Berlin is asserting its stance on the euro crisis and, in turn, is being abused with comparisons to the Nazis. Die Zeit ponders how Germans should respond. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/protest-nazi.jpg" length="32461" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:35:28 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>New order | Editorial</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/editorial/1477841-new-order</link><description><![CDATA[This  time around, there was no question of a last-ditch summit. Nonetheless,  the 30 January European Council meeting will have far reaching  consequences. Twenty five member states  &ndash;  in other words the EU without  the UK and the Czech Republic, which refused to be involved  &ndash;  adopted  the fiscal and budgetary pact that Germany, seconded by France, wanted  to impose.&nbsp; 
Once  twelve national parliaments have approved the text, which is slated to  be signed in March, participating countries will no longer have the  right to declare a spending deficit of more than 0.5% of GDP, and will  be subject to automatic sanctions if this figure exceeds a ceiling of  3%. So from now on the economic policy of virtually all of Europe&rsquo;s  member states will be confined to a strict and immutable European  framework. 
This  should have been a logical consequence of the Maastricht Treaty and the  introduction of the single currency, but it was a challenge that the  European leaders of the time were reluctant to face. Under pressure from  the crisis, today&rsquo;s leaders have moved a step further towards a federal  Europe, or  &ndash;  from another perspective  &ndash;  they have abandoned even more  national sovereignty.
The  new order will thus be characterised by Merkelian discipline, but that  does not mean an automatic end to the eurozone crisis. At a time when  Athens, its private creditors and the troika are continuing to blame  each other for the persistence of the threat of Greek default, and  demanding additional efforts from each other to resolve it, the  discovery of a new &euro;15bn black hole in Greece&rsquo;s books is not likely to facilitate discussions. Nor is the unofficial German plan to appoint a budget commissar for Greece. 
And  this situation may be further compounded by the ratings agencies, and  in particular Standard &amp; Poor&rsquo;s, which will probably not be prepared  to politely wait for the ratification of the pact before announcing  further eurozone downgrades.
Finally,  the manner in which the pact was adopted has left a sour atmosphere,  which could herald further difficulties in the future. No one can be  happy to see London and Prague shy away from the proposal, even if  internal politics played an important part in those decisions. A Europe  without the British would certainly be a much weaker world power, and  Central Europe&rsquo;s need for a solid anchor in Europe has never been  greater: Hungary is increasingly in breach of community standards, while  Slovakia is being rocked by a corruption scandal which may have  unpredictable consequences. Meanwhile, Romania is perhaps only beginning  to revolt against austerity. 
In  Ireland, arrangements to ensure that the pact can be adopted without a  referendum could backfire and undermine the bailout plan established in  2010. Finally, with regard to Greece, everyone  &ndash;  with the apparent  exception of Angela Merkel and the troika negotiators  &ndash;  is aware that,  regardless of the inadequacy of national authorities in the country, the  population is close to breaking point.
In  the middle of all of this, Germany is continuing to design the Europe  it wants to see, especially now that it has been &ldquo;freed&rdquo; from the  constraint of partnership with a domestically weak Nicolas Sarkozy,  while remaining reluctant to assume the new responsibilities thrust upon  it by the crisis.
The  consequences of this state of affairs are not only economic, but also  cultural. Angry and impulsive outbursts have become increasingly common,  and allusions to Germany&rsquo;s Nazi and Prussian past are more and more  prevalent in Europe. More insidious than economic and social ills, the  emergence of this trend and the renewed rise of nationalism are cause  for serious concern of a kind that cannot be allayed by a budgetary  pact.
 (Editorial)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:39:50 +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>Debt crisis | Swill | Cartoon (Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/1469521-swill</link><description><![CDATA[Swill (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/Pepsch-pigs-490.jpg" length="133794" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:31:12 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Economic crisis | Poverty trap for middle classes of Europe (El País, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1469391-poverty-trap-middle-classes-europe</link><description><![CDATA[Unemployment has hit record levels in the EU, putting nearly a quarter of those Europeans who until now had a decent standard of living at risk of sliding into social exclusion. The phenomenon is undermining the EU’s strategies against poverty. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/DARIO-EU-middle-class.jpg" length="97451" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:22:27 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Fiscal treaty | Ireland begins bitter referendum debate</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1468471-ireland-begins-bitter-referendum-debate</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Fiscal  treaty designed to avoid Irish referendum,&rdquo; headlines the Irish Times.  According to Irish law, all new EU treaties must be put to [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:47:40 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Council | The Don Quixotes of Brussels (El País, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1464941-don-quixotes-brussels</link><description><![CDATA[At best, the measures adopted at the January 30 summit – the fiscal treaty and the economic growth plan – are meant, at best, to overcome the mistakes of the past year and a half, says columnist Xavier Vidal-Folch. At worst, they’re part of a recurring sham. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/FABER_europa.jpg" length="52920" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:25:41 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>EU Summit | Poland not 100% happy</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1463451-poland-not-100-happy</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Eurosummits with and without Poland&rdquo;, leads Gazeta Wyborcza  on the compromise reached at the January 30 EU summit which allows  Poland to participate [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:22:24 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Economy | Davos ski stunt | Cartoon (De Volkskrant, Amsterdam)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/1460441-davos-ski-stunt</link><description><![CDATA[Davos ski stunt (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/SCHOT_davos-490_0.jpg" length="44746" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:58:01 +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>Italy | Relax, Germans! (Die Zeit, Hamburg)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1460071-relax-germans</link><description><![CDATA[Italy has long cursed Germany as a know-it-all, and yet respects it as the head of the class. With the arrival of the very proper Mr Monti this is changing, and Berlin will have to get used to some lessons from Rome. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Monti-Merkel.jpg" length="69756" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:28:38 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Go for it, Angela | Editorial</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/editorial/1451031-go-it-angela</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;My vision is one of political union&rdquo;: the remark made by Angela Merkel in an interview granted to the Europa  supplement produced by six European dailies is worth noting for several  reasons. The German Chancellor had already spoken of this objective on  the occasion of the CDU party conference but not with such clarity. This time she offered details of the future union&rsquo;s institutional architecture.
First  and foremost, it is noteworthy because it effectively answers a  question that we have been asking for some time. Do European leaders,  and in particular Europe&rsquo;s most influential leader, have a vision for  the future of the EU? The procrastination and improvised initiatives  that have become a feature of the debt crisis appear to indicate the  opposite.
Secondly,  it is noteworthy because it featured in an unprecedented joint  publication which presented the Chancellor&rsquo;s &ldquo;vision&rdquo; to ten million  European readers, and in particular to her European partners, and it is  also addressed to them, which brings us to a third point. Now that she  has finally explained where she wants to steer the EU, it is time for  Mrs Merkel to embark on the &ldquo;long process&rdquo; she has described.
However,  this will imply a change in attitude, because Berlin&rsquo;s reluctance to  support some of the key measures to overcome the crisis cited by its  partners  &ndash;  Eurobonds, the reinforcement of the European Central Bank and  the European Financial Stability Facility  &ndash;  and its stubborn demand for  diziplin  and budgetary austerity at a time when the weaker members of the EU are  stranded in the doldrums do not demonstrate a desire for greater unity.
However,  if Mrs Merkel proves to be as effective at convincing European leaders  to accept her &ldquo;vision&rdquo; as she has been at imposing her line on the  crisis, this political union is likely to see the light of of day. Which  is why we almost feel like saying: go for it, Angela.
 (Editorial)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:54:23 +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>Debate | Ingo Schulze - 10 theses about the crisis (Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1451011-ingo-schulze-10-theses-about-crisis</link><description><![CDATA[It is the madness that has become self-evident: for years, the public sphere has been plundered and democracy ruined. The German writer Ingo Schulze has had enough. Here he sets out ten reasons to take himself seriously again. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/beppegiacobbe-cloud.jpg" length="32805" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:43:47 +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>Diplomacy | Europe's undeclared war against Iran (The New York Times, New York)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1444821-europe-s-undeclared-war-against-iran</link><description><![CDATA[Now that the EU has slapped unprecedented sanctions on Iranian oil imports in a bid to thwart its alleged nuclear weapons programme, what are the consequences? asks a Tel Aviv based political scientist. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/MAYK-eu-iran.jpg" length="104698" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:49:06 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Press | A newspaper for the Europe of tomorrow</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1446041-newspaper-europe-tomorrow</link><description><![CDATA[Six major European dailies, well-known to the readers of Presseurop -- Le Monde, El Pa&iacute;s, Gazeta Wyborcza, S&uuml;ddeutsche Zeitung, The Guardian and La Stampa  [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:30:30 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Interview | "Web is foundation of young people's lives" (Gazeta Wyborcza, Warsaw)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1440601-web-foundation-young-people-s-lives</link><description><![CDATA[As the Polish government prepares to sign the anti-piracy ACTA treaty, thousands of young internet users have taken to the streets in protest. Like most of their fellow Europeans, they fear it may “label their existential choices and free expression of identity as piracy,” explains internet anthropologist Piotr Cichocki. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/acta-poland.jpg" length="88942" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:55:50 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Internet | Right to be forgotten law welcomed</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1440901-right-be-forgotten-law-welcomed</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;A monumental measure&quot; for personal data protection on the internet will be proposed Wednesday by the European Union Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:08:24 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Davos ski-lift | Cartoon (24 heures, Lausanne)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/1440781-davos-ski-lift</link><description><![CDATA[Davos ski-lift (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/BURKI-davos-490_0.jpg" length="95931" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:02:37 +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>Diplomacy | EU raises stakes with Iran</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/press-review/1436731-eu-raises-stakes-iran</link><description><![CDATA[With their decision to impose an embargo on Iranian oil and to freeze Iranian bank assets in Europe, EU member states are hoping to force Teheran to halt its nuclear program — an initiative which the European press believes is a risky bet. &ndash;  (Press review)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/author/Schneider_ahmadinejad.jpg" length="114656" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:15:50 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Internet | ACTA non grata</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1436031-acta-non-grata</link><description><![CDATA[Several days of internet user and web hacker protests against the ACTA agreement, which obliges its 39 signatory states to actively prosecute web piracy, &ldquo;have [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Gazeta-24012012-100.JPG" length="38344" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:46:58 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Croatia | A small "yes" to EU</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/press-review/1432971-small-yes-eu</link><description><![CDATA[On 22 January, Croats voted in favour of ratifying the Treaty of Accession to the EU, prompting a sigh of relief in Brussels. The record voter abstention rate, however, must give cause for concern, notes the Croatian press. &ndash;  (Press review)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/author/croatia-ue.jpg" length="88754" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:06:53 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Central Europe | Vienna-Budapest, a journey into the past (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1432681-vienna-budapest-journey-past</link><description><![CDATA[Heirs to the Hapsburg Empire, Austria and Hungary have something else in common: an ambiguous relationship with history and a tendency to tolerate political excesses. Ten years after European sanctions against Vienna, why does the Budapest seem to be stuck in the 1930s? (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/orban-30s.jpg" length="154365" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:34:43 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Diplomacy | Europe to slap embargo on Iranian oil</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1431541-europe-slap-embargo-iranian-oil</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Brussels  begins asphyxiation of Iran&quot;, writes El Mundo, on the EU&rsquo;s decision on  January 23 to clamp an oil embargo on Iran. According [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:29:10 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Croatia | Joining the Union with little enthusiasm (Tportal , Zagreb)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1420461-joining-union-little-enthusiasm</link><description><![CDATA[On January 22, Croatia must ratify by referendum the Treaty of Accession to the EU. But the campaign, coming just as the country is about to enter a Europe in crisis, has been marked by second thoughts and a new nationalist rhetoric. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/corax-croatia.jpg" length="21633" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:39:33 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Food | Europe's mountain of leftovers</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1420001-europe-s-mountain-leftovers</link><description><![CDATA[In  Europe, almost 50% of edible and healthy food &ldquo;gets wasted during the  different processing phases from production to the consumer&rsquo;s table&rdquo;,  [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:33:14 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>China-EU | Euro-brakes | Cartoon (The Nation, Bangkok)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/1416371-euro-brakes</link><description><![CDATA[Euro-brakes (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/STEPHFf-china-ue-490_0.jpg" length="87053" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:44:19 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | EU can no longer play the war card (De Morgen, Brussels)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1416561-eu-can-no-longer-play-war-card</link><description><![CDATA[European leaders have used the threat of war to justify policies undertaken to save the euro. But this argument no longer works, argues Dutch philosopher Paul Scheffer. The hearts and minds of Europeans must be won with valid arguments. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/miterrand-kohl-1984.jpg" length="74165" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:44:19 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | European rating agency in the pipeline</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1414821-european-rating-agency-pipeline</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;European  rating agency moves forward this year,&quot; reports Di&aacute;rio de Not&iacute;cias. The  Lisbon daily reveals that Roland Berger Strategy Consultants  &ndash;  [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:17:57 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary-EU | Viktor Orbán dodges MEPs questions</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1414811-viktor-orban-dodges-meps-questions</link><description><![CDATA[Invited  to respond to questions from MEPs meeting in Strasbourg on 18 January,  the Hungarian Prime Minister pledged to change controversial legislation  [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/nepszava-100.jpg" length="39953" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:06:16 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Parliament | Hurricane Schulz replaces Buzek the Calm</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/press-review/1409481-hurricane-schulz-replaces-buzek-calm</link><description><![CDATA[The election of Martin Schulz as new president will pave the way for a change of atmosphere in the European Parliament. In the wake of the reign of the consensus-building Pole, Jerzy Buzek, the German socialist is intent on shaking up institutions in Brussels. &ndash;  (Press review)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/author/horsch-schulz_0.jpg" length="89700" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:18:21 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Hungary-EU | Brussels starts power struggle with Orbán</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/press-review/1409941-brussels-starts-power-struggle-orban</link><description><![CDATA[After quibbling for several weeks, the European Commission launched three legal actions against the Hungarian government. But who will back down first – Budapest or Brussels? The Hungarian press is not expecting any great changes. &ndash;  (Press review)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/author/Orban.jpg" length="97711" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:39:40 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Immigration | Shipwrecks that no one mentions</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1408291-shipwrecks-no-one-mentions</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Maritime catastrophes in the Mediterranean,&quot; headlines Tageszeitung which takes a critical look at the media coverage devoted to the sinking of the Costa Concordia.
The  [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/TAZ-100.jpg" length="36624" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:35:35 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Catastrophes | Wrecked | Cartoon (La Libre Belgique, Brussels)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/1404111-wrecked</link><description><![CDATA[Wrecked (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/CLOU-CAPTAIN-490.jpg" length="141504" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:58:47 +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>
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