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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>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>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>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>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>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>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>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>Romania | Forgotten miners in the Valley of Tears (Die Tageszeitung, Berlin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1392021-forgotten-miners-valley-tears</link><description><![CDATA[In Ceausescu&#039;s times thousands of Romanians, drawn by high wages, flocked to the coalfields of the Jiu Valley. Today many of the mines in the valley are closed and the miners have been left to fend for themselves. Many are sliding into criminality. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Petrila-Jiu-Valley.jpg" length="26668" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:59:03 +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>Drugs | Netherlands bans khat</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1383001-netherlands-bans-khat</link><description><![CDATA[The Dutch government has decided to impose a ban on khat,  following the publication of a study on the use of the drug by [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:06:21 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Finance | Tobin tax: Sarkozy rides alone</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1374541-tobin-tax-sarkozy-rides-alone</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Tobin Tax: Just bluffing,&quot; headlines French financial daily La Tribune following assurances by French President Nicolas Sarkozy that France &quot;will not wait for the other [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/LaTribune-01092012-v.jpg" length="12691" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:07:55 +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>Employment | A two-speed Europe</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1359741-two-speed-europe</link><description><![CDATA[Leading with the front-page headline &ldquo;Europe split in two by unemployment,&rdquo; La Tribune  reports  on the growing gap between Southern and Northern Europe: [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/120105tribune.jpg" length="7616" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:48:28 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Economic crisis | Portuguese companies flee to Netherlands</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1354921-portuguese-companies-flee-netherlands</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Portugal loses tax revenue but JM pays the same,&quot; headlines Portuguese financial daily Jornal de Neg&oacute;cios following the announcement by the Jer&oacute;nimo Martins group (JM) [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/jn.jpg" length="31890" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:01:30 +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>Hungary | The fragile ambitions of Magyar capitalism (Magyar Narancs, Budapest)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1320591-fragile-ambitions-magyar-capitalism</link><description><![CDATA[The suspension of negotiations with the IMF and the EU over the issue of the independence of the central bank has demonstrated that Viktor Orbán’s government also intends to apply its “national revolution” to the economy. However, economist Miklós Sebők argues that the basis for this policy is erroneous. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Magyar-capitalism.jpg" length="34895" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:00:08 +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>Lithuania | Nurses go Norway (Lietuvos Rytas, Vilnius)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1311511-nurses-go-norway</link><description><![CDATA[Faced with the economic crisis, Lithuanian medical staff are increasingly leaving to work in Norway, where salaries are much higher. Although they do not become exiles, they do have to contend with a permanent schedule of return journeys between Oslo and Vilnius. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Norway-nurses.jpg" length="61710" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:44:56 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Air travel | Threats fly between Washington and Brussels</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1310841-threats-fly-between-washington-and-brussels</link><description><![CDATA[As January 1, 2012 approaches, a date from which the EU intends to bring airlines into the CO2 emissions trading markets, the quarrel between Europe [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:28:36 +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>Hungary | IMF and EU slam door on Hungary</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1306161-imf-and-eu-slam-door-hungary</link><description><![CDATA[Negotiations turned short, on December 16, when the International Monetary Fund and the European Union suspended talks with Hungary over a financial aid package requested [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:38:11 +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>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>European Union | The economic order that inspires Merkel (Libération, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1262991-economic-order-inspires-merkel</link><description><![CDATA[Angela Merkel’s drive to impose discipline and sanctions in the Eurozone is not a bid to establish German hegemony, but simply an extension of the economic doctrine that provided the basis for Germany’s economic miracle: “ordoliberalism”. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Chapatte-mere-fouettarde_0.jpg" length="113227" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:26:19 +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 | The destructive rise of the rating agencies (Libération, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1258541-destructive-rise-rating-agencies</link><description><![CDATA[By placing the eurozone under negative watch on the eve of the European Council meeting, Standard &amp; Poor&#039;s has confirmed the emergence of a limitless economic power that is overwhelming the structures and rules of democracy, writes a worried Libération. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/TOM-Standard-poors_0.jpg" length="90451" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:51:53 +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>Italy | Monti presents the bill</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1249781-monti-presents-bill</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;This  is the decree that will save Italy&rdquo;: La Repubblica reports the words  with which Prime Minister Mario Monti presented his austerity plan [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/111205repubblica.jpg" length="6677" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:59:36 +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>Debt crisis | Savers rally to patriotic call</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1229451-savers-rally-patriotic-call</link><description><![CDATA[Will savers prove to be the ultimate defence against the crisis? wonders La Tribune,  which reports that &ldquo;amid demands for the re-nationalisation of European [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/brief/cover-lb.jpg" length="50354" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:03:14 +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>Banks | The crash that has rocked Lithuania</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1216071-crash-has-rocked-lithuania</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Gamblers or victims?&rdquo; wonders the front-page of Vieidas,   commenting on the two principle shareholders of Snoras, Lithuanian   Raimondas Baranauskas and Russian [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/111125veidas.jpg" length="10100" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:18:01 +0100</pubDate></item>
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