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                <language>en</language><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>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>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>Scotland | "Devo max" - the formula that could save the UK (The Guardian, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1391091-devo-max-formula-could-save-uk</link><description><![CDATA[While most Scots reject a complete break with the UK, they favour a form of autonomy which would include powers to raise their own taxes. The reluctant English should accept this, argue Simon Jenkins. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Ecosse-Cameron-b.jpg" length="56556" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:40:22 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Nationality | Multiple citizenship, way of the future (The Economist, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1382341-multiple-citizenship-way-future</link><description><![CDATA[In an increasingly globalized and racially mixed world, it&#039;s natural to have multiple identities. That&#039;s why states should loosen up naturalisation rights and grant the right to vote more easily, says The Economist. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/dual-nationality.jpg" length="66691" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:48:39 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate  | Why I'm feeling strangely Austrian (Financial Times, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1379051-why-i-m-feeling-strangely-austrian</link><description><![CDATA[As the financial crisis continues to ravage the West, the dominant ideology of all triumphant free-market liberalism is collapsing. But what new political trends are emerging, and which will succeed? asks Gideon Rachman. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/pinn-ideology.jpg" length="39558" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:10:35 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Interview | Geert Mak - Reconquering Europe (NRC Handelsblad, Rotterdam)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1375241-geert-mak-reconquering-europe</link><description><![CDATA[What’s in store for project Europe this year? A community under the supervision of a strong European Commission or a decentralised intergovernmental system, advocated by the Germans? Dutch historian Geert Mak has painted a bleak picture for the future of the European Union. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Geert-Mak.jpg" length="34148" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:50:51 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Bailouts | Against all the rules (Die Zeit, Hamburg)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1365941-against-all-rules</link><description><![CDATA[He who makes mistakes must pay the price. Ever since the crisis erupted five years ago, this key law of the market economy has been trampled on. Politicians must now decide between prosperity and morality, writes Die Zeit. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/bank-rules.jpg" length="65876" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:36:54 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Will the EU end up like Yugoslavia? (Politika, Belgrade)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1359201-will-eu-end-yugoslavia</link><description><![CDATA[Seen from Belgrade, Zagreb or Sarajevo, the economic and institutional crisis that has struck the European Union has a certain air of déjà-vu. Serbian daily Politika remarks on the similarities with the years preceding the break-up of the federation founded by Tito. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/balkan-europe.jpg" length="46363" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:20:11 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Interview | George Steiner, a certain idea of knowledge (Télérama, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1320071-george-steiner-certain-idea-knowledge</link><description><![CDATA[Literature, philosophy, science: today, our tools for understanding the world are developing separately, regrets the renowned intellectual and humanist. However, culture remains a saving grace, particularly in Europe. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/steiner-portrait.jpg" length="17055" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:00:34 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Interview | Andrzej Stasiuk's European lesson (Wprost, Warsaw)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1319171-andrzej-stasiuk-s-european-lesson</link><description><![CDATA[Why do the Germans and the Poles have a hard time getting along? How does one recognise a Pole? Is there a way to help Germany better &quot;dominate&quot; the EU? A hard to pigeon-hole Polish writer provides some leads. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Andrzej-Stasiuk-A.jpg" length="52856" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:00:14 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Iceland is our modern Utopia (Público, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1319821-iceland-our-modern-utopia</link><description><![CDATA[In rejecting by referendum a bailout for their toxic banks and the repayment of external debt, the citzens of Iceland have shown it is possible to escape the laws of capitalism and take control of one&#039;s destiny, writes a Spanish historian. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Reykjavik-A.jpg" length="47820" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:18:07 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | Don't let the European ideal die (El País, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1307411-don-t-let-european-ideal-die</link><description><![CDATA[The integration of Europe has allowed the Old World to prosper, but the journey has cost it some of its soul, regrets the Spanish philosopher Rafael Argullol. It&#039;s not too late to affirm the values that make Europe strong – but it has to be done quickly. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Apologia-desesperada.jpg" length="58532" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:51:11 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | Europe's seven deadly sins (2/2) (Die Zeit, Hamburg)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1294161-europe-s-seven-deadly-sins-22</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. The second part of Die Zeit&#039;s list of national egotisms that are harming the Community. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/bosch-wrath.jpg" length="45197" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:11:50 +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>Eurozone crisis | Farewell sweet sovereignty... (El País, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1262391-farewell-sweet-sovereignty</link><description><![CDATA[If approved by the Twenty-Seven, the fiscal union proposed by Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy would be a decisive new stage on the path to European federalism. But are all willing to pay the price: the surrender of the budgetary autonomy of states? (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Europe-sovereignism.jpg" length="126483" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:50:36 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Profile | Jürgen Habermas, the last European (Der Spiegel, Hamburg)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1242541-juergen-habermas-last-european</link><description><![CDATA[Jürgen Habermas has had enough. The philosopher is doing all he can these days to call attention to what he sees as the demise of the European ideal. He hopes he can help save it -- from inept politicians and the dark forces of the market. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/jurgen-habermas.jpg" length="20563" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:31:20 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Union | Give democracy a chance (The Guardian, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1237691-give-democracy-chance</link><description><![CDATA[Is the EU turning into an empire ruled by Germany? For German sociologist Ulrich Beck, we should take advantage of this widespread and much discussed fear to establish a new organisation for the Union, based on a real community of citizens. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/ARES-democracy_0.jpg" length="106593" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:09:26 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Panic - hottest all-time business model (Berliner Zeitung, Berlin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1233601-panic-hottest-all-time-business-model</link><description><![CDATA[Fear, alarm, apocalypse: moods rather than facts steer mankind, writes futurologist Matthias Horx. This holds true for the eurozone crisis as well. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/panic.jpg" length="116082" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:03:33 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Extremism | The internationalism of the new far-right (Aftonbladet, Stockholm)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1229801-internationalism-new-far-right</link><description><![CDATA[A new Europe threatens to emerge in the shadow of the crisis: a continent dominated by despondency and a defiance of politics that that has paved the way for a resurgence of nationalism and Islamophobia. These are much more serious dangers than national debt figures, writes Aftonbladet. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/faber-flag.jpg" length="17237" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:19:39 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | Crisis tears us apart (The Irish Times, Dublin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1228381-crisis-tears-us-apart</link><description><![CDATA[Debt and austerity are the new reality for most Europeans. But for some, such a situation is an opportunity to turn a fast profit. In such a context, how can we still talk of nations and society? asks Irish columnist John Waters. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/sampaio-euro.jpg" length="21764" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:05:33 +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>Who’s afraid of Germany? (3) | Goethe, in technocrat's clothing (Der Spiegel, Hamburg)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1205491-goethe-technocrat-s-clothing</link><description><![CDATA[What Germany’s leadership of the EU means isn’t very clear – least of all to the Germans themselves. A Spiegel columnist looks for the answer in two books, wandering between the lost soul and the genius of the country. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/goethe_0.jpg" length="75046" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:53:43 +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’s afraid of Germany? (2) | Europe sprechs German now (Berliner Zeitung, Berlin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1200181-europe-sprechs-german-now</link><description><![CDATA[“Europe is speaking German,” trumpeted CDU deputy Volker Kauder. Just let’s not overdo it, warns the Berliner Zeitung. An association of free democracies should look a bit different. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Man-spricht-Deutsh.jpg" length="117794" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:04:17 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | What have the Dutch ever done for us? (De Volkskrant, Amsterdam)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1184091-what-have-dutch-ever-done-us</link><description><![CDATA[In the current crisis, the Dutch tend to pontificate about the citizens of ill performing countries like Greece and Italy. But as recession now looms, they should keep in mind that their prosperity isn’t just due to their own virtuousness. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/philips-cassette.jpg" length="47306" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:40:10 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | Why Europe needs enemies (Hospodářské noviny, Prague)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1181391-why-europe-needs-enemies</link><description><![CDATA[Nothing better than an enemy to forge a common identity. But the adage of the nineteenth century doesn’t quite fit the current crisis. Only by changing their relationship to power can Europeans unite and overcome the crisis, says a Czech editorialist. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Together-since-1957_0.jpg" length="70320" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:56:45 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | In defence of technocrats (The Guardian, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1180081-defence-technocrats</link><description><![CDATA[The appointments of non-politicians Lucas Papademos and Mario Monti in Greece and Italy has caused much ink to flow. But on the continent, experts have often played a positive role in politics in times of deep crisis, points out a Guardian editor. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/mario-monti_0.jpg" length="102194" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:51:26 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Europe against the people? (The Economist, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1159631-europe-against-people</link><description><![CDATA[Efforts to save the euro cannot run against the will of the voters indefinitely, writes Charlemagne of the Economist. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/schrank-democracy.jpg" length="29406" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:03:38 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Technocracy is no way to go (Il Sole-24 Ore, Milan)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1143241-technocracy-no-way-go</link><description><![CDATA[Governments of “experts” proposed in Italy and Greece could be good at taking emergency decisions, but would deepen European citizens’ diffidence towards ever more indirect democracy. To avoid this, politics must reclaim its role. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/VLAHOVIC_technocracy.jpg" length="61688" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:21:43 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Greek referendum | Democracy has junk status (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurt)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1128541-democracy-has-junk-status</link><description><![CDATA[He who submits a vital issue to a referendum is a public menace to Europe. This has been the message from the markets – and since Monday night, from the politicians too. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/aguilar-statue.jpg" length="19611" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:23:38 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Austerity Europe | The cynicism of Greece's elites (The Guardian, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1080941-cynicism-greece-s-elites</link><description><![CDATA[After two days of massive strikes and street battles, Greece seems to be edging ever closer to the brink. As European leaders gather this Sunday in a last ditch bid to save the euro, a Greek author condemns the national elites that have brought his country to this juncture. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/greece-red.jpg" length="32040" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:40:05 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Opinion | Democracy - an inventory (El País, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1058181-democracy-inventory</link><description><![CDATA[After the demonstrations in Greece and the Indignados in Spain, popular protest has spread across Europe and, with the Occupy Wall Street movement, crossed the Atlantic. Be it direct or representative, the very idea of ​​democracy is under scrutiny, says José Ignacio Torreblanca. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/italy-dragon.jpg" length="37454" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:40:58 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Germany | Spare us this Euro Newspeak (Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1032011-spare-us-euro-newspeak</link><description><![CDATA[The German expression for “bailout funds” is “euro emergency parachute”. An easy way to grasp the complexities of Eurozone financial mechanisms, but a metaphor running out of steam, argues columnist Axel Hacke. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/ares-tongue.jpg" length="22227" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:59:27 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debt crisis | Beware the saviours of the euro (Der Freitag, Berlin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1023961-beware-saviours-euro</link><description><![CDATA[If the European project is to be saved, then it&#039;s time to stand up to the likes of Chancellor Merkel and President Sarkozy who are promoting a union of democracy deficit, tax competition and social dumping, argues a German author. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/VLAHOVIC-europe-sauvetage.jpg" length="108242" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:28:37 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Pirate party | Children of Marx and Microsoft (Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/969281-children-marx-and-microsoft</link><description><![CDATA[They demand transparency and direct democracy, and almost one in ten voters in Berlin gave them their vote. The Pirate Party is no longer just a party for Net-nerds in hoodies, but represents demands from across society. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/piratenpartei-berlin.jpg" length="43582" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:22:07 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Europe returns to national identity (The Guardian, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/955941-europe-returns-national-identity</link><description><![CDATA[The looming Greek default has brought an arrogant and overbearing EU to a turning point. And a return to a national dimension is the outcome we can look forward to, writes a British columnist. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Tiounine-Guardian-2.jpg" length="38909" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:08:55 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Political fiction | Three Eurozones are better than one (De Volkskrant, Amsterdam)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/956371-three-eurozones-are-better-one</link><description><![CDATA[There is no denying the reality: Eurozone countries are so different that there will be no common exit to the current crisis. The solution, argues a Dutch economist, is to divide states using the single currency into three groups governed by different rules. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Balaban-VK.jpg" length="29011" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:58:41 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>9/11, 10 years on | The East rises over Ground Zero (The Guardian, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/931621-east-rises-over-ground-zero</link><description><![CDATA[We have spent the years since the attacks on US soil focusing on the terrorist threat and wars in Afganistan and Iraq. But we have been blind to the real global change : the slow but unstoppable rise of China, writes Timothy Garton Ash. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/globe-wtc.jpg" length="15348" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:40:19 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Time to get angry, Europe (Der Spiegel, Hamburg)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/900121-time-get-angry-europe</link><description><![CDATA[The European common currency is in trouble, several EU countries are facing mountains of debt and solidarity within the bloc is declining. It is European youth, in particular, who have drawn the short stick. Closer cooperation is the only way forward. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/curier-pen.jpg" length="23306" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:07:25 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Youth | The hooliganism of losers (Die Welt, Berlin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/884471-hooliganism-losers</link><description><![CDATA[A Europe long at peace is once again a seething continent. In France, Greece and Spain crowds of youths are out demonstrating against their situation, and in London they have reduced neighbourhoods to rubble and ashes. What is going wrong here? wonders a German columnist. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/spain-indignados.jpg" length="39217" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:51:01 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Political fiction | A brave new superpower (Le Figaro, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/876681-brave-new-superpower</link><description><![CDATA[Le Figaro&#039;s fictional series &quot;The world in 20 years&quot; begins with the view from Europe. In 2031, the launch of a European flagship inaugurates an age of shared defence and marks the final move in a &quot;great awakening&quot; that began fifteen years before. The Union is a superpower at last. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/europe-power-2.jpg" length="41320" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:23:46 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Poland | Poles apart from reality</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/867281-poles-apart-reality</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;The twisted face of Poland&rdquo; headlines Gazeta Wyborcza, complaining that this is the image of Poland that some 60 million students across Europe may get [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110818gazetawyborcza.jpg" length="6741" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:27:50 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>End of the line for the euro 4/4 | Shanghai endgame (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/865971-shanghai-endgame</link><description><![CDATA[In the last episode of the political fiction published by Le Monde, a journalist for the Wall Street Journal finally catches up with the source of the document that has rocked the Eurozone and sowed panic in stock markets all over the world. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/stand-wsj.jpg" length="43631" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:51:06 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>End of the line for the euro 3/4 | Wall Street&#039;s harsh judgment (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/862501-wall-streets-harsh-judgment</link><description><![CDATA[Le Monde&#039;s fictional series about the demise of the single currency continues. Gathered around guru George Soros and the former European commissioner Mario Monti, the leading lights of international finance consider the critical situation of the euro, which has been brought about by the ineptitude of European leaders. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/SCHOT_euro-terminus3.jpg" length="78574" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:09:33 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>End of the line for the euro 2/4 | Trundling towards doom (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/855931-trundling-towards-doom</link><description><![CDATA[Le Monde&#039;s fictional series &#039;The end of the euro” continues. After the German constitutional court invalidates the euro stability mechanism, the 27 member states seem resigned to the idea that one of their number will default. Charles Leesby of the Irish Times finds himself attending another midnight conference on the fate of the euro … (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/BROMLEY_machine_0.jpg" length="140852" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 01:00:28 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>End of the line for the euro 1/4 | Berlin gets ready to leave the euro (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/856051-berlin-gets-ready-leave-euro</link><description><![CDATA[On the night of his re-election, Nicolas Sarkozy learns that Angela Merkel is about to be overthrown by a faction in her party that wants to leave the euro. A short time later, Germany’s constitutional court invalidates the euro stability mechanism. In this political fiction, Le Monde examines a possible scenario — which may be more likely than it seems — for the end of the single currency. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/deutsche-mark.jpg" length="164149" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:46:54 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debt crisis | Are there any leaders out there? (The Guardian, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/843171-are-there-any-leaders-out-there</link><description><![CDATA[Faced with the euro crisis, world leaders look at best paralysed and at worst irresponsible. But a situation this serious needs heads of government who can take the bull by the horns. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Europe-no-leaders_0.jpg" length="113624" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:49:32 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | Human horror, in cold blood (Corriere della Sera, Milan)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/823431-human-horror-cold-blood</link><description><![CDATA[Beyond the political delusions that pushed Anders Breivik to assassinate more than 70 people, it is evil in it most imbecile form that was revealed by his actions, says Italian writer Claudio Magris. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Arend-Anders-Breivik_0.jpg" length="106368" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:19:06 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Norway | Anders Breivik - non-entity without a cause (The Daily Telegraph, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/793791-anders-breivik-non-entity-without-cause</link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing in the mind of Norway’s mass killer that needs studying. Instead of rationalising his deeds, we&#039;d do better to ignore his narcissism and puerile ideology, writes columnist and London&#039;s mayor Boris Johnson. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Anders-Breivik_0.jpg" length="27035" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:27:12 +0100</pubDate></item>
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