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                <language>en</language><item><title>Schengen | Bucharest and Sofia must try harder, again</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1493921-bucharest-and-sofia-must-try-harder-again</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Can the CMV report open the door to Schengen?&quot; questions the front page of Romanian daily Rom&acirc;nia Liberă, referring to the interim report of the [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:15:33 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>France-Germany | Merkel seeks to save marriage of convenience</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/press-review/1487271-merkel-seeks-save-marriage-convenience</link><description><![CDATA[With 80 days left to run before the first round of French presidential elections, the German Chancellor has joined the campaign alongside her most precious ally in Europe,  Nicolas Sarkozy — an initiative judged risky on both sides of the Rhine. &ndash;  (Press review)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/author/SCHOT_merkozy.jpg" length="80021" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:51:36 +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>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>European Council | Angela Merkel has gone too far</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1464371-angela-merkel-has-gone-too-far</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The woman who went out into the cold&rdquo;: the expression in S&uuml;ddeutsche Zeitung refers to the undeniably frosty reception for Angela Merkel&rsquo;s performance at the [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:08:12 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Fiscal compact | Prague keeps its distance</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1463771-prague-keeps-its-distance</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Neither yes or no. The  Czech Republic stands alone in the union,&rdquo; announces Hospod&aacute;řsk&eacute; Noviny  in the wake of yesterday&rsquo;s adoption of the [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:32:33 +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>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>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>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>European Union | Myth of equality at an end (Gazeta Wyborcza, Warsaw)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1404381-myth-equality-end</link><description><![CDATA[Whether it’s the planned European treaty, the S&amp;P downgrade of nine eurozones states or reprimands issued to Hungary, recent events in the EU have highlighted how powerful countries are now imposing their law on their smaller neighbours. Polish columnist Jacek Żkowski aims to set the record straight. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/KAZANEVSKY_inegalités.jpg" length="118011" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:25:32 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debt crisis  | Merkozy struggles to end austerity</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1379161-merkozy-struggles-end-austerity</link><description><![CDATA[German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy are afraid to &quot;attack the heart of the problem&quot; of the debt crisis, deplores Polish daily [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:40:56 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Council | Little Denmark faces high-stakes EU Presidency (Politiken, Copenhagen)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1346851-little-denmark-faces-high-stakes-eu-presidency</link><description><![CDATA[At the height of the debt crisis, a small country, which is not a member of the Eurozone, has taken on the EU’s six monthly rotating presidency. Danish daily Politiken argues that Copenhagen should take advantage of its marginal status in adopting the role of mediator for a community that is tearing itself apart. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/COST_Dk-EU.jpg" length="43485" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:21:40 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debt crisis | Does doom await in 2012? (El País, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1346951-does-doom-await-2012</link><description><![CDATA[In the wake of a terrible year in 2011, the worst may be yet to come warns political analyst José Ignacio Torreblanca. The crisis could force EU member states to choose between Greece and Great Britain. And once again, everything will be decided in Germany. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Casandra-2012.jpg" length="36336" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:16:30 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Employment | Germany welcomes working immigrants</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1324311-germany-welcomes-working-immigrants</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Welcome to Germany&rdquo;, announces Handelsblatt. &ldquo;For the first time in decades, the number of people arriving in Germany has exceeded the number of those leaving.&rdquo; [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:54:10 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Climate change | EP reassesses emissions market</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1314551-ep-reassesses-emissions-market</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;EU  revises the CO2 market to put an end to cut-price pollution,&quot; leads El  Pa&iacute;s, the day after the Environment Committee of the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:50:11 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | To France its farmers, to Britain its banks (The Times, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1292901-france-its-farmers-britain-its-banks</link><description><![CDATA[Accused of isolationism for steering clear of the December 9 EU26 growth and stability pact, David Cameron is only protecting, like other European leaders, his country’s vital interests, writes a British columnist. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/vadot-tea.jpg" length="14963" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:27:07 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Poland's EU Presidency - no fireworks, no slip-ups</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/press-review/1292751-poland-s-eu-presidency-no-fireworks-no-slip-ups</link><description><![CDATA[With Poland coming to the end of its six month stint at the helm of the EU rotating presidency, the national press discusses the country’s achievements and failures during the period. &ndash;  (Press review)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/author/tusk-speech.jpg" length="19427" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:29:33 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Council | Britain - like the Cayman Islands, in the rain (The Independent, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1277451-britain-cayman-islands-rain</link><description><![CDATA[In walking away from greater European integration in order to defend the privileges of the City, David Cameron has hopelessly relegated the UK to the status of an irrelevant island state at the margins of Europe, argues John Lichfield. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/cayman-city_2.jpg" length="108640" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:08:30 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Council | EU just can't accept that Britain is right (The Daily Telegraph, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1277441-eu-just-can-t-accept-britain-right</link><description><![CDATA[If Britain is marginalised after last week’s fractious European Council, it’s only because the continent is furious that the UK never signed up to its troubled euro project, argues the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/shrank-2-speed_0.jpg" length="111461" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:56:50 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European council | The unravelling has begun</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1277281-unravelling-has-begun</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Within  the old Union a new one, concentrated around the eurozone, is born&rdquo;,  leads Gazeta Wyborcza after the &ldquo;last chance&rdquo; European Council &nbsp;meeting [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:38:17 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Union | Union of fear</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1267821-union-fear</link><description><![CDATA[For the first time since the start of the debt crisis, Greece has not been at the centre of discussions at the European Council. But [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:37:19 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Council | A scary day for Britain</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1267021-scary-day-britain</link><description><![CDATA[Now  that David Cameron has walked away from closer European integration,  comments in the British press have begun to fall. For Guardian reporter [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:57:34 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Czech Republic | With or without Europe?</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1267241-or-without-europe</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The EU is dead, long live the new EU. But where are the Czechs?&rdquo; wonders Hospod&aacute;řk&eacute; noviny in a comment piece on the European summit, [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:07:31 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Union | Goodbye Britain</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1267001-goodbye-britain</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;27-member Europe is finished,&quot; headlines Le Monde, in the wake of the agreement concluded in Brussels by the 17 Eurozone states and six other European [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/111209lemonde.jpg" length="6528" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:43:43 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Neither Paris nor Berlin, but Frankfurt... (Les Echos, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1250461-neither-paris-nor-berlin-frankfurt</link><description><![CDATA[German proposals for greater discipline in the Eurozone  have not been enthusiastically welcomed in France, where several Germanophobic comments have highlighted one incontrovertible reality: the French are very well disposed towards Europe, but on condition that it is a French Europe, remarks a Les Echos columnist. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/HORSCH-EU-DE.jpg" length="85926" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:39:19 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Parliament | A code of conduct for MEPs</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1237811-code-conduct-meps</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Gentlemen, accepting bribes is forbidden,&quot; announces daily El Mundo, as the European Parliament prepares to endorse the new code of conduct for MEPs. In the [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:43:24 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>EU Budget | Brussels tightens belt</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1192981-brussels-tightens-belt</link><description><![CDATA[Fifteen  hours of &ldquo;murderous&rdquo; negotiations was all it took to hammer out a deal  on next year&rsquo;s European Union budget. On November 19, [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:33:08 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Frankfurt Group, Europe's hit squad (The Spectator, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1175691-frankfurt-group-europe-s-hit-squad</link><description><![CDATA[Gathered around Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy, a small group of unelected EU officials have been assigned the task of governing the eurozone and removing leaders who fail to toe the line, writes the British conservative weekly The Spectator. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/ruben-boot.jpg" length="12416" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:00:44 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Controversy | The late British Empire irks the continent</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1176991-late-british-empire-irks-continent</link><description><![CDATA[A Europe under the rule of the Iron Lady Merkel and her people, authors of an &ldquo;economic miracle&rdquo;? The thesis repeated by British newspapers is [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:59:04 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | Look behind you, Lucas and Mario (Financial Times, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1171901-look-behind-you-lucas-and-mario</link><description><![CDATA[The arrival of technocratic governments in Greece and Italy may well calm jittery markets, but could also help boost populist political parties who point to the democratic deficit at the heart of the EU, argues Gideon Rachman. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/ingram-pinn.jpg" length="136300" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:07:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Frankfurt Group | Europe's new parallel government</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1155161-europe-s-new-parallel-government</link><description><![CDATA[The Cannes G20 summit was marked by the emergence of a new &quot;political-economic lobby&quot;, reports El Mundo: the Groupe de Francfort, or Frankfurt Group (GdF), [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:10:33 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | And if Greece goes... (Le Figaro, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1137811-and-if-greece-goes</link><description><![CDATA[What if Greece leaves the EU? Professor George Prevelakis argues that it is an eventuality that would prompt a new geopolitical upset in the Balkans. As for the EU, it would be forced to acknowledge its inability to “Europeanise” a member state of 30 years standing. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/exit-greece.jpg" length="87073" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:33:55 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | May God defend the EU's heretics (Die Presse, Vienna)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1132651-may-god-defend-eu-s-heretics</link><description><![CDATA[Irresponsible? Poker game? – The reactions to the Greek referendum are revealing how tenaciously the “Brussels Congregation of the Faithful” are sticking to their dogmas. And that&#039;s a good thing, writes the editor of Die Presse: as things stand, Europe&#039;s last chance is heresy. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/BOJESEN-heretics.jpg" length="35301" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:56:26 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Germany, the hobbled giant (Die Zeit, Hamburg)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1123181-germany-hobbled-giant</link><description><![CDATA[It dictates the agenda of EU summits, defines the rules, makes an entire continent wait, and always ends up imposing its will. With the euro crisis Germany finds itself alone at the head of the Union. But is it up to this new role? (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/bertrams-presidency.jpg" length="15034" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:26:18 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | Jürgen Habermas: democracy is at stake (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1106741-juergen-habermas-democracy-stake</link><description><![CDATA[The Eurozone crisis has raised calls for greater political integration of the EU. However, sociologist Jürgen Habermas argues that the tactics adopted by European leaders have sidelined what should be their main priority: the well-being of citizens, established within a democratic framework. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/AJUBEL_democracy.jpg" length="109108" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:41:52 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European summit | Italy, the ideal scapegoat (Corriere della Sera, Milan)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1091701-italy-ideal-scapegoat</link><description><![CDATA[At the European Council of 23 October, Germany and France passed out some good marks and some bad marks to partners in trouble in the eurozone – to Italy, notably. While the criticism of the inertia of the Berlusconi government is justified, the current crisis is equally down to the sluggish reactions that Berlin and Paris have shown ever since the beginning, writes the Corriere della Sera. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/RUBEN-merkel-sarkozy-berlusconi.jpg" length="156894" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:12:55 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | They are burying the federal ideal (Le Figaro, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1082971-they-are-burying-federal-ideal</link><description><![CDATA[The 23 October Eurozone summit may be followed by a second meeting on the 26th, requested by France and Germany. Le Figaro argues that this development in the manner in which the crisis is being addressed is proof that in spite of disagreements, the Berlin-Paris axis and the intergovernmental method have prevailed over the idea of a federal Europe. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/mayk-square.jpg" length="24580" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:39:41 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Immigration | Europeans up sticks (Adevărul, Bucharest)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1058131-europeans-sticks</link><description><![CDATA[The crisis is forcing more and more Europeans to emigrate. For young people in Mediterranean countries, as well as for those in Eastern Europe, it&#039;s the north of the continent where salvation lies. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/ares-suitcase.jpg" length="27385" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:15:07 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Portugal | Silva takes stand against "Merkozy"</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1053021-silva-takes-stand-against-merkozy</link><description><![CDATA[Following the example of Rome, Lisbon has moved to challenge the &ldquo;Merkozy&rdquo; couple and its vague attempt to control the destiny of the EU: An&iacute;bal [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Publico-13102011-100.jpg" length="40279" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:44:27 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis   | Would Kohl or Mitterrand really do better? (De Volkskrant, Amsterdam)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1041121-would-kohl-or-mitterrand-really-do-better</link><description><![CDATA[Are EU leaders failing to step up as real leaders in tackling the current crisis, as we so often hear? According to a Volkskrant columnist, it&#039;s more the political division of our time and public opinion that is putting the brakes to their progress. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/hachfeld-shoulder.jpg" length="18289" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:45:35 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Greece | Civil servants shown the door</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1016411-civil-servants-shown-door</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Three-stage redundancy programme&quot; headlines Ta Nea,  which reports on the most recent austerity measures presented by the  Greek government on 2 October. A [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Ta-nea-03112011-100.jpg" length="37893" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:16:02 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Barroso goes for bravado</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/press-review/1005291-barroso-goes-bravado</link><description><![CDATA[In his “Speech of the Union” to the European Parliament on September 28, the President of the Commission sought to defend his institution and put forward concrete proposals to leave the crisis behind. But the European press has no illusions about his true room for manoeuvre. &ndash;  (Press review)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/author/TIOUNINE-Barroso.jpg" length="58805" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:12:11 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Denmark | Towards an EU that excludes (Politiken, Copenhagen)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/996421-towards-eu-excludes</link><description><![CDATA[On 1st January, 2012, when Copenhagen takes over the rotating presidency of the EU, the recently elected left-wing government will have to contend with two major issues: the euro and Schengen, which have both come to represent an EU that is increasingly unable to rally support. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Bojesen-27092011.jpg" length="54392" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:03:15 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Companies | Brussels intends to bring the auditors to heel</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/995391-brussels-intends-bring-auditors-heel</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Brussels is taking up the ax against the auditors&quot;, headlines the Financial Times Deutschland, reporting on the intent of the European Commission to strip the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/FTD-27092011-100.jpg" length="30920" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:44:40 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>France | Shift to the Left for Senate</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/991421-shift-left-senate</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;The Palace falls,&quot; says French daily Lib&eacute;ration following the voting, held September 25, for the French Senate, which sits in the Luxembourg Palace. &quot;With at [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Liberation-26092011-100.jpg" length="45005" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:47:47 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Bulgaria | Romania | Congratulations, you failed the Schengen test (De Volkskrant, Amsterdam)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/978281-congratulations-you-failed-schengen-test</link><description><![CDATA[The citizens of Romania and Bulgaria should be delighted by the rejection of Schengen membership applications submitted by Bucharest and Sofia, which have been vetoed by the Netherlands. Dutch daily De Volkskrant argues that it will be the spur they need to step up the fight against corruption and organised crime. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/roumanie-schengen.jpg" length="131644" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:35:31 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Romania-Netherlands | Bucharest triggers War of the Tulips (Adevărul, Bucharest)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/964011-bucharest-triggers-war-tulips</link><description><![CDATA[Upset by the Dutch refusal to accept Romania into the Schengen area, the Romanian authorities have decided on strict border controls for tulips. A reaction that&#039;s a trifle excessive, but justified, writes an angry editorialist. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/tulip--romania.jpg" length="125274" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:20:49 +0100</pubDate></item>
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