August 31, 2011
In an interview with today’s FAZ, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé made the following, rather striking statement:
“The dissolution of the eurozone is not acceptable, because it would also be the dissolution of Europe. If that happens, then eve…
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bail-out, euro, eurobonds, populism, public opinion, sovereign debt, true finns |
Today’s Le Monde has a juicy example of one of the upcoming policy priorities in the European Commission’s in-tray. A study* has apparently been submitted to the Commission recommending the introduction of EU-wide standards to reduce the amount of ener…
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August 30, 2011
Before we start:
For our Italian-speaking readers, you can listen to our interview with the European Council on Foreign Relations on the situation in Italy and its potential implications for the future of the single currency.
Now straight to the p…
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In yesterday’s FT we had the following letter, responding to the idea of the UK issuing eurobonds – as suggested last week by Chris Giles, a columnist for the paper:
Sir, Chris Giles’ argument that “Britain should bite the bullet and back a eurobo…
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bail-out, coalition govenrment, crisis, eurobonds, eurozone, sovereign debt |
August 26, 2011
In the early hours of this morning, Spain’s ruling Socialist party, PSOE, and the conservative opposition, PP party, brokered a deal on amending the constitution to include limits on public deficit and debt. An idea that was pushed by Germany and Franc…
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Constitution, deficit, eu, euro, eurozone, sovereign debt, Spain |
August 25, 2011
In today’s FT columnist Chris Giles suggests that Britain should not only back eurobonds – but also issue some of them itself.
He argues:
“There is much less difference between the British position and Germany’s than the chancellor cares to admit….
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Chris Giles, eu, euro, eurobonds, eurozone, FT, sovereign debt, sovereignty, UK rebate |
August 24, 2011
The eurozone’s embarrassing collateral-for-loans spat continues, with member states disagreeing over whether Finland should be allowed to get collateral from Greece in return for giving Athens fresh loans. Who should guarantee the guarantees remains th…
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austria, EFSF, euro, finland, germany, Greece, Netherlands, Slovakia, true finns |
August 23, 2011
An interesting op-ed in Le Monde from Bastien Nivet of the Paris-based IRIS think-tank notes,
“A new notion is beginning to dominate the debate on the international action of the European Union: the Ashtonisation of the EU. Inspired by the surname of […
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Over on EUobserver we look at Italy – and what the country now needs to do in order to secure a future inside the eurozone.
We note,
Following recent market panic, the European Central Bank’s (ECB) decision to step in and buy Italian bonds has give…
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austerity, bail-out, berlusconi, ECB, eurozone, growth, italy, sovereign debt |
August 22, 2011
Last week we asked in passing when Swedish PM Frederik Reinfeldt would drop his support for Sweden joining the euro. Well, it turns out that he may not have to, as the main opposition party – the Social Democrats – have made that decision for him. Tomm…
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