Fresh skirmishes between the Spanish government and some Spanish regions have taken place this afternoon, both ahead and during the meeting of the so-called Fiscal and Financial Policy Council – a forum for the Spanish Treasury Minister Crist…
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catalonia, eurozone, eurozone crisis, eurozone. bail-out, Rajoy, Spain, Spanish bailout, spanish regions |
Plenty for Barroso to contemplateThe European Commission has published the results of its latest Eurobarometer survey. Here are some interesting findings:Trust in the EU has, on average, reached an all-time low, now standing at 31% – a 3% decrease sinc…
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barroso, democracy, eurobarometer, European Commission, eurozone, eurozone crisis, Greece, Spain, trust |
Last week, Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney suffered a number of gaffes on his visit to London, including publicly questioning whether London would be able to cope with the pressure of hosting the Olympics, prompting a choice riposte from …
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britain in europe, Cameron, diplomacy, France, Hollande, Olympics, Romney, UK; |
July 30, 2012
The Mail on Sunday yesterday run with a story under the headline, “Cameron urged to follow Spain’s new edict: You can’t move here without enough money in the bank”, suggesting that the British government should follow Spain’s recent example and adopt a…
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July 27, 2012
A quick-fire Friday afternoon quiz for our readers. Who said the following in February 2011?”As a Spaniard, I don’t like being told what I have to do from outside.”Well, it was Spain’s then opposition leader Mariano Rajoy, who was elected as Spanish Pr…
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ECB, eurozone, eurozone crisis, germany, Merkel, Rajoy, Spain, Spanish bailout, spanish banks |
Today’s edition of French daily Le Monde – which, unlike a large majority of newspapers, is delivered to newsagents at noon – features an interesting story.According to the paper, the ECB and eurozone governments have intensified talks about the possib…
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Debt-pooling goes down less well in MunichIts not just Spain that has a problem with its regions. Over in Germany, Bavaria is getting increasingly angry over the additional burdens imposed on Germany as a result of the eurozone crisis – both via t…
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Bavaria, CDU, CSU, debt-pooling, eurobonds, German 2013 federal election, german regional elections, germany, Greece, Merkel |
There have been a couple more interesting developments about Spain today – the first one, at least in chronological order, being the publication of our new briefing. Speaking at the Global Investment Conference in London, ECB President Mario Draghi s…
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As Spain seems to have wiped anyone else away from eurozone crisis-related headlines, we have published a new briefing looking at how the Spanish crisis could evolve in the near future – focusing our attention on the role of the regions and potential…
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Bankia, Draghi, ECB, eurozone, eurozone crisis, eurozone. bail-out, Rajoy, Spain, Spanish bailout, spanish banks, spanish regions |
July 25, 2012
It’s election campaign season in the Netherlands, with Dutch voters due to choose their next government on 12 September. Caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s VVD party has come up with a rather original way of planting the eurozone crisis into domesti…
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