September 4, 2014
The European Central Bank (ECB) holds its monthly meeting in Frankfurt today – the day after ECB President Mario Draghi’s 67th birthday.As usual, Open Europe’s Head of Economic Research Raoul Ruparel has published a preview on his Forbes blog, explaini…
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deflation, Draghi, ECB, eurozone, France, germany, italy, low inflation, QE, quantitative easing, Spain |
September 2, 2014
Given the recent escalation in Eastern Ukraine and the increasingly obvious Russian influence in the rebel forces, the EU looks set to impose further economic and financial sanctions on Russia. EU ambassadors met yesterday to begin discussing the optio…
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EU foreign policy, EU-Russia relations, russia, sanctions, sovereign debt, Ukraine |
Yesterday’s regional elections in Saxony saw Germany’s anti-euro Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) score an impressive 9.7% netting the party its first ever seats in one of Germany’s regional parliaments. The lead candidate of the Green part…
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AFD, Alternative für Deutschland, angela merkel, bernd lucke, CDU, German politics, german regional elections, Saxony, Stanislaw Tillich |
The surge of anti-EU, anti-euro and protest parties across Europe continues. Germany’s anti-euro Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is making headlines after winning 9.7% of votes in yesterday’s regional elections in Saxony and securing its first ever …
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AFD, Farage, Lucke, Pablo Iglesias, Podemos, Rajoy, Sanchez, Saxony, Spain, UKIP |
The UK media has an insatiable appetite for ‘Tories split’ stories on Europe – mainly we suspect because it makes for an attention-grabbing headline – and Douglas Carswell’s defection is Christmas come early for many. True, the defection is a b…
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better off out, Douglas Carswell, Tory MPs, Tory splits, UK media |
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