We pointed out on Friday that a powerful coalition between media and politicians was forming in Germany in support of Jean-Claude Juncker becoming the next Commission President and the Spitzenkandidaten experiment more generally. More worryingly for Ca…
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Anglo-German relations, Bild Zeitung, britain in europe, Cameron, democracy, Die Welt, juncker, Martin Schulz, spitzenkandidaten |
Portugal this morning followed the lead set by Ireland and Greece and issued new debt for the first time since its bailout in 2011. Portugal managed to sell €750m of 10 year bonds at an average borrowing cost of 3.58% and with demand totalling €2.6…
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credit rating, Die Welt, ECB, financial markets, germany, Portugal, sovereign debt |
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