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 16, 2011
It has reached crunch time in Europe. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have had yet another round of emergency talks in Paris today in a bid to solve the eurozone crisis for the umpteenth time. On Wednesday, the Swis…
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crisis, EFSF, euro, eurozone, eurozone. bail-out, France, germany, Merkel, Netherlands, public opinion, Sarkozy |
August 11, 2011
At Open Europe, we tend to find comparisons between the EU and the USSR rather far-fetched. The reason is simple: not only does the EU, for all its many flaws, also stand for some positive things, such as open borders and free markets (although they co…
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The WSJ noted earlier today that, barely 12 hours after the European Central Bank signalled it was prepared to wade into the Spanish and Italian bond markets, providing some temporary respite to global stock markets and reducing borrowing costs for the…
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