March 7, 2013
Last weekend in Austria, “Team Stronach”, a newly-founded political party which aims to abolish the euro in its current form, did quite well in two regional elections, winning 9.8% in the state of Lower Austria and 11.3% in the state of Carinthia.The p…
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August 23, 2012
Emile Roemer, leader of the Dutch Socialist PartyOn 12 September, elections will take place in the Netherlands. Due to the country’s traditional role as an ally to Germany in monetary affairs, they will be watched with close attention (and by coin…
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bailout, crisis, dutch elections, Elections, eurozone, general election, mark rutte, Netherlands, wilders |
May 9, 2012
Italian daily La Repubblica had an interesting story over the weekend. Apparently, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti and his team are trying to win support for watering down the EU’s deficit and debt rules.Italy is suggesting that ‘virtuous investment…
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Elections, eurozone, eurozone crisis, eurozone. bail-out, general election, italy, mario monti, Merkel, Olli Rehn, Sarkozy |
May 7, 2012
At some point you have to wonder if Greece just enjoys the limelight…This weekend’s election was expected to be relatively predictable with the largest parties forming a coalition and eventually adhering to the latest EU/IMF bailout package. Most e…
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austerity, bail-out, bank capital, EFSF, Elections, esm, eu, eurozone, eurozone crisis, finance, germany, Greece, imf, Pasok |
At some point you have to wonder if Greece just enjoys the limelight…This weekend’s election was expected to be relatively predictable with the largest parties forming a coalition and eventually adhering to the latest EU/IMF bailout package. Most e…
Posted by Open Europe blog team
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austerity, bail-out, bank capital, EFSF, Elections, esm, eu, eurozone, eurozone crisis, finance, germany, Greece, imf, Pasok |
May 4, 2012
The Greek elections are almost upon us. Much of the attention (including ours) has been focused on the French election, possibly rightly given the potential impact on the Franco-German axis and the austerity approach to the eurozone crisis. The lack of…
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bail-out, coalition government, crisis, EFSF, Elections, eurozone, Greece, imf, New Democracy, Pasok, restructuring, troika |
February 16, 2012
Nicolas Sarkozy officially announced his candidacy for re-election during a televised appearance broadcast on TF1 last night. The decision hardly came as a surprise. UMP officials had kept tight-lipped about the President’s schedule, but his recent f…
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