September 1, 2011
This Greco-Finnish collateral deal is turning out to be quite the thorn in the side of eurozone leaders. As with all such problems, it has begun to attract all manners of solutions. One of the more interesting and outlandish ones was covered by Handel…
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banking sector, EFSF, emu. bail-out, eu, eurozone, finland, Greece, Klaus Regling, sovereign debt |
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 19, 2011
This week saw another twist in the ongoing soap opera which is the eurozone bailouts. The Finnish government – no doubt feeling the anti-bailout True Finns (currently the largest party in the polls) breathing down its neck – has for some time demanded …
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bail-out, democracy, democratic deficit, eurozone, finland, Greece, Netherlands, Slovakia, slovenia |
April 19, 2011
In today’s Wall Street Journal we argue,”When European Union leaders forged their monetary union without a full political and economic merger, they gambled on two vital factors: That economic forces could be kept in check, and that national democracies…
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bail-out, democracy, democratic deficit, emu, EU reform, euro, eurozone, finland, Slovakia, true finns |
April 18, 2011
The exact consequences for the eurozone of the True Finns’ success in yesterday’s Finnish elections remain unclear. The result makes it the third largest party, securing 39 seats in the 200-strong parliament with 19% of the votes, close behind the Nati…
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April 15, 2011
This is a graph showing the support for the different parties, according to a poll published last night, ahead of the Finnish national elections on Sunday. All international eyes are on the True Finns (fourth from the left) – the party that has said i…
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bail-out, democracy, emu, eurozone, finland, populism, true finns |
April 5, 2011
We have received a couple of comments in regards to our blog post below on the rise of populist parties in the wake of the eurozone bail-outs. Some have been unhappy about our assertion that the Front National is gaining ground in French politics, wher…
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April 4, 2011
A new opinion poll shows that Austrian, anti-immigrant, populist party FPÖ would end up on top if elections were held today, beating both the social democratic SPÖ and conservative ÖVP. There are of course multiple reasons for the party’s rise, but …
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austria, bail-out, emu, euro, finland, France, germany, Netherlands |
February 23, 2011
Over on the Spectator’s Coffee House blog, we set out the case for imposing sanctions on Gaddfi’s regime (while also looking at the difficulties EU member states are facing in coming up with a common policy on Libya, in what is a painfully familar stor…
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berlusconi, czech republic, EEAS, EU foreign policy, finland, France, germany, italy, libya, sanctions |
November 17, 2010
[Financial] aid isn’t sufficient if a country’s own correcting measures aren’t tough enough. That’s why Finland wants to introduce guarantees. This would ensure discipline in the borrowing countries. It would also send a strong signal to the citizens t…
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