August 2, 2011
While Eurozone leaders are off sunning themselves around the beaches of Europe the Italian and Spanish economies have been taking a roasting at the hands of the markets. Italian and Spanish ten year cost of borrowing hit record highs, reaching close to…
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crisis, emu, eu, euro, eurozone. bail-out, italy, sovereign debt, Spain |
July 12, 2011
As we’re sure you’ve noticed, things are heating up in the eurozone (well going supernova now) with fears spreading to Spain and more crucially Italy. As we noted earlier, the Italian and Spanish cost of borrowing has been skyrocketing and bond pri…
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Yesterday saw Italian bonds take a serious beating in a development that sent shivers down the spines of every eurozone leader (and everyone else with even the slightest stake in the eurozone) – and today Italian bonds keep on plunging, it appears.EU m…
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June 2, 2011
We learn from Bloomberg that Mario Draghi will effectively face a 50% pay cut when he takes over the ECB Presidency from Jean-Claude Trichet in November. In fact, as the Governor of the Italian Central Bank, in 2010 he earned almost €758,000, while t…
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May 3, 2011
Bild, Germany’s largest newspaper, yesterday came out in support of Mario Draghi’s candidacy for the role of ECB President, proclaiming him to be a “Honorary German Citizen”.Clearly they don’t do things by halves…In February Bild screamed “…
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April 12, 2011
Italy’s Lega Nord has probably been dreaming of this moment for years: a head-on European collision over immigration, with Italy pitted against the Commission and other EU governments. The 20,000 North African migrants stranded on the tiny Italian isl…
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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 |
February 15, 2011
EU ministers and MEPs have done something very sensible: agreed on an EU-wide patent.According to the Commission, obtaining a patent protection for all member states in the EU is currently around 15 times more expensive than obtaining patent protectio…
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council of ministers, italy, MEPs, patent, Spain, two-speed europe |
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