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The Podemos Express: What lies behind the extraordinary rise of Spain’s new protest party?

November 5, 2014

The extraordinary rise of Podemos, Spain’s eight-month-old protest party, continues. A new Metroscopia poll for El País, released on Sunday, showed that the party would win a Spanish general election, if held today, with 27.7% of votes. The Socia…

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anti-establishment parties, austerity, germany, Merkel, Pablo Iglesias, Partido Popular, Podemos, Rajoy, Spain, Spanish elections

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Everyone take a deep breath: suggestions Merkel ready to accept Brexit following free movement row are wide of the mark

Der Spiegel reports that German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned David Cameron at last month’s EU summit that she would no longer try to keep the UK in the EU if Cameron sought to impose quotas or a cap on workers from other EU countries, as opposed t…

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access to benefits, Anglo-German relations, britain in europe, Cameron, EU free movement, EU reform, immigration, Merkel

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France and Italy get preliminary approval of their budgets, but it’s not the end of the story

October 29, 2014

The European Commission has given France and Italy a preliminary nod through on their draft budgets for 2015. In a statement released yesterday evening, Commission Vice-President Jyrki Katainen said:”After taking into account all of the further informa…

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austerity, EU fiscal rules, European Commission, fiscal treaty, flexibility, France, germany, Hollande, italy, Katainen, Merkel, Renzi

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Michael Wohlgemuth: Why the EU cannot bank on Germany’s economy

October 23, 2014

Open Europe Berlin Director Michael Wohlgemuth has written an interesting piece for World Review, looking at the current status of the German economy. Here it is:The German economy is showing clear signs of weakening. GDP declined by 0.2 per cent in th…

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austerity, CDU, European Commission, eurozone, germany, growth, investment, juncker, Merkel, open europe berlin, SPD

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Confidence vote won, absolute majority lost: not the best start for the new French government

September 17, 2014

The new French government, led by Prime Minister Manuel Valls, yesterday won its first vote of confidence in the National Assembly. That was expected, but the big news is that Valls and his government have fallen well short of winning an absolute major…

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austerity, European Commission, France, French economy, germany, Hollande, Merkel, Montebourg, Valls

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Tusk and Mogherini: Europe’s new ‘dream team’? Our initial thoughts

August 30, 2014

Europe’s new ‘dream team’?As we noted in our previous post, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades had sort of spoiled the surprise. Anyway, now it’s official: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has been appointed new European Council President, and Itali…

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Cameron, EU free movement, EU top jobs, EUCO, France, Hollande, italy, Merkel, Mogherini, Renzi, Tusk, UK-EU relations

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