April 4, 2014
The appointment of Arnaud Montebourg – an outspoken critic of German and EU-mandated austerity and pro-competitivenesses policies – as the new French Economy Minister has not gone down well in Germany.In a feature piece headlined, “He insults…
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September 14, 2012
Asked by a journalist earlier this afternoon what the significance the upcoming Troika report would have for the further Greek rescue effort, eurogroup head and Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Junker replied that:”If the donkey were a cat it coul…
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June 27, 2012
We’ve been making a concerted effort here on the OE blog to bring you many of the more memorable quotes from the eurozone crisis, and we’ve had at least one more following a debate in the German Bundestag ahead of tomorrow’s European Council summit.As …
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June 14, 2012
The eurozone crisis can’t be accused of one thing – providing good quotes from politicians or commentators, most notably some of the comments from Slovakian MPs when that country was debating whether to approve an extension of the EFSF.This morning as …
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