November 30, 2011
As Italy’s funding crisis dominates talks among EU finance ministers in Brussels, we would like to draw your attention to a piece written by Claudio Borghi, commentator for Italian daily Il Giornale (owned by former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlus…
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berlusconi, crisis, European Commission, eurozone, italy, Merkel, Sarkozy |
November 28, 2011
What, exactly, does Germany want from EU Treaty change to enforce budget discipline in the eurozone? Even if one speaks to diplomats and ministers with a front row seat on this issue, a straight answer is hard to come by – which is partly due to the …
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britain in europe, Cameron, France, franco-german axis, germany, Merkel, Sarkozy, treaty change |
November 21, 2011
Yesterday’s general elections in Spain saw the centre-right Partido Popular win a landslide victory and secure an absolute majority in both houses of the Spanish parliament (with 186 out of 350 MPs and 130 out of 208 Senators). The win was widely expec…
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September 19, 2011
Once upon a time, the so-called ‘Franco-German axis’ was seen as the single currency’s indestructible bulwark. And if one stopped at the passionate statements made by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy over the past f…
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September 15, 2011
Last night, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Greek PM George Papandreou held another one of those crunch-time talks, as the fate of the euro balanced on a knife’s edge. Amid reports that Greece is falling well short…
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bail-out, default, France, germany, Greece, imf, Merkel, Sarkozy, sovereign debt |
September 2, 2011
The curtain has been drawn over the Paris conference on Libya. Now that the time for photo-ops and ritual calls for “reconciliation and forgiveness” has passed, another ‘battle for Libya’ is under way, with all the main countries participating in the m…
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berlusconi, eu foreign minister, EU foreign policy, France, gaddafi, libya, Sarkozy |
August 19, 2011
The dual pressures of the eurozone crisis and looming negotiations on the new long term EU budget have given a fresh impetus to Brussels policymakers’ long-held desire for greater EU powers, direct or indirect, over EU taxation.
Chancellor Merkel and …
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Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy’s pledge on Monday to save the euro, with the help of some cosmetic distractions, called economic policies, certainly haven’t won over the markets this week, nor Europe’s people nor their fellow EU leaders.
Last…
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eurozone. euro, financial transaction tax, France, germany, Merkel, Poland, Sarkozy |
August 17, 2011
Yesterday’s Franco–German summit produced two major proposals (or re-proposals if you like), aimed at saving (again) the euro and the eurozone economies: a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) and a ‘debt brake’ for all 17 eurozone members.
After plenty …
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August 16, 2011
And so passes another fatefully underwhelming summit on the eurozone crisis – at least as far as markets are concerned
You’d have thought by now that Sarkozy and Merkel would have learnt that holding a meeting without having anything meaningful to s…
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emu, eu, euro, eurozone. bail-out, France, franco-german axis, germany, Merkel, Sarkozy, summit |
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