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No agreement on tax evasion, but leaders set end-of-year deadline
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It was a mini-summit, not to deal with the central aspects of the eurozone-crisis, but the stuff...
Cold reception for Aznar's threat to return to Spanish politics
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In an interview with TV station Antena 3, former Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar suggested...
Letta wants to renew electoral law and Senate system before summer
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Enrico Letta said that the life of his government depended on the reform of the current election...
Weidmann tells France not to weaken European budget rules
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France must step up reforms to rein in its budget deficit, Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann said in a...
Pettis on household and national savings
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Michael Pettis has a very good debate focusing on the distinction between household savings and...
Tensions in Letta coalition increase
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After a short honeymoon, Italian politics has returned to its normal state of partisanship, with...
Ireland under scrutiny over Apple's tax avoidance scheme;
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Ireland’s corporate tax regime comes under international scrutiny after the US Senate said on...
Germany to provide vocational training to Spanish youth
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The Spanish labour minister Fátima Báñez and her German counterpart Ursula von der Leyen signed a...
Frankel heaps "fair" abuse on Alesina
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Harvard economist Jeffrey Frankel blogs that the recent focus on Reinhart and Rogoff on the one...
Italy won’t have election in the next six months, Monti said
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Italy won’t be headed for an election in the next six months, Mario Monti said. As CNCB reports,...
26.5% rise in suicide rate in Greece
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Keep Talking Greece picked up the story that suicide rate in Greece climbed by 26.5% in 2011,...
PP leaders admit cash payments were common at the start of last decade
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Party leaders, who were mentioned in the former party treasurer's alleged shadow accounting scam,...
Renzi attacks PD over IMU
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Matteo Renzi said the PD was in a state of shock after the change of party leadership from Pier...
Rift in Greek coalition over anti-racism bill
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A contentious anti-racism bill caused another rift in the Greek coalition government on Monday, as...
Bundesbank against abolition of the one and two cent coins
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This debate is not really important in economic terms, but it has a sort revealing anal-retentive...
About the limits of rational arguments
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In his FT column, Wolfgang Munchau makes the point that it is impossible to defend EU membership on...
No Briefing today
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There will be no newsbriefing today, the Pentecost Monday holiday in large parts of Europe. The...
German scaremongering
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The whole point of this article is to scare people – and it may well succeed. The indefatigable FAZ...
Napolitano calls for institutional reforms and ask parties to calm down
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As RAI reports, Giorgio Napolitano said Italy needs institutional reforms to make the country...
Towards an exit
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Philip Stephens writes that Britain’s Eurosceptic Conservatives are winning the debate. No matter...
