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Il patto fiscale europeo: limiti e virtù NEW
Gli Euros 9 Hours, 21 Minutes ago
Con il nuovo anno è anche arrivato un nuovo accordo tra i governi europei per affrontare la crisi dei debiti sovrani. Sarà la volta buona? Non credo, ma l'Europa forse sta imboccando la strada giusta. Il punto è se riuscirà a percorrerla. Il 31 g...
Eurosphere roundup: Big freeze over Europe, Greek bailout, ACTA NEW
Erkan's field diary 1 Day, 14 Hours, 47 Minutes ago
Italy hit by shortage of Russian gas from FT.com – World, Europe Cold weather and reductions in supplies from Europe have put strain on the gas systems across the continent Europe’s big freeze tightens grip from BBC News | Europe ...
Is the new Treaty really sustainable? NEW
Babel in Brussels 2 Days, 4 Hours, 59 Minutes ago
By Cristina Mariani Analysis: 25 Member States agreed on the new Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union. Is it sustainable? “With this treaty, the contracting parties agree, as member states of the E...
Grekland missar deadline NEW
Europabloggen 2 Days, 10 Hours, 16 Minutes ago
Hoppet att kunna lösa den grekiska skuldkrisen i tid blir allt mindre. Landet går allt mer en konkurs till mötes.En grekisk statskonkurs närmar sig med stormsteg. I dag måndag vid lunchtid passerade ännu en deadline i det grekiska skulddramat.
High Noon in Paris NEW
Lost in EUrope 2 Days, 13 Hours, 42 Minutes ago
Er soll die Eurozone zusammenhalten - nun spielt er den Rausschmeißer Die Schuldenkrise in Griechenland eskaliert. Die so genannte Troika aus EU, EZB und IWF hat der Regierung in Athen ein -... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs...
Eurozone’s Problem Isn’t Greece or Italy: It’s Germany NEW
The EUDO Café 2 Days, 14 Hours, 13 Minutes ago
Article by Geroge Friedman, published on Firstpost.com, 6 February 2012 The German government proposed last fortnight that a European commissioner be appointed to supplant the Greek government. While phrasing the German proposal this way might seem e...
Entretien avec Paul Mentré : « Il est nécessaire de décider de règles en commun, et donc d'aller vers plus de fédéralisme » NEW
Le Taurillon 2 Days, 17 Hours, 48 Minutes ago
Comment les acteurs de l'unification européenne analysent-ils la situation actuelle de la zone euro ? Paul Mentré, secrétaire exécutif du Comité pour l'Union monétaire de l'Europe de 1986 à 1995, coprésidé par Valéry Giscard d'Estaing et He...
Nachverhandeln? Der Fiskalpakt und François Hollande NEW
Der (europäische) Föderalist 2 Days, 18 Hours, 18 Minutes ago
François Hollande wirkt harmlos, hat es aber auf Angela Merkels Meisterwerk abgesehen.Wir befinden uns im Jahre2012 n. Chr. Die ganze Eurozone hat sich mit der Schuldenbremseabgefunden. Die ganze Eurozone? Nein! Eine unbeugsame sozialistischePartei...
German official ‘simply doesn’t understand’ rest of world NEW
Letters from Europe 3 Days, 3 Hours, 3 Minutes ago
Gideon Rachman of the FT has great run-down of his recent conversations with German officials and diplomats. There is considerable impatience with the Davos-led, Lagarde-Cameron-Geithner line that Germany has to throw more money at the problem, by bu...
Europeans fighting against ACTA and snow… A Eurosphere roundup NEW
Erkan's field diary 5 Days, 7 Hours, 56 Minutes ago
ACTA activates European civil society (News) from EurActiv.com Growing ACTA protest online and on the ground by Grahnlaw By now, more than 1.526 million netizens have signed the Avaaz.org petition for the European Parliament to reject #ACTA. The call...
"The Eurozone’s Strategy of Pain" by Jean Pisani-Ferry NEW
Social Europe 1 Week, 2 Days, 15 Hours, 48 Minutes ago
For the third year in a row, the eurozone is the weakest link in the world economy. In 2010, attention was focused on responses to the crisis on the eurozone periphery – Greece, Portugal, and...
EU budget pact - a major breakthrough? NEW
EuroDialogueXXI 1 Week, 2 Days, 23 Hours, 18 Minutes ago
video By Bernd Riegert At their summit on Monday, 26 Europ...
The euro: more summits, more problems NEW
Comment is free (Europe) 1 Week, 3 Days, 49 Minutes ago
Europe's policymakers are more interested in bailing out bankers than the real economyNot for the first time, the eurozone is set to make a huge mistake. Actually, make that two: one political, the other economic. At its summit today European leaders...
Le sauvetage de la Grèce à l’épreuve de la solidarité NEW
Europe, mon beau souci 1 Week, 3 Days, 1 Hour, 24 Minutes ago
La Grèce semble avoir du mal à convaincre ses partenaires européens, singulièrement l’Allemagne, qu’il est urgent de venir à sa rescousse. Les bailleurs privés, telle que la banque Merryll Lynch, qui ont investi dans la dette grecque en nov...
Weekly Bond Yield developments in the Euro Area (W4.2012): Greece Negotiations and Portuguese Yields NEW
Place du Luxembourg 1 Week, 3 Days, 2 Hours, 32 Minutes ago
In the week that that passed the Euro-Zone economy was marked by an emphasis (of the media and of analysts) on positive data releases, both in Europe and in the USA. On the down side, fruitless Greek PSI negotiations caused … Continue reading &...
Ce dont il faudrait absolument réussir à convaincre Angela Merkel pour sauver la zone euro ! par Jean-Luc Schaffhauser (Atlantico) NEW
Regards citoyens 1 Week, 3 Days, 3 Hours, 10 Minutes ago
Les chefs d'Etat et de gouvernement européens se retrouvent lundi 30 janvier pour un sommet destiné à finaliser le traité censé renforcer la surveillance budgétaire et la discipline au sein des membres de la zone euro. Y-a t'il encore une m...
Grèce : la BCE ne veut pas prendre ses pertes NEW
Coulisses de Bruxelles (Libération) 1 Week, 3 Days, 4 Hours, 3 Minutes ago
Alors que les négociations sur la restructuration (« volontaire ») de la dette grecque entrent dans leur dernière ligne droite, une question n’a toujours pas été tranchée : les créanciers...
Le Monde: European Austerity Deemed Ineffective NEW
The Commission of Ideas 1 Week, 3 Days, 14 Hours, 59 Minutes ago
http://www.lemonde.fr/crise-financiere/article/2012/01/18/l-austerite-jugee-inefficace-berlin-est-appele-a-debloquer-la-situation_1631074_1581613.htmlhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/79729651/Le-Monde-AUSTERITE (PDF Version)Both Rationale and Effective...
Greece will not exit the Euro - Groundless threats and speculation NEW
Protesilaos Stavrou 1 Week, 3 Days, 16 Hours ago
Greece will never exit the euro nor will it ever be forced out. Image source: Herald Sun The negotiations between Greece and its private creditors for the restructuring of the sovereign debt are continuing and are expected to be successful within th...
Les conséquences économiques de la politique d'Angela Merkel NEW
Le Taurillon 1 Week, 3 Days, 17 Hours, 48 Minutes ago
Les pronostics d'un membre de la JEF-Italie pour l'année 2012… Où en est-on ? - Actualité / Allemagne...
The Troika letter strangling Greece NEW
Revolting Europe 1 Week, 3 Days, 23 Hours, 47 Minutes ago
FROM THE RADICAL PRESS / IL MANIFESTO  The Troika is demanding two huge privatisations immediately, massive sackings in the public sector, enormous employment ‘flexibility’ in the private sector, a new cut to pensions and wages and ano...
German proposal for Greece’s compliance: accelerating eurozone exit NEW
Euro area debt crisis 1 Week, 4 Days, 13 Minutes ago
At the top of my list of to do’s for the past few weeks has been to update the post on Greek PSI that I wrote just before Christmas to include some more recent developments, such as the prospect of ECB participation. Last night, Peter Spiegel from...
Europe on Autopilot: How Krugman predicted the euro-mess in… 1998 NEW
Letters from Europe 1 Week, 4 Days, 44 Minutes ago
I came across a December 1998 article in Fortune magazine by the indomitable Liberal economist and Nobel prize winner in which he takes a critical look at the monetary union the Europeans were creating. It’s quite amazing how much has not cha...
Angela Merkel et Nicolas Sarkozy ne partagent - toujours - pas la même vision de l'Europe ! NEW
Regards citoyens 1 Week, 4 Days, 1 Hour, 37 Minutes ago
Décidément le couple Merkozy connaît bien des péripéties ! La plus visible d'entre elles, en même temps que la plus traumatisante pour les citoyens européens, est celle qui les oppose quant à leur propre vision de la poursuite d...
NOS: Eickhout in debat over eurotop en onzinnig begrotingspact NEW
GroenLinks Europa 1 Week, 4 Days, 11 Hours, 34 Minutes ago
GroenLinks-Europarlementariër Bas Eickhout debatteert met zijn collega's Wim van de Camp (CDA) en Dennis de Jong (SP) over de eurotop van maandag en de onzin van het 'nog strengere' begrotingspact, dat in feite niks nieuws brengt. Onder leiding van...
Договорът за фискална стабилност на ЕС: обобщение и анализ NEW
Право на Европейския съюз 1 Week, 4 Days, 13 Hours, 8 Minutes ago
UPDATE: одобреният текст на Договора за стабилност, координация и управление на Икономическия и паричен съюз е достъпен тук.  Договорът за
DPP issues warrants for arrest of millions of foreigners who wrecked Irish economy. NEW
Jason O'Mahony 1 Week, 4 Days, 13 Hours, 29 Minutes ago
The Director of Public Prosecutions has issued millions of warrants for as yet unnamed non-Irish nationals in connection with the reckless borrowing of money and purchasing of property in Ireland which created the massive collapse in the Irish econom...
Europa i fokus NEW
Carl Bildt (SE) 1 Week, 4 Days, 13 Hours, 55 Minutes ago
DAVOS: Här går det ena mötet och diskussionen i den andra – intensiteten finns det inte anledning attt klaga på. Och i går hann jag – ovanligt nog – inte ens med att sköta min närvaro här på bloggen. Åtskilliga av diskussi...
The EU Fiscal Stability Treaty: Summary and Analysis NEW
European Union Law 1 Week, 4 Days, 14 Hours, 20 Minutes ago
 UPDATE: the approved text of the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union is available here.  The Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union is expected to be disc...
Farewell then Greece NEW
England Expects 1 Week, 4 Days, 23 Hours, 24 Minutes ago
The FT has an extraordinary leak of German plans for the future of Greece. Essentially if they come to pass we will no longer be able to describe Greece as a country. A nation yes, a culture most definitely, but a country. No longer.The strictures ar...
The money printing bonanza of the ECB will not end well NEW
Protesilaos Stavrou 1 Week, 5 Days, 4 Hours, 33 Minutes ago
I have long now been saying that the European Central Bank has been producing oceans of money (out of "thin air" of course), creating artificially low interest rates for sovereigns, at the expense of liquidity in the real economy. Thanks to its loose...
Fitch stuft 5 Euro-Länder herab NEW
Egghat's not so micro blog 1 Week, 5 Days, 5 Hours, 5 Minutes ago
6 waren vorgewarnt, stabil blieb nur Belgien Irland Zwei Stufen runter ging es für Italien auf A- von A+, Ausblick negativ Spanien auf A von AA-, Ausblick negativ Slowenien auf A von AA-, Ausblick negativ Eine Stufe runter für Belgien AA von AA+, A...
En Italie, l’heure de la concurrence a sonné NEW
L'Europe décalèe 1 Week, 5 Days, 6 Hours, 3 Minutes ago
Après l’austérité, les libéralisations. Mario Monti a lancé la “Phase deux” de son programme de sortie de crise : un vaste plan d’ouverture à la concurrence de secteurs protégés, comme les taxis ou les routiers. Un changement bienvenu...
Spain’s jobless top five million, highest in nearly 17 years NEW
Revolting Europe 1 Week, 5 Days, 6 Hours, 50 Minutes ago
Spain’s jobless queues stretched to over five million in the last quarter of 2011, underlining once again the failure of austerity policies in the country. The National Statistics Institute (INE) figures showed 5.3 million people were unemploye...
S ger regeringen en EU-chans NEW
Europabloggen 1 Week, 5 Days, 8 Hours, 1 Minute ago
Det är en öppen fråga om Sverige ansluter sig till finanspakten eller inte. Slutförhandlingarna i Bryssel blir avgörande.Efter många turer kom i veckan regeringen och Socialdemokraterna överens att ställa fyra krav för svensk medverkan i fin...
A new year, the same old problems... NEW
Open Europe blog 1 Week, 5 Days, 8 Hours, 10 Minutes ago
Ahead of the first (full) EU summit of the new year, we've put together our thoughts on what progress to expect. As per usual there are lots of topics to be discussed but we don’t expect too many concrete decisions. We’d expect a final draft of...
Belgium: Against blind Austerity, For an Alternative NEW
Revolting Europe 1 Week, 5 Days, 8 Hours, 27 Minutes ago
Ahead of Belgium’s general strike on Monday, here’s some alternative ideas to austerity, courtesey of the main trade union confederation, FGTB Belgium is bracing for a general strike on Monday. It will be led by Belgium’s FGTB trade...
The solution to the euro crisis? A European credit rating agency! NEW
MEP Daniel Hannan's blog 1 Week, 5 Days, 9 Hours, 29 Minutes ago
How do you suppose MEPs plan to get out of Europe's economic mess? By acknowledging that the single currency was a rotten idea to begin with? By allowing stricken economies to default, decouple and devalue? Nope. They plan to regulate, or even censo...
European Trade Union Confederation rejects new “undemocratic” EU treaty NEW
Revolting Europe 1 Week, 5 Days, 12 Hours ago
European Trade Union Confederation rejects new “undemocratic” EU treaty slamming proposals as “more of the same austerity”  More...
What keeps central bankers in Frankfurt awake at night – and why should Britain care? NEW
Open Europe blog 1 Week, 5 Days, 12 Hours ago
In a blog post for the Telegraph, we argue,In his speech in Davos yesterday, David Cameron outlined some very sensible proposals for how to deal with Europe's economic crisis. But, almost in passing, he also called for a eurozone “central bank t...
Demonstration for traktatafstemning NEW
Folkebevægelsens Fælles Blog 1 Week, 5 Days, 12 Hours, 9 Minutes ago
NYT FRA EU-FRONTEN: Lørdag 12-14 er der demonstration for folkeafstemning om europluspagten og eurotraktaten på Toftegårds Plads i Valby - Nyheder / Søren Søndergaard, Nyt fra EU-fronten, euro-traktat...
Déclarations sur la zone euro de David Cameron à Davos NEW
Regards citoyens 1 Week, 5 Days, 12 Hours, 33 Minutes ago
A Davos (Suisse), lors du l’annuel Forum Economique Mondial, David Cameron, Premier Ministre britannique a critiqué le fonctionnement de la zone euro. Il a déclaré que l’Union monétaire n’était pas dotée actuellement des outils néces...
Cameron’s pot has the temerity to call the Eurozone’s kettle black NEW
The Honeyball Buzz 1 Week, 5 Days, 14 Hours, 17 Minutes ago
David Cameron is one of those people who never fail to take the biscuit, and his attack on Angela Merkel in Davos yesterday was a massive one covered with lashings of chocolate. Cameron had the temerity at the World Economic … Continue reading...
L'euro – quelle direction : fin de l'Union monétaire ou refondation de l'UE ? NEW
Le Taurillon 1 Week, 5 Days, 17 Hours, 48 Minutes ago
Depuis ces deux dernières années, la zone euro est confrontée à une crise de la dette, une crise financière, mais aussi une crise de son économie et une crise de sa crédibilité. A chaque nouveau Conseil européen et à chaque réunion de haut...
(S) och euron: Det gick snabbt... NEW
Henrik-Alexandersson.se 1 Week, 6 Days, 1 Hour, 53 Minutes ago
Det tog bara timmar för (s) att svänga i fråga om Sveriges anslutning till euro-pakten – efter det senaste partiledarbytet.Det normala i en demokrati är att man har olika kandidater – som förklarar vad de vill göra och vilken politik d...
S och regering överens om EU-krav NEW
Europabloggen 1 Week, 6 Days, 5 Hours, 22 Minutes ago
Socialdemokraterna och regeringen har åter närmat sig varandra i frågan om svensk medverkan i finanspakten. Hur det blir avgörs i samband med EU:s toppmöte på måndag. Finanspakten även kallad europakten och frågan om svensk medverkan i...
Merkel is correct about Eurozone reforms – But which reforms? NEW
Ideas on Europe 1 Week, 6 Days, 6 Hours, 31 Minutes ago
  The policies of Merkel do not align with her rhetoric. Image Source: Flickr In her speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said among others the following (from euronews): Do we want coherence without ambit...
Plus d'Europe pour sortir de la crise, selon Angela Merkel (Touteleurope.eu) NEW
Regards citoyens 1 Week, 6 Days, 6 Hours, 34 Minutes ago
Le discours prononcé par Angela Merkel à l'occasion de l'ouverture du Forum économique mondial, qui a débuté hier soir à Davos, a été l'occasion pour la chancelière allemande de plaider en faveur d'une Europe plus fédérale. Ce forum, q...
Litt mer om jakten på stimuli NEW
Europabloggen.no 1 Week, 6 Days, 6 Hours, 44 Minutes ago
Gårsdagens Merkel-marsjordre om vekst og stimuli til økonomien ble fulgt opp i dag. I Berlin bekreftet godt informerte regjeringskilder at mandagens toppmøte i Brussel skal dreie seg om tiltak mot arbeidsledighet, særlig ungdomsledigheten, og for...
Jonas Sjöstedt har fel om finanspakt NEW
Europabloggen 1 Week, 6 Days, 10 Hours, 28 Minutes ago
Pakten begränsar inte vår ekonomiska politik. Regeringen har fått gehör för flera svenska ståndpunkter. Det skriver Gustav Blix, moderat gruppledare i riksdagens EU-nämnd i replik till Jonas Sjöstedt.Jonas Sjöstedt (V) menar i en artikel på...
Italians poorer, wealth gap widens NEW
Revolting Europe 1 Week, 6 Days, 23 Hours, 56 Minutes ago
Poverty is on the increase among Italians and so is inequality of wealth, according to the Bank of Italy. Figures from the country’s central bank show that in 2010 14.4% of Italians were poor – defined as having an income lower than half...
La Grèce menace toujours la zone euro NEW
Coulisses de Bruxelles (Libération) 2 Weeks, 4 Hours, 57 Minutes ago
La zone euro n’a pas fini de regretter d’avoir accepté en son sein la Grèce, en 2002. À l’origine de la crise de la dette souveraine, elle n’est pas sortie...
Inför euron när Sverige är redo NEW
Europabloggen 2 Weeks, 11 Hours, 59 Minutes ago
Europa kommer inte att falla och Folkpartiet kommer inte att vända vare sig väljare eller kärnprinciper ryggen. Det skriver europaparlamentarikerna Paulsen, Wikström och Schmidt (FP) i replik till Anders Sjöberg (JL). —> RÖSTA: Ska Sve...
Not really a ringing endorsement NEW
England Expects 2 Weeks, 13 Hours, 53 Minutes ago
Rather preposterously, Jacques Santer has got the job as head of the EU bailout fund. "He is someone with a name. He is close by and was available," or in other words 'he is unemployed and twiddling his thumbs',  is the best the EU could come up...
First thoughts on the ESM: Another European non-solution NEW
Ideas on Europe 2 Weeks, 14 Hours, 6 Minutes ago
On Monday January 23, 2012 the finance ministers of the eurozone member-states, met to discuss issues related to the ongoing crisis of the Euro. The discussion focused on two issues: (1) the negotiations for the restructuring of the Greek sovereign d...
"Kanzleramtology" by Hans Kundnani NEW
Social Europe 2 Weeks, 16 Hours, 17 Minutes ago
The euro crisis has made Germany so important that anyone interested in the future of Europe – or even in economies outside the eurozone like the UK – now has to spend a lot of time trying to...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Guido Westerwelle in Washington: "Euro and the Future of Europe" NEW
EuroDialogueXXI 2 Weeks, 22 Hours, 17 Minutes ago
video I am honoured to be the guest of the Brookings Institution today. And I am especially pleased to see so many f...
Harsh NEW
Open Europe blog 2 Weeks, 1 Day, 9 Hours, 59 Minutes ago
Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg - whose country is currently grappling with whether to sign up to the euro fiscal pact - is not impressed by Greece's implementation of its EU-led austerity programme.This is what he reportendly told journalists i...
Kanzleramtology NEW
Whose world order? – ECFR’s blog 2 Weeks, 1 Day, 12 Hours, 11 Minutes ago
The euro crisis has made Germany so important that anyone interested in the future of Europe – or even of economies outside the eurozone like the UK – now has to spend a lot of time trying toRead more…...
Grekland pressas på hög ränta NEW
Europabloggen 2 Weeks, 2 Days, 13 Hours, 21 Minutes ago
Det grekiska skulddramat och finanspaktens utformning står överst på dagordningen för euroländernas finansministrar vid dagens möte i Bryssel.Den grekiska regeringen lyckades i helgen inte komma överens med de privata investerarna om förutsä...
Party of European Left on how to tackle the crisis – statement NEW
Revolting Europe 2 Weeks, 3 Days, 22 Minutes ago
To face up the financial markets and emerge from the crisis, unite the Left, strengthen the struggles and recover power to the peoples, the Party of the European Left says. More...
Yet Again, the EU is a Step Behind NEW
Ideas on Europe 2 Weeks, 3 Days, 11 Hours, 43 Minutes ago
Following the European Council Summit in December of last year, leaders agreed to accelerate entry of the European Stabilization Mechanism (ESM), the permanent successor to the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) to July of this year. Given...
Spanish banker gets Euros 56 million pension NEW
Revolting Europe 2 Weeks, 3 Days, 12 Hours, 4 Minutes ago
Its misery for people in Spain these days. Well, most Spaniards, not the likes of Francisco Luzón, a senior executive at Santander bank. Luzón, it emerged this week, has left the country’s largest bank with a pension of Euros 56 million. His...
Hallituksen kirjeet EU:n talousunionin vahvistamisesta NEW
Eurooppaoikeus 2 Weeks, 3 Days, 14 Hours, 59 Minutes ago
Ennen eduskunnan valiokuntakäsittelyn etenemistä ja sivujen päivitystä hallituksen vakausunionia koskevat kirjeet eivät oikein löytyneet parlamentin sivujen kautta. Tilanteen korjauduttua laitan täydennykseksi linkit selvityksiin: E-kirje (12...
l’Humanité on the advance of the radical Left Front NEW
Revolting Europe 2 Weeks, 3 Days, 15 Hours, 17 Minutes ago
France’s communist newspaper l’Humanité on the rise of the radical Left Front and how it is boosting a debate on genuine alternatives to austerity. Read...
Le Traité intergouvernemental européen à venir se précise NEW
Regards citoyens 2 Weeks, 4 Days, 9 Minutes ago
Une nouvelle version du Traité intergouvernemental a été publiée, apportant des précisions et des changements notoires dans sa formulation. Elément majeur de ce nouveau jet, seuls les pays signataires du Traité pourraient bénéf...
Suomi ja EU:n vakausunioni: Eduskunnalta lisävalaistusta NEW
Eurooppaoikeus 2 Weeks, 4 Days, 8 Hours, 16 Minutes ago
Kirjoituksessa Avoimuus: Suomi ja EU:n vakausunioni mainittiin jo ulkoasiainvaliokunnan 19. tammikuuta 2012 päivätty lausunto 3/2011 vp, joka koskee valtioneuvoston selvitystä sopimuksesta talousunionin vahvistamisesta (E-kirje 122/2011 vp sekä V...
Protests promised in Portugal over rail fare hikes NEW
Revolting Europe 2 Weeks, 4 Days, 13 Hours ago
PORTUGAL A Plataforma das Comissões de Utentes da Carris, the Platform of Committees of Rail Transport Users, has promised to organise protests in the coming days over sharp rises in fares for rail transport announced by the right wing government of...
EU:n talousunionin vahvistaminen => vakausunioni NEW
Eurooppaoikeus 2 Weeks, 4 Days, 15 Hours, 17 Minutes ago
Talousunionin vahvistamiseen tähtäävän sopimuksen neljäs luonnos löytyy onneksi epävirallisista lähteistä. EU:n neuvoston haut tarjoavat edelleen 'ei oota', samoin neuvoston ja euroryhmän tiedotteet, vaikka EU vääntää lausuntoja monista...
More on Greece’s ‘Voluntary’ Deal NEW
Real Time Brussels - WSJ 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 3 Hours, 10 Minutes ago
More on the issue of whether a voluntary" deal is possible for Greece.
What do Germans really think about the euro? More than you might imagine NEW
Social Europe 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 4 Hours, 35 Minutes ago
Thomas Fricke at the Financial Times Deutschland gives a pointer to a useful paper by Daniel Gros and Felix Roth that asks Do Germans support the euro? One of the most repeated lines in the last two...
Too small (a step) to succeed NEW
Europe 27etc 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 5 Hours, 33 Minutes ago
La crise a popularisé l’expression de langue anglaise « too big to fail », pour signifier qu’un établissement financier est trop gros pour faire faillite si sa ruine doit entraîner celle de tout le système financier mondialisé. A...
Reinfeldt avvisar undantag från euron NEW
Europabloggen 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 9 Hours, 52 Minutes ago
Fredrik Reinfeldt säger nej till Miljöpartiets invit. Dörren stängs nu för statsministerns planer på svenskt deltagande i finanspakten.Fredrik Reinfeldts (M) samtal med Tysklands Angela Merkel på torsdagskvällen ser inte ut att ha förändrat...
Islandsk flertal afviser euroen NEW
Folkebevægelsens Fælles Blog 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 10 Hours, 8 Minutes ago
NYT FRA EU-FRONTEN: Ny meningsmåling viser, at 53 pct.ikke vil have udskiftet den islandske króna med euroen - Nyheder / Euro, Søren Søndergaard, Nyt fra EU-fronten, Island...
Three remarks on the negotiations of the fiscal compact NEW
Ideas on Europe 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 10 Hours, 12 Minutes ago
On the December 9, 2011 European Council summit, the heads of state and government of the 26 out of the 27 EU member-states (except the UK), reached a political decision to sign a new intergovernmental treaty that will reinforce the existing fiscal r...
"Angepisst" nach Berlin NEW
Lost in EUrope 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 12 Hours, 3 Minutes ago
Angela I. hält Hof in der "Waschmaschine" Kanzlerin Merkel zieht in der Eurokrise immer mehr Entscheidungen an sich - und nach Berlin. Am Sonntag empfängt sie im Kanzleramt IWF-Chefin... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website...
Ny finanspakt lockar med krislån NEW
Europabloggen 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 12 Hours, 8 Minutes ago
EU-kommissionen stärker sin roll som övervakare av EU-staternas ekonomier i det fjärde utkastet till ny finanspakt. Dessutom bjuds icke-euroländer som binder sig till paktens budgetregler in på eurogruppens möten.Förhandlingarna om finanspakte...
Ny finanspakt: Inget skydd för svensk arbetsmarknad NEW
Europabloggen 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 13 Hours, 27 Minutes ago
EU-kommissionen stärker sin roll som övervakare av EU-staternas ekonomier i det fjärde utkastet till ny finanspakt. Dessutom bjuds icke-euroländer in på eurogruppens möten.Förhandlingarna om finanspakten fortsätter. I går torsdag släpptes d...
Stort flertal for afstemning om ny traktat NEW
Folkebevægelsens Fælles Blog 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 14 Hours, 1 Minute ago
NYT FRA EU-FRONTEN: 59,6 pct. af danskerne mener, at den nye euro-traktat bør sendes til folkeafstemning hvad end Justitstministeriet måtte mene - Nyheder / Folkeafstemning, Søren Søndergaard, Nyt fra EU-fronten, euro-traktat...
Seven Days In Europe NEW
eutopialaw 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 14 Hours, 17 Minutes ago
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban defended his country’s new constitution before the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday, saying it is based on fundamental values of democracy and freedom. Orban’s trip to the EU assembly...
EU ‘Austerity’ Deal won’t work – Irish Workers face a grim Future NEW
Social Europe 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 14 Hours, 48 Minutes ago
The EU summit on Friday 9 December, during which 26 out of 27 member countries agreed on a new intergovernmental treaty including a “fiscal compact” to enforce budgetary discipline on states which...
Romeva: “El acuerdo fiscal europeo es una vía para cristalizar por vía legal la doctrina neoliberal” NEW
Raul Romeva (MEP) 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 14 Hours, 50 Minutes ago
Adjunto l’entrevista que m’ha fet aquesta setmana en Rafa Font, d’Equo, sobre l’actualitat parlamentària. La podeu trobar sencera (amb intervencions per video) al seu blog rafafont.eu:   Romeva: “El acuerdo...
Spanien zweifelt an Defizitziel für 2012 (wegen plötzlicher Rezession) NEW
Egghat's not so micro blog 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 14 Hours, 54 Minutes ago
Minus 4,4% Neuverschuldung in Prozent des BIPs wurden bisher angestrebt. Das habe ich ja schon immer für utopisch gehalten, auch weil die ursprünglichen Ziele (-6,0%) für 2011 verfehlt wurden und sich damit die Ausgangsbasis verschlechtert hat (si...
What we want Vs. what we need. NEW
Jason O'Mahony 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 16 Hours, 2 Minutes ago
One of the more curious aspects of our current austerity programme is how slapdash it is. You could easily form the impression that the government is approaching the cutbacks with a hand down the back of the couch approach, looking for money wherever...
Avoimuus: Suomi ja EU:n vakausunioni NEW
Eurooppaoikeus 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 16 Hours, 19 Minutes ago
Hallitusten välisen yhteistyön varjopuolet kuten hämäräksi jäävä päätöksenteko ja avoimuuden puute tulivat jälleen esille edellisessä blogikirjoituksessa: EU:n vakausunioni – neljäs sopimusluonnos. Jos siirrymme julkisen tiedotuksen...
EU:n vakausunioni – neljäs sopimusluonnos julki NEW
Eurooppaoikeus 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 18 Hours, 47 Minutes ago
Vaikka Euroopan unionissa perussopimuksen mukaan 'päätökset tehdään mahdollisimman avoimesti ja mahdollisimman lähellä kansalaisia', jäsenvaltioiden hallitusten välinen yhteenkuuluvuus painaa todellisuudessa enemmän kuin kansalaisten tiedon...
The European Crisis in 2012 NEW
EuroDialogueXXI 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 23 Hours, 18 Minutes ago
video For much of the fourth quarter of 2011, it appeared the eurozone was doomed. Debt was piling up for several ke...
More Anglo-Saxon conspiracy NEW
Letters from Europe 2 Weeks, 6 Days, 2 Hours, 22 Minutes ago
Eurocrats want you to know the crisis has nothing to do with the flaws inherent in the eurozone system. No, prominent (and normally pro-U.S.) German MEP Elmar Brok  calls it akin to a “currency war” in pursuit of “Anglo-American in...
Une certaine vision de l’Union européenne. NEW
Le bloc note (de l'expérience européenne) 2 Weeks, 6 Days, 3 Hours, 11 Minutes ago
Une certaine vision de l’Union européenne.
The Draft Euro Fiscal Pact - Episode IV NEW
Open Europe blog 2 Weeks, 6 Days, 3 Hours, 18 Minutes ago
We have just got our hands on the fourth draft of the European 'fiscal pact' (this time, the Telegraph's Bruno Waterfield - who is always quick off the blocks - beat us to it), which is being circulated among national delegations tonight. At a first...
Fresh Trouble for the Fiscal Pact NEW
Open Europe blog 2 Weeks, 6 Days, 4 Hours, 48 Minutes ago
One week after we published the third draft of the new European 'fiscal treaty' setting out tougher deficit and debt rules for eurozone countries, and with a fourth draft imminent, a quick update on where negotiations are at the moment.The big news t...
Fiscal Pact Divides Europe NEW
Beyond the Transition 2 Weeks, 6 Days, 5 Hours, 22 Minutes ago
The decision of 26 EU states to agree to a new fiscal pact (read: coordinated austerity) at the last EU summit was met with self-congratulation and new claims of optimism.However, within less than a month all of this has dissipated as it becomes clea...
Insidia eurodebito per Monti NEW
Straneuropa 2 Weeks, 6 Days, 5 Hours, 30 Minutes ago
Quarta bozza per il Fiscal Compact. Procedure semiautomatiche per deficit e debito? Decidono i governi. Partita indigesta per l'Italia...
Finanspakt driver fram folkomröstningar NEW
Europabloggen 2 Weeks, 6 Days, 8 Hours, 55 Minutes ago
Den tjeckiska regeringen menar att om finanspaktens nuvarande innehåll blir det slutliga, ska landets delaktighet avgöras i en folkomröstning. Samtidigt vill premiärministern passa på att låta folket rösta om euron.Diskussioner om EU:s nya fin...
Catalans in fresh protests over spending cuts NEW
Revolting Europe 2 Weeks, 6 Days, 9 Hours, 18 Minutes ago
Public sector workers marched through Barcelona Wednesday to protest against spending cuts made by the regional government of Catalonia. The protestors marched behind a large black and white banner reading “No to the cuts. Save Public Services...
Greek lessons for Portugal NEW
FT Alphaville 2 Weeks, 6 Days, 9 Hours, 41 Minutes ago
It appears that the “voluntary” Greek bond swap might finally come to an end.Time then to spare a thought for the derivative that drove the need to draft the damn...
Just to be clear about those those ECB deposits… NEW
FT Alphaville 2 Weeks, 6 Days, 10 Hours, 38 Minutes ago
From the ECB’s January monthly bulletin (our emphasis):All in all, the increase in liquidity, as measured on the settlement day of the three-year LTRO, was equal to €193.4 billion....
Investerare bråkar om grekiska skulder NEW
Europabloggen 2 Weeks, 6 Days, 12 Hours, 29 Minutes ago
Förhandlingarna med privata investerare måste ge resultat snart annars riskerar Grekland i förlängningen bankrutt. Under tiden vill hedgefonder stämma landet för brott mot de mänskliga rättigheterna eftersom fondernas äganderätt anses hotad...