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Friday, October 21, 2011

The UK and the Eurozone cannot afford another non-solution from this weekend’s summit

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Over on Conservative Home we highlight that this weekend's (and now next week's as well) EU summit is important for the UK and not ...
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Thursday, October 20, 2011

Eurozone could be insuring its own downfall

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In today's City AM we argue against the possible use of the EFSF to insure sovereign debt. here is the full piece: As eurozone leaders g...
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Meanwhile, out there in space...

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We have already reported on the EU's ill-fated attempt to conquer the final frontier a number of times. But the big day has finally arri...
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

A chance to get rich off the eurozone crisis...

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No, unfortunately we don't have some secret inside info which you could trade on and make bundles of money (not that we're willing t...
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No way out? Short term options for the eurozone

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The window of opportunity for stabilising, or even saving, the eurozone is closing quickly. As EU leaders gear up for a series of key meetin...

What’s another trillion euros these days?

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Compare and contrast these headlines: Guardian : France and Germany ready to agree €2 trillion rescue fund FT Deutschland : Schäuble ready t...
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Eurosceptics Anonymous?

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BBC Radio 4 last night featured quite an interesting debate about 'euroscepticism' across the political spectrum, and in the Conserv...
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Even ECB staff think it overstepped its mandate...

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There's an interesting article in FT Deutschland today, highlighting a survey of ECB staff. According to a survey conducted by the ECB...
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Monday, October 17, 2011

Hague can't ignore prospect of treaty change for much longer

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Speaking on Andrew Marr 's show yesterday, William Hague repeated his view that there is no "immediate prospect" of repatriati...
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Friday, October 14, 2011

Silvio The Survivor?

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In less than an hour, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will face a vote of confidence in the lower house of the Italian parliament....
Thursday, October 13, 2011

Why you should think twice before criticising Slovakia

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In today's Wall Street journal , we look at Tuesday's vote in Slovakia - here's the full piece: Richard Sulik has emerged as B...
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

If there was a eurozone quote of the week award...

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...Slovakian MPs would be up to their eyes in them. The Slovakian EFSF vote has provided us with plenty of action over the past few days, w...
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I want this much EU integration

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In a speech in the European Parliament today, Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso noted that the "Future of single currency depen...
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Picking up the pieces...

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As expected, it now looks as if parties in the Slovakian parliament have come to an agreement over the ratification of the EFSF. The opposit...

Heading Towards A Bitter 'Finale'?

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We've been here several times before, and we know that big surprises are always around the corner with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Ber...
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Poles at the Polls: The big change is no change

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Following Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Poland, the governing centre-right coalition composed of Donald Tusk’s Civic Platform (PO) and...
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The Real Face(s) Of Greece'sTax Evasion

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A story bordering on the surreal from Greek newspaper Ta Nea yesterday . Apparently, the Greek financial police (SDOE) are investigating 77...

The Central European Tea Party

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Yesterday's Handelsblatt featured a story on how an " Eastern European Tea Party " is brewing, as Slovakia's Freedom and ...
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Monday, October 10, 2011

Keeping the ECB independent is key to the euro’s survival

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Over on the FT A-list , we've got a response to a piece by Jim O'Neill, who argues in favour of a Greek restructuring and bank recap...
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What about the democratic deficit, Mr Cameron?

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In an interview with today's FT , David Cameron calls on eurozone leaders to take a "big bazooka" approach to the euro crisis...
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Friday, October 07, 2011

Let them eat tanks

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This isn't going to boost European taxpayers' support for the Greek bailouts ... Dutch media reports that though Greece struggles w...
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One month to save the euro?

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Though the markets did rebound today, off the back of yesterday's announcement from the ECB that it will extend its unlimited liquidity...
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Thursday, October 06, 2011

What’s A Few Hundred Billion Between Friends…? Part II

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In our post last week, we set out the current state of play regarding the ratification of the expansion of the EFSF by the 17 eurozone’s me...
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Europe at the Tory conference: much ado about nothing

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The blog has been a bit quiet for a few days because the Open Europe team have been busy in Manchester at the Tory party conference. However...
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Friday, September 30, 2011

Some Friday afternoon polls...

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Over at Open Europe, we admit to be poring over EU-related polls from the German-speaking world, like a German Commission offical over the G...

How to lose support for EU free movement and alienate people

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The European Commission just made it a lot more difficult to defend free movement in Europe. Free movement and open borders (two separate bu...
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