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The ECB makes it difficult

MADRID| By Francisco López |The European Central Bank published on Wednesday some of the criteria to evaluate financial entities’ solvency, as a previous step before it takes on competences as a single banking supervisor. Balances of 128 European banks will be tested  from November to October 2014. And new rules are stricter than expected.


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Europe should create Web 3.0

PARIS | By Eric Sandin at Le Monde via Presseurop | In response to NSA eavesdropping and the massive collection of user data by Internet giants, it is up to the EU to lay the foundations for the future worldwide web. Because only Europe can guarantee a “responsible, shared” environment in which individuals can manage the data that concerns them.


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Greece: Ladies and Gentlemen, Please Fasten Your Seat Belts

By Nick Malkoutzis | The Agora/ MacroPolis | Earlier this year, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras held an informal dinner with some of his party’s MPs. He reportedly told them that if Greece would be able to get through a tough summer, it would “take off” in September. We are now nearing the end of October and there has been no departure for the skies. Instead, Samaras is bracing for impact.


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Draghi warns of potencial crisis in European banking sector

MADRID | By Luis Arroyo | Mario Draghi dared to warn European authorities of the danger of a “capital flight” if they insist on taking confiscatory measures against all kinds of rescued banks’ creditors. If it comes to that, they may cause a crisis in the entire European banking sector.



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Europe could face its own shutdown

at The Guardian via Presseurop | Europeans have been stunned and dismayed by the gridlock that brought the US government to a near-default. But should the anti-EU parties make a breakthrough in the upcoming European elections, the Union would face a similar situation, writes a German political scientist.




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Turkey: EU finally hands out good grades

ISTANBUL | By  Radikal at via Presseurop | The recent report on progress in negotiations on Turkey’s accession to the EU finally deals sensitively with the issue and should trigger a calm debate among the Turkish public on its relationship with the Union, writes the star columnist of the influential “Radikal” daily newspaper.