Italians’ vote should help Merkel reflect
MADRID | Ignoring that Italians have given support to political programmes contrary to current austerity policies would be a temerity.
In Europe
Is Russian energy monopoly behind Bulgaria’s government crisis?
By Ognyan Minchev, non-resident fellow with the German Marshall Fund of the United States’ Balkan Trust for Democracy | The clash between the Russian oligarchic model of economic and political control and a Western-style democratic system produces structural instability in the Eastern part of Europe, which may prove a strategic challenge for the EU.
The austerity Apostle’s conversion
MADRID | Something is moving in the EU. Those who up to now advocated doses of further austerity to cure Euro zone ailments, start faltering at the huge damage inflicted on the economy.
The young students’ escape from eurocrisis
By Ralf Grahn, EU affairs advisor | Studying in another EU country offers individuals opportunities to gain both professional and language skills.
The unbelievable creditless recovery
Five years into the most global financial crisis, with continued economic recession and growing unemployment, should the Eurogroup consider a change of course in its meeting today?
Banker bonuses’ regulatory puzzle
By European Parliament Library | Bankers’ bonuses have been under debate with the review of the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD IV), meant to regulate the remuneration, but the European Parliament has sought to introduce a fixed cap.
European bonus limit snaps UK Tories
By Liberallaboratory | So how will the Tories vote? While hardly a ringing endorsement of caps on bankers’ bonus, their press release is unequivocally supportive of the overall agreement.
Italy calls EU’s democracy bluff
MADRID | In Italy, as in other southern eurozone countries, citizens cannot believe there will be light at the end of the austerity tunnel.
Italians vote: vaffanc*lo!
By Marcus Nunes, economist and author | If you followed the results of the Italian general election, you would probably be wondering: what will happen to the “growing investor confidence” the European Commission was talking about?
Monetary policy of the future
BARCELONA | By CaixaBank research | Compared with its pre-crisis size, the balance sheet of the Federal Reserve in the US has tripled while the European Central Bank’s has only doubled.