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.
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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.
The forging of a UK-Nordic-Baltic bloc
By James Kilcourse, researcher at the Institute of International and European Affairs | Has the UK successfully forged an alliance with other “awkward partners” of Brussels? If the situation in the EU’s southern periphery deteriorates further, the ideas that emerge from the annual Northern Future Forum may become ever more influential.
Italy’s Lombardian cross
Presseurop.eu | By Marc Semo | As the most populated and wealthy region in the country, Lombardy will play a key role in the outcome of the Italian legislative elections scheduled for February 24 and 25. However, troubled by the lack of ethics among politicians, the region’s all-important Catholic vote is more undecided than ever.