MADRID | By Tania Suárez | Profim EAFI’s head of financial analysis José María Luna said in an interview for consensodelmercado.com that the ECB should cut interest rates the sooner the better.
Spain installed 1,122 new megawatt (MW) wind power in 2012, 6.8% more than the 1,050 MW of the previous year, totaling 22.796 MW, which makes it the second European county in wind power, behind Germany, with 31.308 MW.
By Niels Goet, founder of the new blog EUspeak.eu | They might between the three of them have saved a few hundred million to a billion Euros for their taxpayers; but this comes at the expense of the ability of the EU to tackle some of the important problems Europe has to deal with.
By Carlos Díaz Guell | While the German chancellor refuses to give in to the growth pact for which half of Europe sighs, Hollande leads the southern countries’ complaints, very aware that France’s economic stand is getting weaker by the quarter. It’s inflation’s fault.
MADRID | The purchase includes 450 km of high-pressure gas pipelines and the international Irún connection.
Ronny Patz | We seem far from having only technocratic European debates. We seem far from only hearing national politician’s views on the national aspects of European politics.
By Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, analyst at XTB | For all the noise these scandals bring about, the pressure on Merkel should not abate. The eurozone needs that Germany relaxes its stand on public investment cuts, and efficient measures to deal with sovereign debt should be agreed by core country members.
“Germany, once more, detached itself from the deterioration observed in the rest of the eurozone economies with a solid services industry record, supported by good new demand figures.” And increasingly, France gets included in the rest.
Can Hollande salvage his country from the waves of austerity? JP Morgan analysts forecast a French deficit higher than the official target for 2013, which could trigger further budget cuts.
By Alessio Pissanò | While the European banking system is shaken by the worst crisis ever and the Italian Monte Paschi di Siena, the world’s oldest bank, is falling down, the European Commission seems ready to water down the Liikanen Committee’s recommendations about ringfencing of proprietary banking trading.