The contagion clock is ticking over Cyprus crisis
MADRID | By Antonio Sánchez-Gijón, capitalmadrid.com | This so-called “best solution” brings a huge question marked attached to it: how secure are bank deposits in Italy, France or Spain?
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After the Cypriot bank deposit one-off tax
By Euronomist | Being a Cypriot MP probably is today one of the worst jobs in the world. The return to the Cyprus pound does may sound more attractive now.
Spanish banks cut again ECB loan addiction
The Spanish banks’ correction in February was 5.2 percentage points higher than the average in the eurozone.
Thursday’s chart: Quo Vadis, Italian yield?
Contagion has been bucked in the eurozone, in spite of the instability markets forecast over Italian politics.
Why Europe needs the Netherlands
By Hans Kundnani, editorial director at the European Council on Foreign Relations | The Netherlands can help maintain Europe together and to find a way to reconcile British and German interests in order to keep the UK in the EU.
Portugal shouted ‘enough’!
From Presseurope.eu | By Daniel Oliveira | More than a million people of all ages took to the streets of Portugal on March 2 to demand an end to austerity. The growing discontent could bring down the political system that has been in place since the fall of the dictatorship.
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?
Spain dispels the threat of a bailout
By CaixaBank Research | Tensions have eased in the sovereign debt markets of the periphery. The government is preparing to reform Spain’s public sector in 2013.
Portugal attests austerity alone cannot reign in debt crisis
Presseurop.eu | By François Musseau |European leaders are counting on Portugal to set an example of how austerity can succeed when it is applied seriously. Sadly, despite a unprecedented tightening of the screw, Lisbon is still being forced to sell off its “crown jewels” to halt its spiralling debts.