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Category Archives: Spain
Jul 29 2013
‘The very idea of the European Union is being questioned’ – Interview with Emilio Ontiveros
3 CommentsEuro Crisis in the Press has asked the views of influential analysts and commentators throughout Europe on the multifaceted crisis facing the European Union. In today’s interview, Emilio Ontiveros Baeza, Economics Professor and President of ‘Analistas Financieros Internacionales’ (AFI), argues that … Continue reading
Posted by: July 29, 2013
Tagged with: AFI, banking union, extreme austerity, Inequality, Spanish economy, unemployment rate
Jun 12 2013
The bumpy road to transparency in Spain
3 CommentsBy José Javier Olivas and Fabrizio Scrollini* The current Euro Crisis has unveiled many political and institutional deficiencies in Spain. Among them, the lack of transparency and free access to public information is one of the most serious. In modern democracies … Continue reading
Posted by: June 12, 2013
Tagged with: access to information, Accountability, information regulation, Ley de transparencia, Spanish civil-society, Transparency
May 28 2013
The European economic crisis has coincided with a decline in press freedom in the EU
4 CommentsBy Jennifer Dunham and Zselyke Csaky (rebloged from EUROPP) In the half decade since the beginning of the economic crisis, global press freedom has declined, and the EU has been no exception to this trend. Reporting on a new survey on … Continue reading
Posted by: May 28, 2013
Tagged with: Journalism, Media Systems, Press, Press Freedom
May 4 2013
Symbols, Trauma and European Identity
1 CommentEUROPP’s editors Stuart A Brown and Chris Gilson in conversation with Jeffrey C. Alexander about his views on modernity, the European integration process, and the importance of cultural and political symbols to European democracy. You’ve written about the ‘dark side’ of modernity. … Continue reading
Posted by: May 4, 2013
Tagged with: Crisis, European identity, European Public Sphere, Symbols
Apr 28 2013
The Implications of Nazi-comparisons in Current European Discourse
1 CommentBy Maria Brock and Rui Lopes* “They’re Germans”, whispers John Cleese, “so don’t mention the war!” Four decades after the classic Fawlty Towers episode first aired, the memory of World War II continues to cloud Germany’s foreign relations, with German … Continue reading
Posted by: April 28, 2013
Tagged with: Blame, Contested, Crisis, discourse, Eurozone crisis, Maria Brock, Nazi comparison, Rui Lopes
Apr 15 2013
Do Europeans share a common image of Europe?
5 CommentsBy Max Hänska What is Europe? What is this Crisis about? Through history there have been multiple images of Europe, nourished by different histories, experiences and political imperatives. The current crisis reveals some of the fault lines between these images. … Continue reading
Posted by: April 15, 2013
Tagged with: Contested, European identity, European Public Sphere, European Union, history, prosperity
Apr 7 2013
Selective truths and Spanish riches: The Bundesbank’s study on household wealth
29 CommentsBy Stefan Bauchowitz and José Javier Olivas* At the height of the Cyprus bailout crisis, the German Central Bank, the Bundesbank, has introduced into the public discourse the notion that Southern Europeans are richer than Germans. This claim is based on a study … Continue reading
Posted by: April 7, 2013
Tagged with: Bundesbank, Crisis, deception, finances, Household wealth, Public Sphere, Southern Europe
Mar 27 2013
Reactions to the Second Cypriot Bailout Deal from across the European Press
1 CommentBy Max Hänska, Outi Keranen, Maria Kyriakidou, Jose Olivas, Roberto Orsi and Henry Radice. Jeroen Dijsselbloem’s mixed messages on Monday in the aftermath of the bailout were widely reported, along with the national and international economic implications of the new … Continue reading
Posted by: March 27, 2013
Mar 18 2013
Reactions to the Cypriot Bailout across the European Press
2 CommentsBy Max Hänska, Outi Keranen, Maria Kyriakidou, Jose Olivas and Roberto Orsi. Greek Press The dramatic developments with regard to the bailout of Cyprus have dominated the Greek press since the news of the savings levy broke. The focus of the … Continue reading
Posted by: March 18, 2013
Tagged with: Cyprus bail-out plan, Cyprus deposits haircut, Eurogroup decision on Cyprus, European Public Sphere, Press
Mar 7 2013
Grillo’s ‘threat’ and the Spanish press
2 CommentsBy Jose Javier Olivas The Italian general elections took place ten days ago. The divided results and the relatively unexpected success of Berlusconi’s The People of Freedom Coalition (29.1% of votes) and Beppe Grillo’s Five Star Movement (25.5% of votes) … Continue reading
Posted by: March 7, 2013
Tagged with: ABC, anti-politics, Election, Euro, European Public Sphere, European Union, Grillo, Journalism, Mundo, Pais, Periodico, populism, Press, Vanguardia