Tag Archives: Euro crisis

Feb 24 2014

Eurovision in (Euro-) crisis?

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Posted in: Europe, Events, Maria Kyriakidou

By Maria Kyriakidou Away from the political and economic battlefield of the Euro crisis, there is another crisis evolving with regard to one of Europe’s institution, namely the Eurovision Song Contest. Although easily dismissed by sceptics as a meaningless and … Continue reading →

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Feb 21 2014

Eurozone Crisis: Another Chapter in the Never-Ending Saga of Boom and Bust

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Posted in: Europe, Uncategorized

By Akhil Patel The policy response to the euro crisis since 2008 has been an extremely protracted affair, set against the backdrop not only of containing financial and sovereign debt crises and managing the risks of financial contagion (more normally associated … Continue reading →

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Feb 17 2014

“A system that is failing to deliver economic wellbeing naturally comes in for greater public criticism than one that succeeds in doing so” — Interview with Stephen Fidler

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Posted in: Interviews

Continuing our interviews with eminent commentators and experts, Eurocrisis in the Press asked Stephen Fidler, The Wall Street Journal’s Brussels bureau chief, about his views on the Euro Crisis. Fidler argues that the incomplete construction of the Eurozone is the … Continue reading →

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Feb 14 2014

Entrepreneurship in Southern Europe: Symptom or Solution to the Euro Crisis?

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Posted in: Euro, Europe, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain

 By Stefan Bauchowitz Against ample discouraging evidence, expressions of false optimism occasionally enter into the debate on the Euro crisis. As an example of such optimism, a previous post on this blog by Mark Esposito voiced high hopes for entrepreneurialism in … Continue reading →

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Feb 7 2014

First Step to Solving the Eurozone Crisis: Change our Perceptions

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Posted in: Europe, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain

By Terence Tse How not to save a company Imagine the following. Your company is on the verge of bankruptcy. The only way to get out of this is to get all your employees to put in more efforts and … Continue reading →

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Jan 31 2014

Do We Want to Solve the Eurocrisis? Let’s Look South!

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Posted in: Europe, European elections, Greece

By Mark Esposito   If there is a country, which should receive our apologies, that is Greece. We need to apologize for having demonized a small and modest economy (less than 2% of the EU GDP) as the black sheep … Continue reading →

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Nov 15 2013

The Rift Over Germany’s Trade Surplus

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Posted in: Euro, Europe, Germany

By Henrik Müller At first it was just the US administration that criticised Germany harshly for running high external surpluses. Now even the European Commission is starting an investigation in the context of the eurozone’s imbalances procedure, as Commissioner Olli … Continue reading →

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Nov 5 2013

Five Minutes with Anthony Giddens: “The European Social Model Can and Must Survive the Crisis”

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Posted in: Euro, Europe

What does the Eurozone crisis mean for the future of Europe? In an interview with our colleague Stuart Brown, Managing Editor of EUROPP, Anthony Giddens discusses the content of his new book, Turbulent and Mighty Continent: What Future for Europe? … Continue reading →

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Oct 27 2013

Financing the EU Energy Infrastructure after the Euro Crisis

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Posted in: Europe

By Simone Tagliapietra The urgent need for energy infrastructure investments in the EU Europe is in need of massive infrastructure investments. According to the European Commission, the EU infrastructure investment requirements could reach as much as EUR 2 trillion in the … Continue reading →

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Oct 5 2013

The Missing Crisis – European citizens, the media and communication about the crisis

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Posted in: Euro, Europe, France, Germany, United Kingdom

By Johanna Möller If one takes into account media coverage on the various European crises, one could easily assume that citizens’ trust in the European project is being severely eroded. The news media do not only routinely present a scene of … Continue reading →

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