Endgame?
There are two questions being asked here, writes Patrick Mc Nally from Ireland. Are we reaching the endgame of the eurozone crisis and the possible demise of Angela Merkel as […]
financial crisis
Debt is a two-edged sword
A paper presented last week at a conference of the world’s central bankers looked at the levels of debt in different countries and its impact on economic growth. Debt, or
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Federal Union Now – new publication by Andrew Duff
The European Union must take a decisive step towards a federal economic government, with common fiscal policies and a larger budget, if it is to save the euro. Saving the
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Place of Strife? Europe’s Political and Economic Outlook (18 September 2011)
Liberal Democrat European Group fringe meeting, in association with the European Movement. Hyatt Regency Hotel, Birmingham, Sunday 18 September, 1300-1400, with Charles Kennedy MP, Sharon Bowles MEP, Graham Bishop and
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Europe without the euro
If eurozone member states such as Greece have allowed their domestic costs to rise and their economies to become uncompetitive, there is a long hard road back to competitiveness again.
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Mayhem in the market
The authorities are under criticism for losing control. A mob mentality took over, looting local businesses, robbing innocent people of their livelihoods and their savings. What started as a small
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Does federalism imperil recovery from the financial crisis?
Elena Salgado, finance minister of Spain (picture www.la-moncloa.es) Never let it be said that this website does not acknowledge the difficulties and contradictions within the federalist case. It spends enough
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Disastrous economic policies in the eurozone
Letter in the Independent, 5 July 2011 Mary Ann Sieghart is right to say that the economic policies followed by Britain over the past 10 years would have been even
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Ireland: is there a way forward?
By Patrick Mc Nally It is now some months since we have had a change of government. Already the old regime has faded into the mists of history. The voters
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn: a bad tradition
The resignation of French head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, over allegations of a sex attack in a New York hotel room has restarted the debate about who
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