Iceland Vote: We Can’t Pay

March 8th, 2010
Posted by EUEditor

Citizens of Iceland have voted overwhelmingly against honouring a foreign debt repayment program set up after the country’s banking system collapsed in 2008. … Read More »

“2020” Plan: Getting Out Of Crisis

March 8th, 2010
Posted by EUEditor

The European Commission has produced a ten-year economic development plan (3.3.10), saying endemic problems had set in before the global economic crisis in 2008-9, and needed joint action by all governments. … Read More »

Greece Crisis Moves Backed/Doubted

March 6th, 2010
Posted by EUEditor

As Greek workers protested against austerity moves and government leaders conferred with sceptical German counterparts, the European Commission gave guarded support to the Athens prescription. … Read More »

EU Moves On Greek Crisis

February 12th, 2010
Posted by Lee Duffield

The European Union has declared the Greek government must take further initiatives to subdue its debt and budget deficits, and has offered support for carrying that out. … Read More »

Tight Times: Greece, Portugal, Spain On The Block?

February 10th, 2010
Posted by EUEditor

The chance of governments defaulting on their loan repayments has imperilled the Euro currency, with stock markets faltering and talk of intervention from Brussels. … Read More »

More “Copenhagen”, Ireland And G20 Follow-up As Leaders Meet

June 18th, 2009
Posted by EUEditor

European Heads of Government meeting at Brussels this week (18-19.6.09) are following up and consolidating moves to tighten regulation of the financial system; they’ll be looking over an offer to be made to Ireland, to try to win back votes for a stronger EU; and they are once again adding to the universal drive to get Climate Change action going strongly, by the end of the year. … Read More »

G20 Accord: New Rule Book For The World Economy?

April 3rd, 2009
Posted by Lee Duffield

The “G20” economic summit in London (3.4.09) has signaled a change in the way world business activity is to be managed – in its response to the economic crisis.

Lee Duffield sets out to make sense of the claims about how a dinner meeting and set-piece round table by 20 heads of government might make a great difference. … Read More »