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Iceland Vote: We Can’t Pay

  • March 8th, 2010
  • Posted by EUEditor


 

iceland-city.jpegCitizens 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


euro-symbol-reduced12.jpgThe 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

barroso-strasbourg-19-june-07.jpgAs 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

Tcouncil-building2.jpghe 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

euro-symbol-reduced.jpgThe 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

europ-council-3-09.jpgEuropean 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

g20-wikipedia.jpgThe “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-resized.jpgLee 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 »

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