MAIN FOCUS: Berlusconi announces gradual resignation | 09/11/2011 from euro|topics After losing his parliamentary majority, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced on Tuesday evening that he was ready to resign. But he wants to give up his office only after the new budget law has been passed. That is too late because the country badly … Read more
Papandreou to step down, interim cabinet to take charge (News) from EurActiv.com Berlusconi struggles to hold coalition together (News) from EurActiv.com Greeks agree coalition government from BBC News | Europe | World Edition Greek leaders meeting in Athens agree to form a new coalition government, with a fresh prime minister replacing the beleaguered George Papandreou. … Read more
Many of Mr Papandreou’s MPs have failed to back the referendum plan Q&A: Eurozone debt crisis from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Al Jazeera takes a closer look at why the eurozone debt crisis matters, and possible solutions to the problem. Greek crisis overshadows G20 talks from European Voice – RSS – News & analysis … Read more
France: New Visa Restrictions for Foreign University Graduates from Global Voices Online by Julie Owono If the United States’ immigration law had ever been similar to the one France recently decided to apply, Yahoo would have been a Chinese company (founded by Jerry Yang from Taiwan), Google would now be a successful Russian business (set … Read more
via Italy Wikipedia strike: anti-censorship protests online from cafebabel.com by Eva Vanhee Here we go again: a new chapter of the world of online democracy begins. In response to a draft law restricting freedom of information being discussed in the Italian parliament, wikipedia Italy has chosen to temporarily close down. A virtual strike but … Read more
THANKS TO MAVI BONCUK, HERE IS THE DRAFT. The European Union will declare that Turkey’s economic policies have proven successful during the crisis in her annual report, to be released on Oct. 12. The economic part of the progress report, seen by Today’s Zaman, will praise the performance of the Turkish economy while the … Read more
Schengen Wars 2 from The European Citizen by Eurocentric Romania and Bulgaria’s Schengen aspirations are being put on hold again, with the Netherlands and Finland opposing the phased introduction of the two countries into the border-free zone due to concerns over their levels of corruption. Before the vote, Romania blocked tulips from being imported across … Read more
Pirate Party wins 14(ish) seats in Berlin parliament from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Euroskeptics fail in Berlin by BERLIN – Hürriyet Daily News Chancellor Angela Merkel who handed her sixth election defeat this year in Berlin while her coalition partner, the Free Democrats, who favor euroskeptic tactics, failed to clear the 5 percent threshold … Read more
#UACES2011 in Cambridge: A look at some interesting EU research from Ideas on Europe by Ronny Patz I must say that I very much enjoyed the UACES conference in Cambridge last week, especially some of the finished and ongoing research I was able to witness. Listening to the presentations, discussions and interventions, I?d say some … Read more
European Central Bank (ECB) governing board member Jürgen Stark, who has resigned, lobbied for the ECB to impose stricter measures on Greece and Portugal. Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images MAIN FOCUS: Resignation at ECB unsettles markets | 12/09/2011 from euro|topics Share prices fell around the world after German economist Jürgen Stark announced on Friday that he … Read more
The new order in the systemic Euro crisis from Ideas on Europe by Protesilaos Stavrou * If things stay as they are then we will reach a dead end that will signal the start of the collapse of the euro and of everything that took decades to build. Image Source: The Telegra ‘Swift action needed … Read more
Recession Warning On Europe?s Periphery from A Fistful Of Euros » A Fistful Of Euros by Edward Hugh As Europe?s leaders struggle to convince markets that their Greek debt problem-resolution-proposals are actually viable, and will really do the trick, last week?s flash PMI readings seem to have attracted rather less attention than they might. Nonetheless, … Read more
The Council of Europe denounces the burqa ban from Blogactiv by Protesilaos Stavrou On April 2011 and on July 2011, France and Belgium respectively passed legislation forbidding Muslim women from wearing the burqa, the traditional veil that fully covers their face, except their eyes. These decisions were based upon the claim of safeguarding public security, … Read more
Once again the day is saved… from The European Citizen by Eurocentric …At least for now. It’s hard to escape the feeling that each time an agreement is made at a European Council summit, it’s only a matter of time (usually 3-6 months) before we’re back in superhero mode again. Still, there seems to be … Read more
MAIN FOCUS: No stress for Europe's banks | 18/07/2011 from euro|topics Only eight out of ninety banks failed the bank stress test, the European Banking Authority announced in London on Friday. But the press says the test ignored the risk of a state going bankrupt and will therefore hardly calm Europe's financial markets. Why Europe … Read more