euro Archive

  • EuropeanCouncil2011landscape

    Three threats to the euro still remain

    The European Council meeting a week ago was convened with the aim of saving the euro.  Agreement was reached at the meeting about a way forward for the EU, even if the UK (and perhaps some others) will not travel with the rest.  But despite...

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  • Carwyn Jones, First Minister of Wales

    A federal Europe in the making? (7 December 2011)

    A Federal Europe in the Making? Europe 2020, the European Semester and the Euro Plus Pact – A Half-Day Conference Wednesday 7th December 2011, 09.45-14.00 The Pierhead Building, Cardiff Bay Over the last 18 months the European Union and its Member States have faced unprecedented...

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  • FederalTrustlogosquare

    The UK and the euro (12 December 2011)

    THE COALITION AND EUROPE AFTER THE HONEYMOON 12 DECEMBER – THE UK AND THE EURO MARY SUMNER HOUSE, TUFTON STREET, LONDON SW1P 3RB 2.00 – 5.30 pm followed by a drinks reception This, the third in a series of conferences held in conjunction with the...

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  • David Aaronovitch: not guilty

    What went wrong with the euro?

    Peter Oborne’s campaign against the pro-Europeans took another step yesterday with his online debate with David Aaronovitch.  The latter was one of the targets in his recent book “The guilty men”, and the Centre for Policy Studies hosted an exchange of views between them on...

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  • Lord Maclennan

    The fate of the eurozone – how Europe can survive the crisis

    Federal Union and the Federal Trust held a conference on Saturday 29 October 2011 to examine the roots of the crisis in the eurozone and to explore possible solutions.  Why is the eurozone in a fix?  How can it get out again? The speakers at...

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  • berlusconipapandreoucowan

    The state we’re not in

    The eurozone crisis lingers on, wreaking more havoc in the markets and bringing down yet more European governments.  The Greek prime minister has resigned, and the Italian prime minister is rumoured to be resigning, in each case to be replaced by technocratic figures unimplicated in...

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  • George Papandreou, prime minister of Greece (picture MARKELLOS / Flickr)

    A referendum in Greece?

    It is hard, at the time of writing, to know what to make of the suggestion that there should be a referendum in Greece on the terms of the bailout agreed by the eurozone governments.  The idea was floated by the Greek prime minister George...

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  • Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy, leaders of Germany and France (picture Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland)

    Nearing the end of the euro crisis, one way or another

    It looks as if we have reached the endgame in the eurozone crisis, writes Patrick Mc Nally. The G20 countries are very concerned at European leaders’ failure to solve the crisis and for allowing it to develop into a global crisis. It is clear that...

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  • broken piggy bank

    The fate of the eurozone – what kind of Europe can survive the crisis? (29 October 2011)

    10.30 am to 4 pm, Saturday 29 October 2011 Room K2.31 (2C), King’s College London, The Strand, London WC2B 2LS – click here for a map The fate of the eurozone – what kind of Europe can survive the crisis? The scale of the financial crisis...

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  • PeterOborne

    Who’s the idiot?

    Eurosceptic journalist Peter Oborne surpassed himself on Newsnight on Wednesday denouncing a spokesperson for the European Commission as “that idiot in Brussels”.  The question at issue was whether the euro might survive and, if so, whether Greece might remain a member.  To Peter Oborne, the...

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