‘Unemployment at 12.2%, record since 1977’
‘Uncle Sam has behaved very badly’
New revelations of National Security Agency spying on EU embassies and delegations have shocked America's European allies and prompted indignant and at times fatalistic comment in European press.
Beware the XXL Europe illusion
Croatia's entry into the European Union on July 1 allows the EU to prove it is still a living project. But it does not solve any problems and it even poses the question of the EU's future structure, as is highlighted by the European press.
‘New leaks show how US is bugging its European allies’
“Plenty of talk, little money”
In a bid to combat youth unemployment, Europe’s 27 member states have stumped up €6bn for the 13 worst-affected countries between now and the end of 2015, a sum to which they are expected to add an extra €2bn from unused funds. General reaction across the European press suggests the plan is inadequate to address a problem that now concerns close to six million young Europeans.
German WWII film sparks outrage in Poland
‘Unions promise summer of social unrest’
‘Volhynia. Reconciliation’
New rules to save failed banks
The dawn of an age without jobs
The leaders of European Union member states meet in Brussels on June 27-28 in hopes of boosting employment, especially for young people. But in Portugal, as in a large part of Europe, unemployment has become a structural reality, where temporary fixes cannot claim to be long-term solutions.