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Only Germany, Estonia, Finland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands have escaped the crisis.
The debt crisis has now hit 12 out of 17 countries in the eurozone – El País
After Ireland, Greece, Portugal and Italy, the "Very Hungry Caterpillar" of the crisis - a reference to a famous German children's story - heads for France, Austria and Belgium.
But he was still hungry – Financial Times Deutschland
The Netherlands is the only one of five major European economies to experience decline in GDP in Q3 (-0.3%).
Recovery nipped in the bud – Trouw
"What a dolt! I should have worked for the BNP!" [one of the largest French banks]
Europe is run by banks – Charlie Hebdo
The chairman of the German Christian Democrats parliamentary group has declared that Britain must help the eurozone even though it is not a member.
Europe speaks German now! – The Daily Mail
On the eve of the anniversary of the Czech Republic's Velvet Revolution, the populist left wing party SMER is credited, according to polls, with almost half the vote and could form a government by itself.
22 years on: SMER at 45% – SME
A single far-right organisation is on the cards in Poland. Młodzież Wszechpolska (All-Polish Youth) and ONR (National-Radical Camp) want to found a National Movement (RN) merging all far-right organisations, then form a political party and go to the polls in 4 years.
National movement – Gazeta Wyborcza
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