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European Central Bank (ECB)
International Women's Day:
Too many men at the top of the EU
“Europe is missing women at the top table," mourns La Croix. As International Women's Day rolls around on March 8, the French newspaper paints a […]
8 March 2013 –
Presseurop
La Croix
Ireland:
‘ECB calls on Coalition to step up its reforms of bank sector’
The government must increase the pace of its banking reforms, the president of the European Central Bank (ECB) Mario Draghi said on March 7, as […]
8 March 2013 –
Presseurop
The Irish Times
Eurozone:
‘Spanish banks return €44bn to ECB in one go’
A total of 278 European banks, which received €1trn from the European Central Bank last winter, will today pay back more than €137bn, with about […]
30 January 2013 –
Presseurop
El País
Debt crisis:
Troika divided over austerity
“Will austerity lead to the death of Europe?” The question posed by the Frankfurter Rundschau has been raging within the troika of the international donors […]
29 January 2013 –
Presseurop
Frankfurter Rundschau
Economy:
‘First signs of upturn in the eurozone’
Two hundred and seventy eight European banks will reimburse €137bn to the European Central Bank (ECB), the equivalent of one third of the €489bn borrowed […]
28 January 2013 –
Presseurop
Les Echos
ECB:
‘Euro Vision’
President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi found himself “the most prominent and powerful defender of European integration”, according to a cover feature on […]
23 January 2013 –
Presseurop
Time
Economy:
Saint Precarious – new icon of Europe
Austerity and free market regulations have created a band of loyal followers: The Precarious. And they are threatening the jewel European civilization, social security, argues Belgian writer Geert Van Istandael.
15 January 2013 –
NRC Handelsblad
(Amsterdam)
Article:
A human face for the euro
What has shades of grey, brown and green and folds up to fit in your pocket? The more unhappy or caustic among you may be […]
11 January 2013 –
Presseurop
Economy:
Merkel shepherds us away from the fiscal cliff
The last minute negotiations in Washington to avoid a budget shortfall show that short-termism is well grounded in US politics. And by contrast, it shows that despite her controversial handling of the euro crisis, the German chancellor is wise enough to instead push for long-term solutions.
3 January 2013 –
NRC Handelsblad
(Amsterdam)
New Year's Quiz:
40 trick questions about Europe
Three years of the euro crisis, 2013 is around the corner, and you still have some questions? So does essayist Hans Magnus Enzensberger. The outspoken critics of the Brussels bureaucracy has been inspired to draw up a quiz – with, of course, entirely objective questions. Have fun!
31 December 2012 –
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung
(Frankfurt)
2012 in cartoons:
Who said anything about inflation risk?
27 December 2012 –
Süddeutsche Zeitung
(Munich)
Debt crisis:
Europe survives the year
The year 2012 seemed pretty dangerous for the eurozone and the whole of the EU. But the worst did not come to pass, especially since Angela Merkel made concessions, which allowed Mario Draghi, President of the ECB to intervene. However, in 2013, Europeans will still have to remain vigilant.
21 December 2012 –
El País
(Madrid)
Banks:
Banking union comes a step closer
On November 29, the European Parliament adopted a draft text on banking union within the eurozone, giving the European Central Bank (ECB) the role of […]
30 November 2012 –
Presseurop
El País
ECB:
Eurozone leaders disregard democracy
On the sidelines of the Brussels budget summit on November 22 and 23, Eurozone leaders approved the appointment of Luxembourgian Yves Mersch to the board of the European Central Bank. But he was elected despite the European parliament voting against him, a move which highlights the EU's dysfunctional nature.
26 November 2012 –
La Tribune
(Paris)
Germany:
Goodbye euro, hello recession
What would happen if Germany left the euro? Economist Gustav Horn of the Hans-Böckler Foundation, which has close ties to trade unions, speculates on what would happen in the days following a German exit from the euro – and on what Germany's most popular euro-critic, Thilo Sarrazin, might also say.
14 November 2012 –
Die Zeit
(Hamburg)
Eurozone:
Mario Draghi tries to cajole Bundestag
His first words were: “It is a great honour” and “an exceptional privilege to speak to the Bundestag, the heart of German democracy.” On October […]
25 October 2012 –
Presseurop
Die Welt, Wirtschaftswoche
Society:
Power struggle over gender equality
“Commission divided over quotas for women”, announces Die Welt. On 23 October, the European executive failed to reach agreement on a project presented by Viviane […]
24 October 2012 –
Presseurop
Die Welt, Financial Times Deutschland, Financial Times Deutschland
European Council:
A minimalist summit
“The European Union sketches out some minimum agreements for the summit,” leads El País, covering the meeting of heads of state and EU governments in […]
17 October 2012 –
Presseurop
El País
Debt crisis:
Spanish banks main investors in national bonds
“Faced with the flight of foreign investors, banks are supporting sovereign debt auctions”, explains ABC, on the eve of an auction of state bonds and […]
3 October 2012 –
Presseurop
ABC
Eurozone:
The independent ECB is dead
The debt buyback programme announced by Mario Draghi is a sign of the European Central Bank's subjection to political power, laments the German press, which is alarmed by this new shift in European monetary policy.
7 September 2012 –
Presseurop
Eurozone:
Draghi saves the single currency
In announcing that the ECB will buy up the debt of countries in distress, Mario Draghi is compensating yet again for the inaction of European leaders. And he is standing up again as the one who is changing the rules of the game – exactly what we needed, rejoices El País.
7 September 2012 –
El País
(Madrid)
Article:
Today's front pages
This 7 September, most of the European press is leading with the European Central Bank announcement on "Outright Monetary Transactions" (OMT). This means it will […]
7 September 2012 –
Presseurop
Eurozone:
Draghi, the one true statesman
On 6 September, the European Central Bank President is expected to announce that his institution will attempt to resolve the Eurozone crisis by buring Spanish and Italian debt. Notwithstanding German opposition to this decision, Le Monde argues that it has the merit of defining a way forward for Europe.
3 September 2012 –
Le Monde
(Paris)
Banking Union:
Make ECB Europe’s bank watchdog, says Brussels
“The European Central Bank would be given sweeping authority over all 6,000 eurozone banks under a plan being drawn up by the European Commission, putting […]
31 August 2012 –
Presseurop
Financial Times, Les Echos
Eurozone crisis:
Mario Draghi — saviour or executioner?
The ECB will probably intervene, but states will have to ask for help first. The message delivered by the President of the European Central Bank raises serious reactions in the European press, which questions whether Draghi really has the power or not.
3 August 2012 –
Presseurop
Eurozone:
The day we’ll find out what Germany wants
The meeting of the European Central Bank of August 2 has been declared crucial for Spain and Italy, who are waiting for help. This will be the moment we find out who in Germany — be it the Chancellor or the President of the Bundesbank — is to decide on its position on the crisis.
1 August 2012 –
La Vanguardia
(Barcelona)
Eurozone:
Mario Draghi — bluff or balm for the crisis?
In stating that “the ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to save the euro,” its president has sent a positive signal to markets, believes the European press. In the absence of clarification, though, it is difficult to know the effects over the long run.
27 July 2012 –
Presseurop
Spain:
ECB is making things worse
What with market pressures, nationwide anti-austerity demonstrations and regional government on the brink of financial collapse: the Spanish government doesn’t have much room for manoeuvre. And the ECB seems to be doing everything to force a full bail-out with outside supervision, laments an ABC writer.
23 July 2012 –
ABC
(Madrid)
Eurozone crisis :
Latin euro or German rescue ?
“The financial credibility of Spain is close to zero,” writes Ambrose Evans Pritchard in the Daily Telegraph — Fiscal credibility is zero. Political credibility […]
23 July 2012 –
Presseurop
The Daily Telegraph, Handelsblatt
European Union:
Power struggle for control of banks
"English level: fluent in business English". That will have to be on the CV of anyone who wants to run a bank in Europe if […]
16 July 2012 –
Presseurop
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Ireland:
Ballyhea protestors go to Frankfurt
Every Sunday, after mass, the citizens of Ballyhea in southern Ireland march silently from one end of their tiny village to the other. Their protest […]
7 June 2012 –
Presseurop
Irish Examiner
European Council:
There are alternatives to the fiscal compact
The new treaty signed by 25 member states in Brussels on March 2 is supposed to create a new era of fiscal responsibility and economic union, but it is half-baked and reinforces the EU’s undemocratic credentials, argues a British columnist.
2 March 2012 –
The Independent
(London)
Article:
Bundesbank lectures ECB
"The Bundesbank is demanding better guarantees from the ECB," concludes German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung from a letter sent by the President of the German […]
1 March 2012 –
Presseurop
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Eurozone crisis:
Draghi buries European social model
At a time when the ECB is preparing to write a further €500 billion cheque for the banks, the ECB President has declared that over-indebted countries will have no option but to implement draconian austerity policies if they are to overcome the crisis. Shocking words, which, French business daily La Tribune argues, are nonetheless justified.
27 February 2012 –
La Tribune
(Paris)
Eurozone crisis:
Save the ECB from the danger of Greece
A Greek default can still not be ruled out, and it would place the European Central Bank in considerable danger. To avoid this, states should pay up and provide guarantees, believes economist Melvyn Krauss.
2 February 2012 –
De Tijd
(Antwerp)
Eurozone crisis:
Save the euro – get rid of Germany
By foisting fiscal austerity on its Eurozone partners while stubbornly refusing an enhanced role for the ECB, and greater mutual support on national debt, Germany is a greater hindrance than a help to the single currency, argues Anatole Kaletsky.
27 January 2012 –
The Times
(London)
Debt crisis:
ECB brings some relief to the banks
“Mario Draghi dresses up as Santa Claus,” writes La Tribune. On December 21 the President of the European Central Bank (ECB) made available a line […]
22 December 2011 –
Presseurop
Article:
What now?
One of the constants of this crisis in the euro zone is that one never knows if the last-chance summits have managed to save the […]
9 December 2011 –
Presseurop
Eurozone crisis:
Neither Paris nor Berlin, but Frankfurt...
German proposals for greater discipline in the Eurozone have not been enthusiastically welcomed in France, where several Germanophobic comments have highlighted one incontrovertible reality: the French are very well disposed towards Europe, but on condition that it is a French Europe, remarks a Les Echos columnist.
5 December 2011 –
Les Echos
(Paris)
Article:
Euro at a turning point
Ratings for all European countries are at risk, warned Moody's on November 28. The warning comes at a time when Italy is under heavy pressure from the markets and proposals for solving the crisis are proliferating. But it may already be too late, worries the European press.
28 November 2011 –
Presseurop
Eurozone crisis:
Only Eurobonds can save us
The measure demanded by most European partners and supported by the European Commission still meets with stiff opposition from Germany. But Berlin cannot indefinitely block the launch of Eurobonds, which increasingly appear to be the only solution to the debt crisis.
24 November 2011 –
El Mundo
(Madrid)
Debt crisis:
The ECB has only to say the word
There is a simple way to resolve the Eurozone crisis: the European Central Bank just has to state that it will be the lender of last resort for European states. But this solution, which has the support of many economists, is rejected by the ECB — a doctrinaire position, which a Le Monde columnist deplores.
14 November 2011 –
Le Monde
(Paris)
Jury is out on Trichet’s record
As the President of the European Central Bank steps down from an institution that has become an essential anchor for the single currency, the European press wonders about the legacy of his eight-year mandate.
31 October 2011 –
Presseurop
ITALY:
Two men and a euro
28 October 2011 –
The Economist
(London)
Article:
Zero hour for the euro has come
The extraordinary summit held in Brussels on October 26 is considered crucial by the European press. But whether it's about rescuing Greece or saving the single currency itself, it's a sense of unease that dominates.
26 October 2011 –
Presseurop
ECB:
What it would have cost without Trichet
Accused at times of excessive timidity, at times of trespassing on the preserve of states, the governor of the European Central Bank has, on balance, been able to hold the euro steady and, so far, to avoid getting swept away by the crisis.
6 October 2011 –
El País
(Madrid)
Debt crisis:
End of the age of stability
The resignation of the ECB’s chief economist, Juergen Stark, accelerates a trend that the Germans do not want to fess up to, writes the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: The end of the policy of stability at any cost to avoid state bankruptcy.
12 September 2011 –
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
(Frankfurt)
Debt crisis:
Family ties
6 September 2011 –
Het Parool
(Amsterdam)
Debt crisis:
What can Greece do now?
Everyone now grasps that the Greek government cannot reduce its debt as promised, and the news has rattled the financial markets. In Athens there’s a feeling of helplessness in the air, as captured in this editorial in To Ethnos.
6 September 2011 –
To Ethnos
(Athens)
Debt crisis:
ECB in the Italian trap
Faced with the risk of Italian default, the European Central Bank opted to provide support for Italy’s sovereign bonds in exchange for a commitment from Rome that it would rapidly implement of a package of austerity measures. Now the Berlusconi government’s failure to take decisive action is seriously threatening the credibility of the ECB.
6 September 2011 –
Il Sole-24 Ore
(Milan)
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