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G7 at Schloss-Elmau: Thanks, TTIP!

9 June 2015 – Süddeutsche Zeitung (Munich)
Economy: Europe’s misplaced arrogance

Ahead of this month’s meeting of G20 finance ministers in Moscow, Europe is waving an admonishing finger at the United States, Japan and China. A very misplaced act, given the fact that the eurozone crisis is far from over.

15 July 2013 – Knack (Brussels)
Tax Evasion: G8 endorses timid progress

"G8: progress in the fight against tax evasion sums up French business daily Les Echos, at the close of the June 17-18 summit, which saw […]

19 June 2013 – Presseurop Les Echos
G20 / EU: Europe has no monopoly on democracy

During the G20 summit in Los Cabos, an indignant Jose Manuel Barroso declared that Europe had not come to Mexico get any tutoring in democracy from emerging states. The European Union, however, not only suffers from a democratic deficit, but lacks legitimacy in the eurocrisis. A look outside the box cannot hurt here, writes a Belgian editor.

20 June 2012 – De Standaard (Brussels)
G20: Monti denies EFSF rescue is “bailout”

Rumours have been rife for weeks, but it’s the British Daily Telegraph, at the close of the G20 summit in Mexico, that has smashed the taboo, revealing that Spain and Italy are on the verge of bailout. But is Mario Monti’s plan to use EFSF money to buy up debt really a bailout?

20 June 2012 – Presseurop
G20: No option but change for crisis Europe

In general, G20 meetings are distinguished by a polite facade of good feeling. […] However, this was not the case at the G20 […]

20 June 2012 – Presseurop La Stampa, La Vanguardia
G20: Europe’s place

19 June 2012 – L’Echo (Brussels)
G8: Spurring growth will be a huge task

At the G8 in Camp David, the richest countries have agreed to boost growth, particularly in Europe. This requires a radical change in tack from the austerity policies pushed so far. Are the leaders ready?

21 May 2012 – El País (Madrid)
Davos summit: UK leaders hit out at Germany and France

“Cameron attacks Eurozone,” headlines the Financial Times, after the British PM has delivered what the London daily terms “a firm rebuke” to Germany at the […]

27 January 2012 – Presseurop Financial Times
Eurozone crisis: Davos ski-lift

25 January 2012 – 24 heures (Lausanne)
Eurozone crisis: The democratic model

7 November 2011 – NRC Handelsblad (Amsterdam)
G20: Italy falls under IMF tutelage

"The Great and Good’s ultimatum to Italy", headlines La Repubblica, revealing that at the G20 in Cannes "the Italian government has accepted IMF supervision over […]

4 November 2011 – Presseurop La Repubblica
G20: Here comes China

2 November 2011 – L'Hebdo (Lausanne)
G8: Silvio all alone

25 May 2011 – Le Vif/L’Express (Brussels)
ECONOMIC CRISIS: Crucial five days

"High-tension week in the world of finance," headlines La Tribune, reporting on major events on the agenda over the next few days. In the debt […]

23 May 2011 – Presseurop La Tribune
European Union | United States: Let's end the transatlantic squabble

After a “golden age” of coordinated reaction to the bank crisis, European and US economic policies are diverging again. And this dearth of policy coordination is threatening the stability of the recovery. The EU-US summit in Lisbon on 20 November will be a chance to re-establish a transatlantic entente – an opportunity that had better not be passed up.

11 November 2010 – Il Sole-24 Ore (Milan)
Austerity: Europe's medecine could cure America

European austerity measures have come in for much criticism from US economists. According to Melvyn Krauss, this betrays a misunderstanding of Europe's economy and consumption patterns. Instead of criticizing Europe, America would do well to adopt similar tactics.

13 July 2010 – NRC Handelsblad (Amsterdam)
Finance: States vs markets: an unfair fight

Since the crisis broke in 2008, the nation-state has been overwhelmed by new players in a changing world. The EU 27, bereft of political leadership, are the case in point.

8 July 2010 – El País (Madrid)
G8 / G20: Another dead-end summit

Marked by the EU-US divide over the best way out of the crisis, the Toronto G20 spurned Europe’s proposals to tax banks and regulate markets. The only consensus reached was on deficit reduction – an objective championed by the EU 27.

28 June 2010 – Presseurop ()
Article: Some do’s and don’t

Next week the world will be surfing on waves launched by two consecutive summits — today’s G8 in Huntsville, and this weekend’s G20 in Toronto. […]

25 June 2010 – Presseurop
Diplomacy: Why the EU won’t stand up at G20

At the summit meeting of the world’s leading economies on 26 and 27 June, France and Germany intend to put forth European proposals on bank regulation. But by threatening maverick action, they run the risk of marooning themselves.

25 June 2010 – Público (Lisbon)
European Council: Economic governance will have to wait

At the 17 June summit in Brussels, the EU 27 laid the foundations for “economic governance” aimed at closer economic policy coordination. But they fell short of setting up a bona fide joint management of economic affairs – and intend to levy a controversial bank tax, recaps the European press.

18 June 2010 – Presseurop ()
Finance: Banks holding out against regulation

It’s a “winners-of-the-crisis get-together”, leads Die Presse today, as the Institute of International Finance (IIF) opens its Spring Membership Meeting in Vienna. The object of […]

9 June 2010 – Presseurop Die Presse
After Lisbon (2): Europe’s plot to take over the world

Strengthened by Ireland’s ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, the European Union, it is argued, may now be on the verge of becoming a global superpower. The way to achieve this ambition, notes Gideon Rachman in the Financial Times, is in using the new platform that the G20 offers.

7 October 2009 – Financial Times (London)
After Lisbon (1): Waiting for the European Washington

Ireland's "Yes" to the Lisbon Treaty has relaunched speculation about the identity of the future President of the European Union. However, writing in Le Monde, Arnaud Leparmentier takes the view that the quest for a leader with the charisma to unite Europe's 27 member states, who are unable to speak with one voice, may well be in vain.

6 October 2009 – Le Monde (Paris)
Article: From Pittsburgh to Lisbon

Voters are going to the polls this weekend in two European countries. But even as we traverse the worst economic crisis in half a century, […]

25 September 2009 – Presseurop
Economic growth: Happiness is the new GDP

Twelve months into the economic crisis, a commission chaired by Economics Nobel Prize laureate Joseph Stiglitz is advocating the widespread use of a new economic performance indicator, which does a better job of measuring the well-being of populations. France wants Europe to take note of the commission's report.

15 September 2009 – Le Monde (Paris)
Article: Next stop Copenhagen

Three months shy of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference (COP15), Europe is gearing up to lead the fight against global warming. On 10 September the […]

11 September 2009 – Presseurop
Transatlantic Relations: Obama is no miracle worker

A report published on the same day as the first 9/11 commemoration of the Obama era shows that Europeans are much more likely to approve of America than they did during the reign of President Bush, but it also notes that enthusiasm for Obama is not as strong in Central and Eastern European countries.

11 September 2009 – Presseurop ()
Banks: Where's the profit in a bonus clampdown?

Paris, Berlin and London have agreed to defend a plan to regulate bankers' pay at the next G20 summit. However, the European press takes the view that, although there is widespread popular support for the measure, the bonus clampdown will have little impact on the economy.

4 September 2009 – Presseurop ()
Bank bonuses: Gordon Brown’s original idea

Gordon Brown believes that tough action is needed “to clamp down on excessive remuneration for bankers,” reports the Financial Times on its front page. Hot […]

1 September 2009 – Presseurop Financial Times
Finance: France seeks allies for G20 summit

In response to an invitation from German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Nicolas Sarkozy is to visit Berlin on 31 August to prepare for the G20 which […]

31 August 2009 – Presseurop Le Figaro
tax havens: Liechtenstein prince angers German Jews

The Independent reports that Liechtenstein has angered German Jews by using the Holocaust as an excuse not to tighten its banking regulations. "We and Switzerland […]

18 August 2009 – Presseurop The Independent
Finance: Bank bonuses bounce back

Back in February, France's banks were proud to respond to the financial crisis by adopting a code of conduct advocated by the European Union and […]

6 August 2009 – Presseurop Les Echos
International Aid: G8 stingy with Africa

Generous when it comes to saving the economy of their own countries,the G8 are stingy when it comes to Africa. Following the recent gathering at […]

13 July 2009 – Presseurop Corriere della Sera
Globalization: G8 needs a gee up

Haphazard organization, inconsistent agenda, the Italian PM’s derelict leadership: the G8 now getting under way in L'Aquila, Italy, is the object of widespread and acerbic criticism. “The summit is no longer representative of the current economic scene,” objects Brazilian president Lula in an interview with Le Monde. More generally, the European press wonders whether the G8 still serves any purpose at all.

8 July 2009 – Presseurop
Cartoon: Rainer Hachfeld, Neues Deutschland (Berlin)

7 July 2009 – Presseurop
Security: Italy suspends Schengen ahead of G8

One minute after midnight on Saturday, Italy suspended the Schengen Agreement, bringing back border controls at airports and ports, reports the Corriere della Sera. This […]

29 June 2009 – Presseurop Corriere della Sera

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