Faisal Islam
Super Mario: unemployment the unavoidable price
Is unemployment a price worth paying for keeping the euro on the road? I put the question to ECB President Mario Draghi.
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Faisal Islam
Draghi’s backdoor bailout of Spain
If Spain accepts the humiliation of some outside oversight, ECB President Mario Draghi may have come up with an offer that allows the Eurozone to stagger through the all-important German elections next year.
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Faisal Islam
Super Mario floods euro banks with cash. But then breaks Brussels’ summit boiler
Whilst the world’s attention has been focused understandably on a supposed “deal” emerging at the European Council summit in Brussels, I have just witnessed an extraordinary press conference from the President of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt.
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Stock markets drop as ECB dashes traders’ expectations
Stock markets plunged and the cost of borrowing in Spain and Italy went up as the European Central Bank President Mario Draghi disappointed markets with a non-committal press conference.
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Spain ‘should have acted earlier over Bankia’
Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, criticises Spain for underestimating the problems faced by Bankia, the troubled nationalised bank.
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Europeans will face economic challenges this winter because of Russia, says political scientist
As Russia toys with Europe over gas supplies, the last thing the EU wants at this time is instability within its own ranks.
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Former Italian PM Matteo Renzi talks about causing a political crisis
Matteo Renzi hasn’t been prime minister of Italy for more than four years, but he still has the power to bring his successors down.
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Greece: markets are more worried about China
The no vote in Greece may be causing political shock and awe but stock markets in Europe reacted with relative calm this morning. The same, however, can’t be said for what has been happening in China.
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Paul Mason
Greece crisis: a failure of economics in the face of politics
The IMF’s report yesterday got swamped amid the gloom, despondency and fractiousness of the Greek crisis. It said, in short, Greece’s debt has become unsustainable.
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Matt Frei
After Greece, can the EU remain the world’s most popular club?
Greece may only represent a fraction of Europe’s economy. But in everything else that can’t be easily measured by the IMF or ECB, it represents to much more.
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Greece crisis: last-minute talks for a bailout deal
As the midnight deadline for Greece to repay ¬1.6bn fast approaches, last-minute efforts are underway to avert a chain of events that could lead to Grexit.
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Paul Mason
Greece – five pictures of a troubled country
Ahead of a crucial meeting on the Greece debt crisis on Monday, Paul Mason presents a special long-read, offering five pictures of the country.
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Paul Mason
Greek crisis: crunch time
The country will divide: right versus left – as it has been divided since British tanks rolled into Syntagma Square in 1944 to install former Nazi collaborators into office.
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Paul Mason
Eurozone summit: the Greeks could face a fateful decision on Euro
Today is the Greek equivalent of Gettysburg. After the ECB agreed to extend emergency lending for Greek banks for only a few days, the Greeks have until tonight to reach a compromise deal.
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Paul Mason
Greece: the Samson Strategy
The battle over Greek debt comes down to politicians versus central bankers – and who is willing to call Syriza’s bluff.
