Paul Mason
Don’t pass new anti-poverty law, commission tells Greece
At less than 24 hours’ notice the European Commission has vetoed a key law set to be passed by the Greek parliament tomorrow.
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Faisal Islam
Pipelines, and deposit lines: a view from north Cyprus
In Turkish controlled northern Cyprus there is a sense of schadenfreude over the financial woes of its southern neighbour, but also that unifying the island is “back on the agenda”.
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Faisal Islam
Osborne has had a Thatcher handbag EU moment over Tobin Tax
So Berlusconi is off, possibly, but will it truly be the end of Bunganomics?
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Gary Gibbon
Is Berlusconi under economic house arrest?
The German political establishment sees Silvio Berlusconi as a catastrophic menace and perhaps the biggest single obstacle to world economic stability, writes Gary Gibbon. So what’s next at the G20 in Cannes?
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Faisal Islam
The EU’s big brother lends credibility to its southern cousins
On top of the decision to make around half a trillion euros available in loans and loan guarantees for Europe’s Mediterranean fiscal defences, probably the biggest factor was the Frankfurt based European Central Bank’s decision to buy eurozone government debt, writes Faisal Islam.