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EUROPE
Germany has proved that it runs the show
and writes the rules. So why is France pushing for even deeper
integration?
Breaking
a Taboo: Plans for Euro-Zone Tax Take Shape – Spiegel
After the
Greek bailout disaster, Paris, Berlin and Brussels want to reform the euro zone by
creating an economic government and a special tax for the currency area. German
Finance Minister Schäuble is in favor, but Chancellor Merkel is skeptical.
Jean
Pisani-Ferry: Can the Euro Be Repaired? – Project
Syndicate
When
Wolfgang Schäuble, Germany’s finance minister, recently tabled the option of a
Greek exit from the euro, he wanted to signal that no member country could
abstain from the monetary union's rules. But his initiative triggered a much
broader discussion of the euro’s governance and the very rationale for its
existence.
Numerous
emergency summits have stabilized the continent’s outlook for at least the next
year, virtually eliminating the specter of a Grexit and lowering the prospect
of a British exit from the European Union. In other words, Europe’s near-term
outlook is not as pessimistic as many experts say.
Spring
2015 Standard Eurobarometer – EC
Eurobarometer:
Immigration now top issue for Europeans – Craig
Willy
Some
optimistic charts out of the euro area – FT
News In
Charts: Rouble Under Pressure As Oil Prices Fall – Alpha
Now
OTHER
The
invisible network that keeps the world running – The
Verge
Inside the
humungous, algorithmically controlled matrix that supplies most of what you own
FINNISH
Sano jotain, Paavo Lipponen – Kansan
Uutiset
Matti Vanhanen: Yhteiskuntasopimus olisi parempi kuin
devalvaatio – HS
"Yhteiskuntasopimus on parempi kuin devalvaatio, koska
se ei vaikuta kulutukseen kotimaassa."
Asiantuntijan lähtöuhkaus on hyvä asia – Peter
Nyberg
Vaara! Vihreitä miehiä Ahvenanmaalla! – Näin se voisi
tapahtua – SK
SK:n arkistoista: Kolme synkkää tulevaisuudenkuvaa Itämeren
alueelta. Miten Suomen johto reagoisi?