Category: Europe
EU Commission forecast
Paul Sweeney 07/05/2010
Paul Sweeney: The European Commission today published its economic forecast for the European Economy including the Eurozone members (different colour …
Lessons from Greece
Michael Burke 28/04/2010
Michael Burke: Irish Economy has a thread on the impact on Ireland on the decision to downgrade Greece and Portugal. The credibility of the ratings' …
Ich bin ein Berliner
Slí Eile 20/04/2010
Slí Eile: Garret got it wrong on 'Hiring economic advisers would have been government's smartest investment' He wrote: In particular, there is no …
Ireland still off course on deflationary path to nowhere
Slí Eile 18/03/2010
Slí Eile: The assessment by the European Commission makes for chilling reading. It states: … Despite five consolidation packages adopted since …
Radical options for EU reform
Slí Eile 16/03/2010
Slí Eile: In a thoughtful, radical and no doubt controversial assessment of EU economic policy Irish Left Review has cited a report: Eurozone …
Options for future economic policy in the EU
Slí Eile 16/03/2010
Slí Eile: I very much agree with Paul Sweeney, writing on this blog site recently It seems to me that we need more effective EU institutions. We …
EU 2020 Strategy
Paul Sweeney 01/03/2010
Paul Sweeney: The European Commission’s Europe 2020 Strategy is an important long term plan. It replaces the Lisbon Agenda, another long term plan. …
EU calls on Greek population to tighten belts to support wealthy Greek tax dodgers
Michael Burke 19/02/2010
Michael Burke: Tactical manoeuvring is continuing among European governments to decide exactly how much of the bill will be picked up by who for the …
With friends like these (once more on Greece)
Michael Burke 13/02/2010
Michael Burke: There are widespread reports including here, that the meeting of European Finance Ministers will agree to a series of measures aimed …
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