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Diverging current account balances in the euro area
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While the current account of the euro area is broadly in balance, there are huge divergences among the member states. |
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What's the future of Spain's Popular Party
09.06.2008
By: Silvia Montero-Ramos
After losing twice in a row, Spain's opposition Popular Party is deeply split. This article presents some insights into Spanish opposition politics.
A tale of two countries
03.06.2008
By: Wolfgang Münchau
France is reforming, Germany is not only not reforming, but anti-reforming, with new minimum and soon perhaps maximum wages. So why is everybody so optimistic about Germany, and so pessimistic about France?
How strong are Spanish banks?
28.04.2008
By: Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort
Spain's banking sector may be strong, but it is taking a big hit by the property crisis at the moment. The real estate crisis will not be over until at least until 2010.
A Berlusconi-Sarkozy alliance in Europe?
17.04.2008
By: Richard Robert, Telos think tank
As French President Nicolas Sarkozy was among the first to congratulate the newly elected Italian leader, concern is growing on a possible Berlusconi-Sarkozy alliance in Europe. But even if both leaders have a common rhetoric on specific topics, such as monetary or immigration policy, their goals and strategies look different.