Spain

  • Jun 19, 2013
  • 7 min read

EU search for revenues may see 'Tobin tax' by 2014

Under the EU's 'enhanced cooperation procedure', eleven euro-area member states (Austria,...

EU
  • Jun 14, 2013
  • 7 min read

'Welfare tourism' fears may force EU showdown

EU ministers last week discussed a call from the governments of Austria, Germany, the Netherlands...

EU
  • Jun 10, 2013
  • 11 min read

EU institutions will play growing leadership role

Since the onset of the euro-area crisis, EU leaders have muddled through with a series of...

EU
  • Jun 4, 2013
  • 2 min read

Berlin-Madrid SMEs boost points to path out of crisis

Germany and Spain yesterday finalised a bilateral agreement whereby the German state-owned bank...

Spain
  • May 15, 2013
  • 2 min read

Poor first quarter growth belies talk of EU recovery

According to Eurostat's flash estimate today, GDP fell 0.1% in the EU and 0.2% in the euro-area...

EU
  • May 10, 2013
  • 6 min read

Euro-area debt rally will run into headwinds

Spanish and Italian benchmark borrowing costs are now at their lowest levels since the last...

EU
  • May 1, 2013
  • 2 min read

Rising EU unemployment will defy policy toolkit

Letta yesterday began a tour of Berlin, Paris, Brussels and Madrid to call for the promotion of...

EU
  • Apr 18, 2013
  • 2 min read

Euro-area political 'dead calm' will last until autumn

Germany's Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann said yesterday that the euro-area debt crisis will...

EU