Saturday, March 3, 2012

National Politics and the European Fiscal Crisis

Despite EU leaders coming to agreement on new measures to handle the Euro crisis, countries like Spain and Ireland are taking actions on their own to deal with their domestic issues and constituencies.

The latest on Spain from the Irish Times "Spain says it will ignore this year's EU bet target": http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2012/0303/1224312713374.html

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has managed to weather the storm so far, maintaining her popularity with the Germany public:  http://www.businessinsider.com/why-germans-still-love-angela-merkel-2012-3

Portugal's president says "new" poor can't take more austerity measures:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/29/portugal-austerity-idUSL5E8DT5EV20120229

Ireland and the referendum: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/02/28/uk-europe-ireland-referendum-idUKTRE81R1W420120228

...and I can't resist one more story on Greece:  http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/01/opinion/greece-democracy/index.html?hpt=ieu_mid

No comments:

Post a Comment