The European Union is often derided for policy confusion and speaking with a multitude of voices - but sometimes it’s not the EU’s fault, it’s the fault of one of the member-states. Take the idea of setting up a European Monetary Fund. This emerged as a serious possibility for the first...
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on 03-11-2010
Filed under: Economic policy, Financial crisis, Germany, euro, france, Angela Merkel, financial regulation, European Central Bank, European Monetary Fund
The Federal Statistics Office today announced a fall in German exports for the month of January, with the cold weather being attributed to the fall, according to analysts.
Exports in January fell by 6.3% on the month to €67.9 billion, while imports grew by 6% to €59.2 billion.
As a result, Germany’s...
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Finance
on 03-10-2010
Filed under: All Financial News, Economy News, fall, Germany, January, exports, China, growth, imports, trade surplus, cold weather
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on 03-10-2010
Filed under: All Financial News, Economy News, Germany, February, exports, China, growth, recovery, imports, impressive, trade surplus
I take it that everyone has seen the insulting picture on the cover of the February 22 edition of Focus, a lightweight German news magazine? Under the headline ”Swindlers in the euro family”, it shows the Venus de Milo statue, a monument of ancient Greek civilisation, sticking up a middle...
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on 03-09-2010
Filed under: Italy, Economic policy, Financial crisis, Britain, Germany, euro, European monetary union, Greece, debt crisis, Günter Grass, national insults