Friday, 11 May 2012

eu reform treaty
Francois Hollande threatens to block eurozone's new financial treaty
Telegraph.co.uk
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, on Thursday told France that there was no alternative to spending cuts and painful deficit cutting measures, warning that "growth through debt" would take Europe back to square one. But BenoƮt Hamon, spokesman for ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
How the euro zone will try to bring Greece back into line
Washington Post (blog)
The first strategy was employed in 2009 when the Irish first rejected the Lisbon Treaty reformingthe European Union. Subsequently, when a few meaningless revisions were added to the Treaty, the Irish voters adopted it in a second referendum.
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UK Tories and Lib-Dems insist no retreat on austerity in Queen's speech
World Socialist Web Site
The unofficial Conservative Home web site published an alternative Queen's speech, containing contributions from former ministers such as John Redwood and David Davies, demanding a referendum on British membership on the European Union, a further ...
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Owen Jones: This austerity backlash across Europe could transform Britain
The Independent
Those calling for a "No" in the upcoming Irish referendum on the EU Treaty – slammed as an "Austerity Treaty" by opponents – feel momentum is on their side, too. "The people of France, the people of Greece are against the policies of austerity and it ...
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Now it is Ireland's turn to reject the austerity fantasy
The Guardian (blog)
The fiscal treaty will provide the bedrock for recovery and future stability, while a no vote could prove catastrophic, placing the country outside the European stability mechanism (ESM) – the EU lifeline to debt-ridden states – and thus unable to fund ...
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The Guardian (blog)