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Economics Europe

Op-Ed: Now is the time to address the EU’s structural problems

Southern Europe is now the target of easy criticism of its work ethic. But the region’s problems are not necessarily a consequence of bad economic management, but of wider structural

Economics Europe

Portugal faces an impossible task, expect a second bailout

It is becoming an infamously familiar chain of events in the Eurozone; public debt mounts, markets react, volatility and uncertainty rule while negotiations take place, a bailout with strings attached

Economics Europe

Cyprus: Now the real work begins

 “Last month Cyprus agreed to a € 10bn bailout from the IMF and ECM, which has relieved considerable short-term stress on the national banking system, as well as calming investor fears