Europe

How Government Masks the Plight of Spain’s Lost Generation

by Don Quijones • Aug 9, 2014 • 4 Comments

Through crude use of statistics, the Spanish government makes a mockery out of tragedy.

The Old Continent’s Road to Ruin (Through Moscow)

by Don Quijones • Aug 7, 2014 • 6 Comments

Who will fold first? That’s the question in the escalating trade war that has already hit European and Russian companies and their economies.

Italy’s Economic ‘Recovery’ from Hell in One Chart

by Wolf Richter • Aug 6, 2014 • 1 Comment

As the Italian government refuses to pay its suppliers, thus strangling the private sector.

Russia Sanctions Exact Their Pound of Flesh – from Germany

by Wolf Richter • Aug 4, 2014 • 4 Comments

The powerful engine that is supposed to pull Europe out of its quagmire? It stalls as the sanctions hit. The “disaster of 2008” is evoked, then hastily denied.

To Launch Fracking in the UK, Property Owners get shafted

by Don Quijones • Aug 3, 2014 • 6 Comments

Millions of property owners in the UK face the prospect of drilling on their land, without their permission and without compensation.

Germany U-Turns, Torpedoes Corporate Sovereignty Charter in Trade Agreements With US and Canada, Resistance Grows

by Don Quijones • Aug 1, 2014 • 1 Comment

Germany has learned a lesson: it’s being hounded by a foreign corporation over its nuclear energy policy

Big Trouble in Catalonia, As Godfather of Independence Movement Confesses to Tax Evasion

by Don Quijones • Jul 29, 2014 • Comments Off on Big Trouble in Catalonia, As Godfather of Independence Movement Confesses to Tax Evasion

Just 103 days remain before Catalonia’s scheduled and already explosive referendum on independence from Spain, and now this.

Sanction Spiral Successful: German Exports to Russia Plunge

by Wolf Richter • Jul 29, 2014 • 1 Comment

European Council President Van Rompuy had a dream: the sanctions “should have a strong impact on Russia’s economy” but only “a moderate effect on EU economies.”

The Absurdity of Celebrating ‘Successes’ of Bailed-Out Banks

by Don Quijones • Jul 27, 2014 • Comments Off on The Absurdity of Celebrating ‘Successes’ of Bailed-Out Banks

The two deals expose the imperative to deny a bleak reality, on the principle that when banks win, we all win.

France’s Relentlessly Deteriorating Unemployment Fiasco

by Wolf Richter • Jul 26, 2014 • Comments Off on France’s Relentlessly Deteriorating Unemployment Fiasco

All is well in France, according to the soaring stock market. But beneath it lies a terrible reality.

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