Go to the Content Saturday, 20 March 2010
Your search for "Finance" produced 218 items.
| 1. An unrealistic dream? | March 18, 2010 |
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Germany's finance minister appears to be dusting off his old idea of a core Europe. What are we to make of a leading European finance minister arguing that Europe needs to... | |
| 2. Long-lasting humiliation | March 11, 2010 |
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How might the emotional scars from sterling's exit from the European Monetary System in 1992 affect relations in the European Union in 2010? Anyone who hangs around Brussels... | |
| 3. Commission backs European Monetary Fund | March 8, 2010 |
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German finance minister to present fund proposals soon. The European Commission has said it supports creating a European Monetary Fund (EMF) to help eurozone countries... | |
| 4. Rehn in Greece to assess fiscal measures | March 1, 2010 |
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Economic and monetary affairs commissioner to meet ministers and central bankers. Olli Rehn, the European commissioner for economic and monetary affairs, will today meet... |
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| 5. Political banker | February 25, 2010 |
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Vítor Constâncio has gone from a being a revolutionary Socialist to joining the world's most conservative central bank. How exactly does a former leader of a... |
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| 6. Ministers back economic measures for Greece | February 16, 2010 |
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Troubled country must reduce its budget deficit by four percentage points this year. The finance ministers of the EU today adopted a list of structural reforms that Greece... |
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| 7. Greece attacks Commission over economic support | February 15, 2010 |
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Finance minister rejects call for immediate additional austerity measures. Greece today rejected calls for it to take immediate additional measures to convince markets that... |
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| 8. EU-US banking response | February 11, 2010 |
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Ministers to discuss how to deal with US banking plans. Finance ministers will next week (16 February) discuss how to co-ordinate their response to US plans to limit the... | |
| 9. Taking lessons from past failures | January 28, 2010 |
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Many anxious analyses have been spawned by the financial crisis of the past two years, but perhaps too little attention has been paid to the social and political fall-out... |
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| 10. Different ways to make the bankers pay | January 21, 2010 |
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Sweden proposes a fee to fund bail-outs but plan receives cautious response from ministers. European governments will attempt over the coming months to agree on how the... |
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| 11. Apollonian optimist | January 14, 2010 |
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The man with one of Europe's toughest jobs. Giorgos (George) Papaconstantinou is an optimist by nature – which is just as well for a Greek finance minister. Few – some... |
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| 12. Fiscal stimulus withdrawal and a Tobin tax | December 17, 2009 |
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EU leaders had money on their minds at the summit. Unsurprisingly, at the end of a year marked by profound financial and economic woes, EU leaders had money on their minds... |
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| 13. Eurogroup president set for another term | December 17, 2009 |
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Jean-Claude Juncker likely to be re-appointed when finance ministers elect president in January. Jean-Claude Juncker is likely to be re-appointed as president of the... |
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| 14. Sweden calls for climate finance pledge | December 3, 2009 |
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Sweden seeks pledges from member states on climate adaptation. The Swedish government wants next week's European Council to pledge to pay out billions of euros to help... | |
| 15. Deal on strengthening financial supervision | December 2, 2009 |
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Swedish presidency praises agreement but MEPs argue that reforms are too weak. Finance ministers agreed today on reforms to strengthen EU-level financial supervision. | |
| 16. Flexible minister | November 12, 2009 |
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Spain's finance minister has yet to show if she can escape from her boss's shadow. The victims of the financial crisis have included some of Europe's finance ministers. One... |
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| 17. Tonio's own goal | October 22, 2009 |
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Malta's finance minister in hot water over trip to watch Arsenal. Testing times for Tonio Fenech, the finance minister of Malta. Maltese men are genetically obliged to be... | |
| 18. Presidency pushes for financial reform | October 8, 2009 |
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Swedes hope for deal by end of the year but member states concerned about safeguard clause. The Swedish presidency of the EU believes it can secure agreement by the end of... |
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| 19. EU 'making progress' on climate deal | October 2, 2009 |
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Finance ministers confident after meeting on how much support should be given to developing countries. The Swedish government today declared that EU member... | |
| 20. Europe's banks pass the stress test | October 1, 2009 |
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Exercise was carried out to ensure that banks could not conceal a weak financial position. Finance minsters today claimed that Europe's major banks would be able to... | |
