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The claim that crises strengthen Europe may be over-familiar, but it should not be dismissed, even in this crisis. For lots of reasons, there is a widespread preoccupation...

A new president for Notre Europe. António Vitorino has taken over as president of Notre Europe, the Paris-based think-tank founded by Jacques Delors, the former...

Economist and banker mourned as "great European". Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, a former finance minister of Italy, member of the executive board of the European Central Bank, and...

Leading economists say mechanism is needed to cope with serious market disruption. Germany has come under increased pressure to agree to the EU setting up a permanent...

International institutions are willing to release more money to Greece after the country makes a “strong” start to its reform programme. The Greek government has earned...

If recent polls are anything to go by, Italy's general election on 13-14 April will produce a centre-right majority and hand Silvio Berlusconi a third period as prime...

Financial stability will inevitably be high on the agenda when EU finance ministers and central bank governors meet for an informal economic and financial affairs council in...

If the morning of 20 March had again seen branches of a leading British bank besieged by worried savers, the banking system and economy could have suffered a crippling blow....

The ongoing international financial crisis should compel policymakers to re-examine financial regulatory frameworks. Some are tempted to see the crisis as a recurrent...

In the gap between the fall of one Italian government and the establishment of another, there was a degree of uncertainty as to how ministers should respond. Tommaso...

Next week (14-15 December), while EU leaders are in Brussels grappling with Turkey and energy policy, an American delegation led by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will...

The European Commission is on course for a clash with the Italian government over Rome's attempts to block the proposed acquisition of Autostrade, the firm operating most...

EU finance ministers will meet in Luxembourg next week amid growing concern at the state of eurozone public finances. Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, chairman...

Being president of the Notre Europe think-tank is fast becoming the post of choice for high-achievers wishing to keep their career on an upward path. After leaving the...

Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, the 65-year-old Italian who now has oversight of international accounting standards, has described convergence between European and American standards...

Wolfgang Mayrhuber, CEO and chairman of the executive board of Lufthansa, will be chairman of the Association of European Airlines for 2006. He takes over from Fernando...

EUROPE should set up its own forum to keep watch on financial stability across the continent in the aftermath of the Enron crisis, top regulators and bankers agreed yesterday...

THE chairman of the parliamentary committee which oversees the European Central Bank says speculation over when its pres-ident, Wim Duisenberg, will quit is hurting the value...

TWO Commissioners and an executive board member of the European Central Bank took part in last weekend's secretive Bilderberg summit of the world's 'power elite'. Spokesmen...

SINGLE Market Commissioner Frits Bolkestein this week announced plans to consult widely on changes to investment services rules. Revising the guidelines is one of the...