The European debt crisis in 2011 developed in such a way that some analysts now argue that the European Union is facing an existential crisis. EUX.TV Producer Laura Fernandez compiled key soundbites from the year that is now ending and

Speaking after the EU-Russia summit, President of ~Russia’s Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, on Thursday stated that Russia will offer Europe financial aid in order to help stabilize the European Union and the euro. “Russia will continue reinforcing financial stability of the

In a joint press conference, President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, on Thursday expressed his concerns over the transparency of the recent Russian elections. “We are concerned about irregularities and lack of fairness”, Mr. Van Rompuy said. For

Speaking at the European Parliament’s plenary session, president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, stated that the demands made by UK’s PM, David Cameron, during last week’s euro summit would harm the European market and, therefore, they were “impossible”

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President of the European Parliament, Jersy Buzek, on Friday told journalists in a press conference that, despite the UK’s veto to a fully fleshed treaty change, the agreement on an intergovernmental treaty showed a stronger and more united European Union.

President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, on Friday told journalists in a press conference that the 17 members of the euro zone are making big efforts to support the common currency. However, Mr. Barroso pointed out that they

President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, on Friday told journalists in a press conference that the 17 members of the euro zone have agreed on a new European fiscal rule to be transposed in national legislation. “It is

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President of the European Parliament, Jersy Buzek, on Friday told journalists in a press conference that, despite the UK’s veto to a fully fleshed treaty change, the agreement on an intergovernmental treaty showed a stronger and more united European Union.

Speaking in a press conference after 10 hours of negotiations, David Cameron, Uk’s Prime Minister, on Friday told journalists that the new intergovernmental treaty is not in Britain’s interest. Mr. Cameron added that eurozone members should solve their problems inside

After long hours of negotiations, president of the ECB, Mario Draghi, on Friday told journalists waiting outside the European Council that the agreement on a new treaty was “a very good outcome for euro members”.

After long hours of negotiations, IMF Managing Director, Christine Lagarde, on Friday told journalists waiting outside the European Council that member states have agreed on a “more consolidated fiscal union”. “We will accelerate the European Stability mechanism and add to

EU leaders gathered in Brussels agreed on a new treaty to tighten fiscal discipline in the eurozone and address the bloc’s debt problems. The treaty, an intergovernmental agreement outside the EU legal framework, will be drafted by March 2012 and

Speaking at the EPP’s Congress in Marseille on Thursday, President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, said that “we need to ensure that there is a budget constituency at EU level, so this is not a Brussels’ dictatorship, on

Speaking to at the Council doorstep, newly elected Belgium’s PM said: “What is most important at this summit is to find a solution for all European citizens and to make sure that the spirit of solidarity will prevail, between member

Jyrki Katainen, Finland’s Prime Minister, on Thursday told journalists waiting outside the European Council that Finland is “in favour of a treaty change”. However, Mr. Katainen added that a treaty amendments are not “the only way to get stricter rules”.

On her arrival at the EU Summit on Thursday, Denmark’s Prime minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, told journalists waiting outside the building that “they are open to treaty changes”. Incoming search terms:european council treaty change 30 january

Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, on Thursday told journalists waiting outside the European Council said Europe needs to deal with its debts “to prevent this kind of crisis in the future”. We need to do everything to ensure that automatic

Christine Lagarde, Managing chief of the INternational Monetary Fund, on Thursday toiled journalists waiting outside the European Council that EU leaders “have a lot of work to do”. She added that efforts to solve the current sovereign debt crisis should

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Speaking to at the Council doorstep on Thursday, UK’s Prime Minister, David Cameron, said that eurozone’s stability is very important for both Europe and the United Kingdom. “We need to protects Britain’s interests, these are my aims and what we

Speaking in a press conference in Frankfurt, President of the European central Bank, Mario Draghi, on Thursday announced that the ECB will cut interest rates to 1%. Mr. Draghi also added that inflation is likely to stay above 2%.

In an interview with EurActiv’s Managing Editor, Daniela Vincenti, the Socialists and Democrats Groups’s leader, Martin Schulz, said that all groups in the European Parliament are “against a treaty change”. The Social-democrat also added that one of his major tasks

President of the European Commission, Jose manuel Barroso, on Thursday called for more unity in order to save the euro. Ahead of the EU Summit, Mr. Barroso also urged EU leaders to forget about national problems and propose “European solutions”

Around 50 thousand trade union members marched across Brussels on Friday to protest against austerity measures. In response to the current financial crisis, the newly formed Belgian government agreed last week to cut public spending by 11 billion euros and

President of European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, on Monday described US-EU summit as “very useful”. “We are real partners”, Van Rompuy said referring to US-EU relations. Incoming search terms:barroso ashton obama november 2011van rompuy and usavan rompuy is evilvan rompuy

U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday showed his full support in helping the euro zone solve its current debt crisis. The American president also added that troubles in Europe make it harder “to create jobs in the US”.

Highlights from the EurActiv Debate on the European employment crisis. This event was organized by Fondation EurActiv and hosted by MEP Pervenche Beres. It was made possible with support from EuroCiett. The recovery from the financial and economic crisis has

President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, on Wednesday unveiled the Commission’s new proposal to issue eurobonds as opposed to national issuance by the 17 members of the euro zone. With this new plan, Mr. Barroso expects to decrease

taly’s Prime Minister, Mario Monti, on Tuesday reassured the EU that Italy is on the right track to achieve the commitments agreed during Euro Summit talks on 26th and 27th of October. After a meeting with president of the European

Greek Prime Minister, Lucas Papademos, on Monday reiterated that Greece will implement all the reforms agreed during the European Council Summit last month. Speaking in a press conference in Brussels, the Greek premier also said that “there is no doubt

Speaking in a press conference on Wednesday in Lisbon, officials from the so-called Troika (EC-IMF-ECB) said that Portugal is taking the necessary steps to meet the conditions of its 78bn bailout programme. “We are very satisfied with the government’s commitment

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President of the Euro group, Jean-Claude Juncker, on Wednesday said that the opinions that come out of the Council should be looked at “more closely”. “Now it’s not only about budget management.”, Juncker said. Incoming search terms:financialtools1 blo gspot com

President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, on Wednesday admitted that the eurozone needs more integration in order to solve the current sovereign debt crisis. He also suggested that member states should sacrifice more sovereignty to Brussels. “Euro area

Speaking during a European parliament debate on Wednesday in Strasbourg, president of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, called for a more integrated economic union. Van Rompuy suggested that there is a need for ” harmonization in a certain areas

President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, on Monday said that Greece will have the support of the EU if they “respect the commitments agreed”. Incoming search terms:barroso 15 novemberbarroso greece has to respect committmentsi have to respect the

President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, on Monday showed his support to the new prime minister of Italy, Mario Monti. Barroso said that Monti is “an extremely competent person and an expert on European issues”, as well as

European Council President Herman van Rompuy on Thursday addressed the current economic and financial challenges facing the euro countries and the rest of the European Union during a keynote speech at the 2011 Euro Summit organized by The Lisbon Council

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Prof. Henrik Enderlein (Hertie School) chaired a lively roundtable discussion at the 2011 Dahrendorf Symposium on the financial and Euro crisis. Mario Monti (former European Commissioner, University of Milano), Sylvie Goulard (Member of the European Parliament), Prof. Fritz W. Scharpf

European Commissioner Olli Rehn, responsible for financial and economic affairs, on Thursday confirmed that the European economy has entered into a double-dip scenario as a result of the souvereign debt crisis. Rehn warned that the eurozone could slip into “a

By APTN, via YouTube: Lucas Papademos, former Vice President at the European Central Bank, was named Thursday as the prime minister of the new Greek interim government, charged with keeping the debt-strapped country out of bankruptcy and firmly in the

By Reuters: Talks to pick a new Greek prime minister broke down Wednesday evening, hours after a successor was expected to be named, throwing Greece closer to economic chaos.

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, the British finance minister, on Monday said that the European Union’s finance ministers need to convince the world that the ‘firewall’ for the eurozone is in place and that the debt troubles in

The European Union is sending a team of experts on a ‘technical mission’ to Rome to intensify the international monitoring of the Italian government’s budget. This was announced late on Monday by Olli Rehn, European Commission Vice President for the

European Commission’s vice-president for economic and monetary affairs and the euro Olli Rehn on Monday said that it is essential for Greece to restore confidence between their European partners by establishing a coalition government of national unity.

Greek finance minister Evangelos Venizelos on Monday told journalists at the European Council that Greece has a new government of national unity. He also highlighted that the new political situation in the Hellenic country is the “proof” of their “national