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Welcome back to Europe? cafebabel editors size up Dominique Strauss-Kahn
On 23 August the French former head of the international monetary fund (IMF) walked free from criminal charges in New York accusing him of assaulting a hotel maid in mid-May. What would have happened to his French, German or Anglo-Saxon equivalent?
fmi, sex, new york, dominique strauss-kahn, politics, france
Greece crisis: lowdown on Germany's role, US credit agencies and more
Interview with French economist Céline Antonin ahead of the eurogroup summit on 7 May, where the attendees should confirm their €110 billion financial aid package to Greece, and the three burning questions arising from the crisis which also apply to the European union
fmi, eurozone, european central bank, european union, monetary union, stability and growth pact, economical crisis
The bleak Greek crisis: Europe's hardship sic Europe's hope
Good morning, Europe! Will you be saving the debt-mired Greece today? We're going to find out at the EU summit, which takes place in Brussels between 25 and 26 March. The Greek crisis has divided the European political and media landscape because it most prominently plays on the future of the sixteen-member eurozone. It also represents a fine threat for the young Greeks who are currently feeding the debate, and are a symbol in themselves of a Europe of PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain). The consensus is clear: somewhere, sometime soon, mentality has to change before the Greeks can make a stab at a new start
- Read the special edition The bleak Greek crisis: Europe's hardship sic Europe's hope
- Monetary union and media stress: young Greeks and Germans debate
- PIIGS unwelcome in the EU parlour: war of words rocks Eurozone
- Europe apprehensive about Athens
- Bailing Greece out: the update
- Greece crisis: how your average Greek yacht-owner is clamping down
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