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	<title>The Amsterdam Post &#187; EU Financial Policy</title>
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		<title>Trichet calls for &#8216;quantum leap&#8217; in euro governance</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/06/22/trichet-calls-for-quantum-leap-in-euro-governance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/06/22/trichet-calls-for-quantum-leap-in-euro-governance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ECB president says fiscal sanctions should be applied "much earlier".

Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank (ECB) today (21 June) set out the case for stronger economic governance to prevent a repeat of the eurozone debt crisis.]]></description>
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		<title>Strong euro hid crisis, says EU chief</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/06/14/strong-euro-hid-crisis-says-eu-chief/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/06/14/strong-euro-hid-crisis-says-eu-chief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European Union, has blamed the strength of the euro in recent years for blinding the eurozone to its underlying fiscal problems.

He also criticised financial markets for overreacting to those economic difficulties and being too heavily influenced by “rumours and prejudices”.]]></description>
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		<title>Trichet wants &#8216;quantum leap&#8217; in economic governance</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/06/14/trichet-wants-quantum-leap-in-economic-governance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ECB president calls for governments to agree ambitious reforms.

Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank (ECB), today (10 June) called on governments to agree ambitious reforms to strengthen economic governance in the EU.]]></description>
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		<title>Berlin calls for eurozone budget laws</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/17/berlin-calls-for-eurozone-budget-laws/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/17/berlin-calls-for-eurozone-budget-laws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 07:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The German government is to press other eurozone countries to adopt their own versions of Berlin’s balanced budget law as part of a set of sweeping reforms to stabilise the euro.

Germany last year enshrined in its constitution a law that prohibits the federal government from running a deficit of more than 0.35 per cent of gross domestic product by 2016. German states will not be allowed to run any deficit after 2020.]]></description>
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		<title>Nicolas Sarkozy threatened to pull out of euro over Greece row</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/15/nicolas-sarkozy-threatened-to-pull-out-of-euro-over-greece-row/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/15/nicolas-sarkozy-threatened-to-pull-out-of-euro-over-greece-row/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 19:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[French president Nicolas Sarkozy warned of damage to Franco-German relationship if Angela Merkel opposed EU plan

French president Nicolas Sarkozy threatened to pull out of the euro unless Angela Merkel dropped her hostility to the EU's safety net plan.

Nicolas Sarkozy threatened to abandon the euro unless Angela Merkel dropped her hostility to the EU's €750bn safety net for the single currency, sources in Brussels and European capitals said yesterday.]]></description>
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		<title>Commission calls for greater economic control</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/14/commission-calls-for-greater-economic-control/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/14/commission-calls-for-greater-economic-control/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 09:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barroso says member states must show they are serious about fundamental reforms.

The European Commission today (12 May) called for a major reinforcement of EU control over eurozone countries' economic policies. It said that the EU needed stronger powers if the single currency is to survive.]]></description>
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		<title>EU buys itself time</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/10/eu-buys-itself-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/10/eu-buys-itself-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 20:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the end, there was no choice. Faced with an existential threat, the European Union has demonstrated that it can act fast if necessary. European leaders deserve respect for finally getting ahead of the situation.

That said, we should also realise that by throwing money at the problem, mostly in the form of backstop guarantees, the EU has merely bought itself time to sort out the eurozone’s governance mess. The real test is yet to come.]]></description>
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		<title>Global action to defuse market tension</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/10/global-action-to-defuse-market-tension/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/10/global-action-to-defuse-market-tension/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 06:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global authorities have announced audacious coordinated action to combat escalating financial market tensions triggered by worldwide fears over public finances.

The European Central Bank announced early Monday morning it would intervene in government bond markets and join the US Federal Reserve and other main central banks in reactivating extra US dollar liquidity facilities.]]></description>
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		<title>Can the Euro be Saved?</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/09/can-the-euro-be-saved/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/09/can-the-euro-be-saved/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 12:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Greek financial crisis has put the very survival of the euro at stake.  At the euro’s creation, many worried about its long-run viability. When everything went well, these worries were forgotten. But the question of how adjustments would be made if part of the eurozone were hit by a strong adverse shock lingered. Fixing the exchange rate and delegating monetary policy to the European Central Bank eliminated two primary means by which national governments stimulate their economies to avoid recession. What could replace them?
By Joseph E. Stiglitz]]></description>
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		<title>Euro zone seals €110bn rescue plan for Greece</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/03/euro-zone-seals-e110bn-rescue-plan-for-greece/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/05/03/euro-zone-seals-e110bn-rescue-plan-for-greece/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 11:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Under a deal struck by eurozone finance ministers on Sunday (2 May), Athens would receive 80 billion euros in bilateral loans in three years spanning until 2012. 30 billion would come from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).]]></description>
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		<title>Germany puts new conditions on aid to Greece</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/04/26/germany-puts-new-conditions-on-aid-to-greece/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/04/26/germany-puts-new-conditions-on-aid-to-greece/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greece must agree to tough new austerity measures before it receives any financial aid from the European Union and failure to do so would endanger such support, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told a newspaper.]]></description>
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		<title>Euro zone readies 30bn euros to rescue Greece</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/04/12/euro-zone-readies-30bn-euros-to-rescue-greece/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/04/12/euro-zone-readies-30bn-euros-to-rescue-greece/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eurozone finance ministers approved a giant 30-billion-euro emergency aid mechanism for debt-plagued Greece on Sunday (11 April) but stressed Athens had not requested the plan be activated yet.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Greek problem&#8217; defines new European balance of power</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/29/greek-problem-defines-new-european-balance-of-power/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/29/greek-problem-defines-new-european-balance-of-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Union has 27 members. Only two of them were seriously involved in finding a solution for the problem created by the Greek debt crisis.]]></description>
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		<title>Eurozone reaches agreement on Greek aid</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/26/eurozone-reaches-agreement-on-greek-aid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/26/eurozone-reaches-agreement-on-greek-aid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leaders come up with blueprint for providing emergency loans.

Leaders of the 16 nations in the eurozone tonight approved a blueprint for providing emergency loan aid to Greece.]]></description>
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		<title>The Greek situation is a warning to other euro countries</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/26/the-greek-situation-is-a-warning-to-other-euro-countries/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/26/the-greek-situation-is-a-warning-to-other-euro-countries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Greek professor and banker talks about his country’s problems and the role of the ECB. "In the West, the banks dragged down the governments. Here, the government brought down the banks.”]]></description>
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		<title>EU economic governance inevitable, Belgian PM says</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/17/eu-economic-governance-inevitable-belgian-pm-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/17/eu-economic-governance-inevitable-belgian-pm-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme has said that joint economic governance among some or all EU member states is an inevitable consequence of the creation of the euro.]]></description>
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		<title>Eurozone ministers sketch Greek bailout plan</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/16/eurozone-ministers-sketch-greek-bailout-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/16/eurozone-ministers-sketch-greek-bailout-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finance ministers from the 16-country euro zone agreed on Monday (15 March) to mobilise financial aid for Greece rapidly if needed, but revealed little of how their standby plan for the debt-stricken nation would work.]]></description>
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		<title>Greece told to ensure &#8216;solid austerity plan&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/16/greece-told-to-ensure-solid-austerity-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/16/greece-told-to-ensure-solid-austerity-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dutch finance minister says there will be intervention, but no bail-out of Greece.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Europe must bear the burden of its own shortcomings&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/16/ecb-europe-must-bear-the-burden-of-its-own-shortcomings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ECB executive Lorenzo Bini Smaghi wants to keep the IMF out of Europe.

“I’m not sure whether the first decade of the euro has been such an easy ride. Many people, especially in the United States, thought that the euro would not survive for very long.”]]></description>
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		<title>Sterling plunges on EU warning over UK debt</title>
		<link>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/16/sterling-plunges-on-eu-warning-over-uk-debt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamsterdampost.com/2010/03/16/sterling-plunges-on-eu-warning-over-uk-debt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sterling plunged back below $1.50 today after the European Commission warned the British Government that it was not doing enough to curb the country's spiralling debt.]]></description>
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		<title>The Fundamental Flaw of Europe&#8217;s Common Currency</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EU Financial Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Euro zone]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The euro is under attack like never before, as the promises on which it was based turn out to be lies. Hedge funds are speculating against Greek debt, while euro-zone politicians work behind the scenes to cobble together rescue packages. But fundamental flaws in the monetary union need to be fixed if Europe's common currency is to survive. ]]></description>
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