In the second part of Europe Now, former Italian Education Minister and current MEP Luigi Berlinguer tells Christophe Robeet how Italy’s students are weathering the crisis. Next, we travel to Milan for a look at how Italian craftsmanship is faring, and where MEP Mario Mauro shows us around the country’s financial centre. We also look at new anti-mafia initiatives and why the Vatican finally has to pay taxes after centuries of avoiding them.
The EU leaders gathered last week to discuss the budget for the coming seven years. As a former Finance Minister, Diders Reynders discuss the result of the Summit but also other issues like Tunisia, Syria and the french-led intervention in Mali.
Alain Juppe called Europe " mediocre" while talking about the war in Mali. Only french troops went there, so what is the position of the other countries regarding this war ? Will France be helped for the post " serval operation " ?
François Hollande, boosted by the war in Mali, plunged into European affairs this week; first with a major speech before the European Parliament in Strasbourg and now with a European summit in Brussels. Can he chart a middle ground between the UK and Germany? Also on the menu, layoffs continue unabated in France and unions are once again calling on the Socialist government to come to the rescue.
European police said Monday that they had uncovered a vast criminal network involved in fixing hundreds of matches, including Champions League and World Cup qualifiers, in the biggest investigation ever into suspected match fixing.
It’s now almost one month until the general elections in Italy. Three candidates are taking centre stage: the centre-left’s Pier Luigi Bersani, the outgoing technocrat Mario Monti, and the flamboyant former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Whoever wins this election will lead the eurozone’s third-largest economy. That’s why it matters for the rest of Europe.
Investors are getting back their confidence, but plenty of pitfalls remain for the global economy. "Future seems far from golden" says Financial Times Chief economics commentator Martin Wolf.
Almost a quarter of 15 to 24-year-olds in the eurozone are currently unemployed or no longer in school. In countries like Greece or Spain, that rate exceeds 50 percent. So is Europe’s youth a lost generation?
Almost a quarter of 15 to 24-year-olds in the eurozone are currently unemployed or no longer in school. In countries like Greece or Spain, that rate exceeds 50 percent. So is Europe’s youth a lost generation?
It’s an issue that wasn’t officially on the World Economic Forum’s agenda, but Britain’s EU membership became one of the hot topics in Davos after PM David Cameron gave a speech pledging to hold a referendum on the UK's relationship with the EU by 2017. To discuss what this means for British and European business, Markus Karlsson speaks to Sir Roger Carr, President of the Confederation of British Industry.
