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WSJ: Cyprus asks EBRD for financing
Cyprus is in talks with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to secure financing for its stricken banks and other projects, marking the first time an existing member of the eurozone has sought help from the institution.
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Germany preparing third financial rescue for Greece
Germany has signalled it is preparing a third rescue package for Greece – provided the debt-stricken country implements "rigorous" austerity measures blamed for record levels of unemployment and a dramatic drop in GDP.
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CDU's draft European election manifesto more "eurosceptic"?
The CDU manifesto is said to call for an "an effective regulation brake" and to say that the repatriation of EU powers should be possible.
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Britain at odds with France and Germany over EU reforms
Germany's foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier dealt a blow to David Cameron's attempt to recast the EU membership deal, suggesting that Germany and Britain were "not pulling in exactly the same direction". Hollande said that EU treaty changes were "not a priority" for France.
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EPC/Pinto: UK-EU - Two unions in a disunited relationship
In the next two years, both Britain's relationship with the EU and within itself is due to be questioned in referenda. Whatever the UK's citizens decide, the outcome is set to affect the nation's relationships within the European project.
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Lubomír Zaorálek: Rebuilding an EU based on trust
Writing for EV, the Czech foreign minister sets out the new Czech government's view of the EU and the policy changes that this administration will bring.
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Denmark's Thorning-Schmidt reshuffles cabinet after coalition government crisis
The Socialist People's Party, the junior coalition member, walked out in protest against a Goldman Sachs investment in a state-owned utility. This forced the Social Democrat PM to name another round of new ministers, who signalled they were ready to seek consensus on how to move Denmark forward.
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Romania: Statement at the conclusion of the IMF and EC staff visit
Teams from the IMF and the Commission visited Bucharest during January 21-February 4 to conduct discussions on the combined first and second reviews under the IMF Stand-By Agreement and on the status of Romania's precautionary balance of payments programme with the EU.
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