Greece

What you need is not what you get

Greece thinks it needs one thing, the EU thinks it needs another. Neither seems to be getting very much.

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A sombre start

In summer, most Greeks prefer the shade, leaving the tourists to get suntans, sunstrokes and sunburns. But despite the winter sun, Athens is a sombre place and the locals are in a sombre mood.

Sonnenbräune

Sonnenstich

Sonnenbrand

düster

die Einheimischen

Looking for leaders

The Greek prime minister has resigned and now so has his Italian counterpart . We look at what the business press has to say about leadership in Greece and Italy.

zurücktreten

Pendant, Kollege

I was going to give the whole euro topic a mess this week. Sorry, Freudian slip... I meant, give the euro topic a miss. But one sentence in the Financial Times changed my mind. So, here we go once again.

Thema

Schlamassel

Freud'scher Versprecher

das Euro-Thema auslassen

Just say no

Under pressure from Germany and France, the Greek prime minister has dropped plans to hold a referendum on the euro rescue deal. We look at media comment.

Rettungsabkommen

Moving forward

Europe’s political leaders met this week to try to deal with the EU’s debt crisis. We look at what the business press has to say about the summit.

Schuldenkrise

Gipfeltreffen

Dispose of it

"The EU has several options at its disposal, but a silver bullet isn't one of them."

zur Verfügung

Patentlösung

"This is not a euro crisis. It is a classic banking crisis."

Beefing up the banks

Last week's eurozone circus — with Slovakia first rejecting and then accepting the zone's bailout fund — will have delighted the eurosceptics. But the bad news for this bunch is that the euro actually rose over the week.

ablehnen

Rettungsfonds

Haufen, Truppe

Greasy hinges and palms

Slovakia doesn’t have any joints to grease, but I’m sure some people thought about greasing a few palms there to influence the vote on the eurozone rescue fund.

Gelenke

schmieren

ein paar Leute schmieren

Rettungsfonds

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Greece

What you need is not what you get

Quiz: "eluders" or "evaders"?

A sombre start

Looking for leaders

We can't all be German

Just say no

Moving forward

Dispose of it

Beefing up the banks

Greasy hinges and palms

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