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EDITORIAL: “Viraje en Francia y Europa”, (El Tiempo, CO)

405 days ago by Laura.Gomez

Worldwide news is currently analyzing the victory of the socialist Hollande in France. El Tiempo in today’s editorial points out that Hollande’s triumph highlights a new position of Europe in crisis: austerity is killing Europe and it’s time to promote growth.

One hour after the victory was announced, Hollande stated that the French people have spoken and they have asked for change. According to El Tiempo, it wasn’t only the French who raised their voices, but also Europeans. His election demonstrates that Europe doesn’t agree with the strict German policy, which was supported by Sarkozy, and called for budgets to be cut, cut and cut, even so far as to limit government aid to the most vulnerable sectors of the population. The French socialists are demanding a change in the model that is currently leading the European Union to failure.

In Germany, Angela Merkel lost the elections in the land of Schleswig-Holstein. The Greeks also voted few days ago and they did so against Europe: conservatives, left wing and a neo-Nazi group won seats on the parliament. But such a divided parliament makes it very difficult to rule the country, and it might mean new elections.

This is the panorama of Europe now, and with France at the head, Europe is ready for a shift. (link to the article)

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GINORI: “France: election eve in uncertainty” (La Repubblica, IT)

409 days ago by Antonella Masi

Tomorrow, France will make an important decision: 46 million French voters have to choose between the socialist leader François Hollande and the current president Nicolas Sarkozy.

The two were the most voted in the first round and reached so the second round. A. Ginori, for “La Repubblica”, writes that it will be the classic “photofinish victory”, because there are still 7 million people undecided and most polls show that there is not a big gap between the two candidates.

Therefore, the challenge promises to be interesting. Obviously not only the French but also all European citizens are waiting to know who will be the new (or the reappointed) face of a key country in the european and the world scene.

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CERRETELLI: “The storm is not over” (Il Sole 24 Ore, IT)

425 days ago by Gabriele Colasanto

Adriana Cerretelli, columnist for “Il Sole 24 Ore”, writes in her April 19 article about the financial troubles that Italy and Europe are still facing. The last few days were very negative for the “spread” performances and real estates activities in Euro-zone are losing this year 7.1% of their value (17,1% only in Germany). According to Cerretelli, in this particular scenario the presidential election in France will hold the balance of power for Euro’s destiny.

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