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Press Summary Archive

July 2010

30 Jul 2010

ECJ to decide on asylum case that could limit member states' ability to transfer asylum seekers back to point of EU entry

29 Jul 2010

54% of Spaniards think the peseta would have helped overcome the crisis

28 Jul 2010

Government opts in to controversial European Investigation Order

27 Jul 2010

Cameron vows to push for Turkey’s EU membership; “We know what it’s like to be shut out of the club”

26 Jul 2010

EU stress tests "out of line with market expectations"; Six German banks refuse to publish sovereign debt holdings

23 Jul 2010

10 out of 91 banks expected to fail stress tests; Investors remain wary of tests’ credibility

22 Jul 2010

France and Germany restate calls for “political sanctions” for eurozone members but remain unclear on Treaty change

21 Jul 2010

German Finance Minister: Meaningful eurozone reforms require Treaty change

20 Jul 2010

Hungary tells IMF and EU that further austerity is “out of the question”; Bundesbank says PIGS “have no choice but to reduce domestic demand”

19 Jul 2010

Senior EU official: “We should liquidate some institutions” to cut down on “mushrooming” costs

16 Jul 2010

Government must decide on controversial EU investigation order by 28 July

15 Jul 2010

MEPs call proposals to cut some spending from 2011 budget a “slap in the face”

14 Jul 2010

Eurozone bailout fund to be smaller than claimed; Only €366bn available to countries in need

13 Jul 2010

Schäuble: Agreement on financial supervision can be reached by September; Commission official: It cannot be excluded that EU financial supervision will be extended in future

12 Jul 2010

EU spending £400m on “confidential” projects; Sun: “Let’s see the coalition kick up a stink”

09 Jul 2010

EU’s bank stress tests give the impression there is ‘something to hide’

08 Jul 2010

ING research suggests one-off effects of eurozone break-up “would dwarf Lehman Brothers collapse”

07 Jul 2010

German professors expand legal attack to entire €440bn eurozone aid package

06 Jul 2010

EU Commissioner says that eurozone bailout fund could be used to re-finance banks

05 Jul 2010

German think-tank: Eurozone bailout fund breaches EU law

02 Jul 2010

Head of Flemish employers association: Greece, Portugal and Spain should leave the eurozone

01 Jul 2010

EU clamps down on bankers’ and fund managers’ bonuses; Commission spokesman: “Rest of financial sector” will be next