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Why complacent Germany needs to get a grip
Briefings The gas-supply crisis is merely the most conspicuous sign of the complacency and drift besetting Europe’s largest economy. Germany’s national business model needs an overhaul.
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Will the euro crisis flare up again?
Briefings With Italy’s borrowing costs rising quickly, and inflation climbing, the European Central Bank has unveiled a new tool to help indebted states. Is it 2012 all over again?
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The wolf returns to the eurozone’s door
Editor's letter The eurozone’s intrinsic flaws have been exposed again as investors’ fears about Italy’s ability to pay its debt sends bond yields soaring.
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Eurozone economy heads for paralysis
News Record high energy prices, the threat of recession in Germany and squabbling in Italy's government has left the eurozone fighting fires on all fronts.
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Is the eurozone heading for another crisis?
Analysis The eurozone avoided breakup when Greece couldn’t repay its debts after the 2008 financial crisis. Now it’s in trouble again, says John Stepek. And this time the focus is on Italy – a much bigger economy than Greece.
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A new headache for the ECB
News Italy, the eurozone’s third-largest economy, has debt of €2.759trn – almost 150% of GDP. A crisis there would pose an existential risk to the euro.
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ECB set to raise interest rates as stagflation beckons
News With inflation at 8.1% and economic growth at just 0.3%, the eurozone is on the brink of stagflation. To combat it the European Central Bank is to stop buying bonds immediately and could raise interest rates next month.
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Allianz's $6bn scandal exposes Germany's cosy corruption
Analysis Allianz’s $6bn scandal is just the latest example of wrongdoing by a major German company.
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Why France's soaring debt is a real risk no matter who is president
Opinion The result of France's presidential election matters less than the state of its public finances, says Matthew Lynn
