The 17th Member of the Eurozone: Estonia
Image via Wikipedia Estonia is set to join the Eurozone on the 1st of January 2011 according to the Irish Times. Estonia was given the all clear by the European Commission. Estonia will be the fifth...
View ArticleIreland ‘in talks’ with EFSF
Image via Wikipedia The BBC are reporting that Irish officials are in preliminary talks with EU officials about accessing the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF) for a bailout. The talk is of a...
View Article9 EU states want a Financial Transaction Tax
European Union (Photo credit: ana branca) Nine Eurozone members want the Danish Presidency of the EU to speed up its work on a directive on a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT). While there is much...
View ArticlePortugal Approves Fiscal Compact
Portugal today became the first state to approve the Fiscal Compact. 25 of the 27 EU Member states signed up to the tightened budget rules. The United Kingdom and the Czech Republic are the only two...
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