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Cypriot president Nicos Anastasiades arrives at the parliament in Nicosia. Photograph: Stringer/Reuters There are several principles at stake in the row over Cyprus and its bailout . But one we should ignore is the hysterical reaction to a tax on bank deposits .
Cyprus's wealth tax makes perfect sense – its rich won't escape unscathed | Phillip Inman | Comment is free
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Kuren hed ’hold igen med statsfinanserne og skær ned på velfærden’, selvom al økonomisk fornuft tilskrev, at den burde have heddet ’skru op og invester’. Sydeuropa blev som resultat fanget i en gældsfælde, der i dag synes helt uoverskuelig, mens resten af Europa skrider stadig tættere på samme fælde. Han bliver helt vred, Sony Kapoor, britisk økonom, tidligere finansmand og nu formand for tænketanken Re-Define, når han taler om, hvad, han mener, er en historisk stor fejlslutning i Europa.
Danmark kan være Europas ledestjerne ud af krisen
"France and the Netherlands Strike Back" by Jean Pisani-Ferry
Exit from comment view mode. Click to hide this space Comments View/Create comment on this paragraph BRUSSELS – In 2005, France and the Netherlands both voted no to a constitutional treaty for the European Union, derailing years of integration efforts.
Euro Lies and Italy's Crisis
Here are the near certainties: sooner rather than later, Greece will exit from the euro.
Tax Evasion, Italian Style
On Sunday, as part of a strategy to show the rest of Europe how fiscally responsible the third most important nation in the eurozone (and the world’s seventh largest economy) is becoming, Italy sanctioned a T-man blitz over Milan. Members of the little-feared Guardia di Finanza, 580 of them in fact, descended on merchants of that prosperous city, and—amazingly—found that one third of all the places checked out were indeed hiding revenue from the taxman.Germany
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