Showing posts with label Elections 2013. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elections 2013. Show all posts

Monday, December 16, 2013

Draghi Ally Asmussen to Leave ECB for German Government

By Paul Gordon and Rainer Buergin  Dec 16, 2013 10:49 AM GMT+0200
Joerg Asmussen is to leave the European Central Bank’s Executive Board for a government position, depriving President Mario Draghi of a key German ally.

Asmussen, 47, will become deputy labor minister in German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government and will shortly resign from his post at the ECB, he said in a statement distributed by the Frankfurt-based institution yesterday. Asmussen has been on the six-person Executive Board, which implements monetary policy for the euro area, since January 2012. His term was scheduled to run until 2019.

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Greek bonds rally as German election draws near

Fri Sep 20, 2013 4:50pm IST
By Marius Zaharia

(Reuters) - Greek government bonds rallied on Friday as an election campaign in European paymaster Germany neared its end with little clarity about what it might mean for Greece's future in the euro zone.

Funding gaps facing Athens and the risk Portugal may not return to markets when its bailout runs out next year will be among European policy challenges for Germany's next government.

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Merkel Blames SPD’s Schroeder for Letting Greece Into the Euro

By Stefan Nicola - Aug 28, 2013 1:00 AM GMT+0300
German Chancellor Angela Merkel sought to pin the blame for the euro-region’s debt turmoil on her Social Democratic predecessor, Gerhard Schroeder, saying he should never have let Greece into the single currency area.
Merkel, addressing a campaign rally in the northern German town of Rendsburg yesterday, said the debt crisis that emerged in Greece in late 2009 and dominated her second term had been “brewing for many years” going back to the euro’s inception.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Italy’s Borrowing Costs Rise at Bond Auction After Downgrade


By Chiara Vasarri - Mar 13, 2013 2:39 PM GMT+0200
Bloomberg
Italian borrowing costs rose in the first bond auction since a credit rating downgrade last week that highlighted the economic risks of the country’s current political stalemate.

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

EU Opens Way for Easier Budgets After Austerity Backlash


By James G. Neuger & Svenja O’Donnell - Mar 5, 2013 1:01 AM GMT+0200
European finance ministers opened the way for looser budget policies after a backlash against austerity thrust Italy into political limbo and shattered months of relative stability in European markets.
Italy’s deadlocked election, France’s refusal to make deeper budget cuts and protests against the shrinking of the welfare state across southern Europe escalated the rebellion against the German-led prescription for fighting the debt crisis.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Italy Election Impasse Negative for Credit Rating, Moody’s Says


By Kevin Buckland - Feb 27, 2013 7:03 AM GMT+0200
Bloomberg
Italy’s inconclusive elections raise the chance for prolonged political uncertainty, putting the country’s sovereign credit rating at risk for a downgrade, Moody’s Investors Service said.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Italy Renews Market Concerns as Voters Reject Monti


By Andrew Frye - Feb 26, 2013 9:24 AM GMT+0200
Bloomberg
Italy’s inconclusive election triggered renewed market convulsions over Europe’s debt crisis as recession-scarred voters repudiated budget rigor and established former comedian Beppe Grillo as a political force.