Press review | 30/01/2012

 

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Athens rejects German budget controls

Athens rejects German budget controls

 

Athens has rejected the German proposal for an EU budget commissioner to be appointed to oversee Athens' finances. If the debt-stricken country continues to resist it will have to leave the Eurozone, some commentators write, while others doubt the measures called for by Germany will be at all productive.

With articles from the following publications:
Kainuun Sanomat - Finland, Die Welt - Germany, La Stampa - Italy

POLITICS

The Times - United Kingdom

Assad must go

De Standaard - Belgium

General strike only harms Belgium

Blog Coulisses de Bruxelles - France

Row over Athens' debts grotesque

ECONOMY

Tages-Anzeiger - Switzerland

World Economic Forum a PR platform

SOCIETY

Lidové noviny - Czech Republic

Frenzied Czech DNA sampling