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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9787

21 November 2008
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
EU prepares its response to economic crisis

Broad brush agreement at EP - disagreement over details. Debate at the European Parliament on the outcome of the G20 summit in Washington focused more on how to kick-start the economy than on the financial crisis (see the extensive reporting on the debates at Strasbourg in our newsletters). This is to be expected. It is perfectly understandable that elected European politicians are more concerned about growth, purchasing power and unemployment than the functioning of the financial markets,...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS