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    • Sunday, 11 December, 2016
      News in-depthFT Data
      How austerity is crippling schools in southern Europe

      While reforms are helping, budget cuts are sabotaging students’ performance

    • Wednesday, 19 October, 2016
      Tobias Buck
      Crazy, loud and frightening, a fiesta keeps the community alive

      Notebook: The unifying force of ritual and tradition transcends age and class

    • Thursday, 22 September, 2016
      EU economy
      Portugal faces slowdown amid anti-austerity moves, warns IMF

      Fund expects growth of 1% this year as policy reversals hit investor sentiment

    • Wednesday, 3 August, 2016
      Eurozone economy
      Eurozone economy shows resilience after Brexit vote

      Rate of growth in activity quickened in July, PMI shows

    • Wednesday, 29 June, 2016
      Brexit
      US urges EU to ease austerity in response to Brexit fallout

      Obama administration to encourage UK to ‘raise its game’ in Nato

    • Wednesday, 15 June, 2016
      Instant InsightTony Barber
      Poland’s anti-free-market plan is not as radical as it sounds Premium content

      The attack on economic liberalism looks like cover for a more moderate proposal, writes Tony Barber

    • Tuesday, 17 May, 2016
      EU economy
      Mariano Rajoy risks Brussels showdown with tax-cut vow

      Spain’s acting prime minister says poll pledge is not incompatible with curbing deficit

    • Thursday, 12 May, 2016
      Global Economy
      Political risks come to the fore in central and eastern Europe

      Concerns are rising across the 10 countries that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007

    • Wednesday, 27 April, 2016
      EU economy
      Canadian rating agency holds key to Portugal’s future

      Downgrade will exclude country from any ECB stimulus

    • Wednesday, 20 April, 2016
      The FT ViewSovereign bonds
      Matteo Renzi’s clarion call for Africa should be heeded

      A surge in funds is needed but his eurobonds idea is a non-starter

    • Tuesday, 19 April, 2016
      The Short ViewDan McCrum
      The riddle of the rising euro

      Monetary policy gives reason to think the single currency could strengthen further

    • Thursday, 14 April, 2016
      InterviewUK downturn
      Veteran of Treasury battles tots up a decade’s wins and losses

      Austerity advocate admits failure to see crash coming was ‘monumental collective intellectual error’

    • Monday, 11 April, 2016
      Tsipras and Costa lambast EU austerity and migration response
    • Friday, 1 April, 2016
      Eurozone economy
      Brussels Blog: More pain in Spain
    • Saturday, 19 March, 2016
      World
      Scottish Labour promises higher public spending

      Battered party faces prospect of coming third to Conservatives in May election

    • Thursday, 17 March, 2016
      UK Budget
      George Osborne offsets bitter prospects with dose of sweeteners

      Tax breaks for small firms and savers as growth slows

    • Wednesday, 16 March, 2016
      UK Budget
      Osborne’s shrinking of state continues apace with Budget

      Chancellor looks to cut an extra £3.5bn from public spending over next four years

    • Wednesday, 16 March, 2016
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      Budget day 2016 – as it happened
    • Wednesday, 16 March, 2016
      EU economy
      Corporate Italy risks ‘asphyxia’, warns business chief

      Gianfelice Rocca says relentless EU austerity push could put euro exit on agenda

    • Monday, 7 March, 2016
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    • Sunday, 6 March, 2016
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      Decade of struggle puts Finnish tradition of consensus at risk

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      Merkel’s refugee policy faces verdict from the voters

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    • Sunday, 28 February, 2016
      World
      Enda Kenny fights for political survival after Irish election blow

      Calls for grand coalitionas Fine Gael pays price for five years of economic austerity

    • Saturday, 27 February, 2016
      World
      Irish voters snub Fine Gael and Labour

      County faces prolonged period of political uncertainty as Fianna Fáil returns as a political force

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