<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - angela-merkel</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/angela-merkel</link><description>Newsvine - angela-merkel</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:37:04 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:28:26 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Is the Cyprus 'bank robbery' the answer to levelling out the economic inequalities across the world? (Poll)</title>
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Cyprus is threatening to go into meltdown because the lenders in the European Union, who have been bailing out the country, has hit upon a novel and sure fire way to get the country to cough up what it owes. Austerity hasn't worked at all, except to depress income even further, &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17360459-is-the-cyprus-bank-robbery-the-answer-to-levelling-out-the-economic-inequalities-across-the-world-poll</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17360459-is-the-cyprus-bank-robbery-the-answer-to-levelling-out-the-economic-inequalities-across-the-world-poll</guid><category>germany</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>world-news</category><category>bailout</category><category>inequality</category><category>cyprus</category><category>euros</category><category>larnaca</category><category>economic-disparity</category><category>euro-partners</category><category>bank-accounts-raided-by-government</category><category>levy-on-deposit-accounts</category><category>more-even-distribution-of-wealth</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:31:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahB824F615-DE9B-BBD6-16D2-E6E6320D4B83.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahB824F615-DE9B-BBD6-16D2-E6E6320D4B83.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mali Offensive Opens New Front in the Fight against Terror - SPIEGEL ONLINE</title>
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France has found early success in its fight against Islamist extremists in northern Mali. But Saharan terrorist groups have close ties and are prepared for a prolonged battle. The hostage crisis in Algeria shows that the new front in the war on terror could become a protracted &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[paul kennedy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[paul kennedy]]></source><link>http://paul-kennedy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/21/16631521-mali-offensive-opens-new-front-in-the-fight-against-terror-spiegel-online</link><guid>http://paul-kennedy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/21/16631521-mali-offensive-opens-new-front-in-the-fight-against-terror-spiegel-online</guid><category>germany</category><category>libya</category><category>france</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>world-news</category><category>algeria</category><category>mali</category><category>radical-islamists</category><category>ecowas</category><category>mauretania</category><category>al-qaeda-in-the-maghreb</category><category>ansar-dine</category><category>alassane-quattara</category><category>iyad-ag-ghaly</category><category>mokhtar-belmokhtar</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 02:42:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=paul-kennedy6CD36CCB-5F79-9441-1AAD-FE862A69DFF6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="302" width="302" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=paul-kennedy6CD36CCB-5F79-9441-1AAD-FE862A69DFF6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>In Germany, Merkel's Main Rival Appears to Stumble From Gaffe to Gaffe</title>
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BERLIN &mdash; Chancellor&nbsp;Angela Merkel&rsquo;s challenger in next year&rsquo;s election may have already blurted out his own &ldquo;binders full of women&rdquo; gaffe early in the German campaign.
Peer Steinbr&uuml;ck, the Social Democratic Party&rsquo;s candidate for ch&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></source><link>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/01/16285938-in-germany-merkels-main-rival-appears-to-stumble-from-gaffe-to-gaffe</link><guid>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/01/16285938-in-germany-merkels-main-rival-appears-to-stumble-from-gaffe-to-gaffe</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>europe</category><category>women</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>world-news</category><category>peer-steinbrueck</category><category>csu</category><category>cdu</category><category>spd</category><category>sps</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 Jan 2013 19:39:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Michele Bachmann Wins WND's 'Woman of the Year' Award Partially Based on 'Womanliness'</title>
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Every year, World Net Daily presents a lucky lady with a "Woman of the Year" award, based on her  ability to "represent goodness, womanliness, perseverance and  character." Oooh, womanliness. A trait of utmost importance, second only to "wears lipstick at all times."
The woman&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[proglib]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[proglib]]></source><link>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/28/16221500-michele-bachmann-wins-wnds-woman-of-the-year-award-partially-based-on-womanliness</link><guid>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/28/16221500-michele-bachmann-wins-wnds-woman-of-the-year-award-partially-based-on-womanliness</guid><category>politics</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>phyllis-schlafly</category><category>world-net-daily</category><category>michele-bachmann-wins-wnds</category><pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2012 01:52:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=proglib48184737-2AB3-E7B8-6869-CEE9A704F00F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=proglib48184737-2AB3-E7B8-6869-CEE9A704F00F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'Israel has the right to respond to provocative PA moves'</title>
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If the Europeans want to prevent Israel from responding further to the recent  Palestinian victory at the UN, they should &ldquo;encourage a positive Palestinian  dynamic&rdquo; and keep the PA from &ldquo;further provocative actions,&rdquo; diplomatic  officials said on Tuesda&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hippocrates of Cos]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Hippocrates of Cos]]></source><link>http://hippocratesofcos.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15703651-israel-has-the-right-to-respond-to-provocative-pa-moves</link><guid>http://hippocratesofcos.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15703651-israel-has-the-right-to-respond-to-provocative-pa-moves</guid><category>eu</category><category>un</category><category>germany</category><category>israel</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>european-union</category><category>west-bank</category><category>palestine</category><category>world-news</category><category>binyamin-netanyahu</category><category>operation-pillar-of-defense</category><category>national-public-diplomacy-forum</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Dec 2012 19:07:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=HippocratesofCos755B3DE2-3E96-F698-33FC-AE506F08C00B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="198" width="311" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=HippocratesofCos755B3DE2-3E96-F698-33FC-AE506F08C00B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Merkel to drum up election-year support at CDU convention | News | DW.DE | 04.12.2012 </title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phyllis-3324111]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Phyllis-3324111]]></source><link>http://phyllis3324111.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/03/15656391-merkel-to-drum-up-election-year-support-at-cdu-convention-news-dwde-04122012</link><guid>http://phyllis3324111.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/03/15656391-merkel-to-drum-up-election-year-support-at-cdu-convention-news-dwde-04122012</guid><category>angela-merkel</category><category>gay-rights</category><category>christian-democratic-union</category><category>newsvine-feedback</category><category>uk-news</category><category>worldview</category><category>eurovine</category><category>us-news-and-views</category><category>world-news-and-views</category><category>germany-world-news</category><category>crazy-about-rachel-maddow</category><category>homosexual-unions</category><category>angela-merkle</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Dec 2012 03:24:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Phyllis3324111DDA162A7-D783-B103-A256-B118EE5FF96F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Phyllis3324111DDA162A7-D783-B103-A256-B118EE5FF96F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Peer Steinbrück: a straightforward politician | Germany | DW.DE | 29.09.2012</title>
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Peer Steinbr&uuml;ck, a former German finance minister, is to run against Chancellor Angela Merkel in elections next year. The outspoken and quick-witted centrist is not free from controversy within his own party.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></source><link>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/01/14166153-peer-steinbrck-a-straightforward-politician-germany-dwde-29092012</link><guid>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/01/14166153-peer-steinbrck-a-straightforward-politician-germany-dwde-29092012</guid><category>germany</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>social-democrats</category><category>world-news</category><category>peer-steinbrueck</category><category>su</category><category>berlin</category><category>chancellor</category><category>frontrunner</category><category>cdu</category><category>spd</category><category>fdp</category><category>wolfgang-clement</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Oct 2012 08:27:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Opinion: The troublesome challenger Steinbrück | Germany | DW.DE | 29.09.2012</title>
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Facing Peer Steinbr&uuml;ck, the former finance minister, is the toughest challenge the opposition could have thrown at Chancellor Merkel in the fight to see who leads Germany, writes DW's Volker Wagener.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></source><link>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/29/14150859-opinion-the-troublesome-challenger-steinbrck-germany-dwde-29092012</link><guid>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/29/14150859-opinion-the-troublesome-challenger-steinbrck-germany-dwde-29092012</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>europe</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>peer-steinbrueck</category><category>social-democratic-party</category><category>csu</category><category>opionion</category><category>cdu</category><category>spd</category><category>sigmar-gabriel</category><category>fdp</category><category>red-green</category><category>guido-westerwelle</category><category>deutsche-welle</category><category>eco-greens</category><category>author-volker-wagener</category><category>traffic-light-coalition</category><pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2012 14:34:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Daily Kos: British PM Cameron &amp; German,s Merkel Tell Netanyahu to Shut the F'ck Up, </title>
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I wonder why the US Press is ignoring the fact that 3 weeks ago ... 3 long weeks ago ... British PM David Cameron and German Chancellor Merkel told Bibi to shut the f'ck up, "no" to red lines and gave Bibi a "red light" when it comes to invading Iran.
5 days ago: Haartz Newspa&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[midgebaker]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[midgebaker]]></source><link>http://midgebaker.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/17/13922155-daily-kos-british-pm-cameron-germans-merkel-tell-netanyahu-to-shut-the-fck-up</link><guid>http://midgebaker.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/17/13922155-daily-kos-british-pm-cameron-germans-merkel-tell-netanyahu-to-shut-the-fck-up</guid><category>israel</category><category>iran</category><category>politics</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>david-cameron</category><category>election-2012</category><category>bibi-netanyahu</category><pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:12:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=midgebakerE944F71F-DFE0-66E9-0A41-A64045832C14.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="125" width="125" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=midgebakerE944F71F-DFE0-66E9-0A41-A64045832C14.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The euro: Tempted, Angela? | The Economist</title>
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A controlled break-up of the euro would be hugely risky and expensive. So is waiting for a solution to turn up
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></source><link>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/10/13219530-the-euro-tempted-angela-the-economist</link><guid>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/10/13219530-the-euro-tempted-angela-the-economist</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>europe</category><category>euro</category><category>ecb</category><category>greece</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>european-central-bank</category><category>economies-business-german</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:10:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>German Court May Take Longer to Rule on Euro Measures - SPIEGEL ONLINE</title>
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The German Constitutional Court may take several months, rather than the expected three weeks, to decide on a request that it issue a temporary injunction blocking measures to rescue the euro. Finance Minister Wolfgang Sch&auml;uble urged the court to hurry up Tuesday, warning &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></source><link>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/10/12664002-german-court-may-take-longer-to-rule-on-euro-measures-spiegel-online</link><guid>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/10/12664002-german-court-may-take-longer-to-rule-on-euro-measures-spiegel-online</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>europe</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>world-news</category><category>injunction</category><category>esm</category><category>wolfgang-schaeuble</category><category>joachim-gauck</category><category>federal-constitutional-court</category><category>european-stability-mechanism</category><category>the-leftists</category><category>efsf</category><category>fiscal-pact</category><category>andreas-vosskuhle</category><category>peter-gauweiler</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:00:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=josh-rosenroth705466EE-C82D-6B7E-9D8C-CC41FDE410B3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="160" width="135" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=josh-rosenroth705466EE-C82D-6B7E-9D8C-CC41FDE410B3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="142" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Has German self-pity been holding back a resolution to the Euro crisis?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Last month, Jean-Claude Juncker, the Luxembourg Prime Minister, said he was stepping down as head of the eurozone finance ministers at the end of June, citing irritation with Germany and France.
"They act as if they are the only members of the group", he said. Germany has indeed &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[twinklystar]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[twinklystar]]></source><link>http://twinklystar.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/29/12481732-has-german-self-pity-been-holding-back-a-resolution-to-the-euro-crisis</link><guid>http://twinklystar.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/29/12481732-has-german-self-pity-been-holding-back-a-resolution-to-the-euro-crisis</guid><category>germany</category><category>france</category><category>italy</category><category>spain</category><category>euro</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>world-news</category><category>euro-crisis</category><category>mario-monti</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:27:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twinklystar471F81FB-6E4A-6E61-025D-B8CD3F2590B3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="539" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twinklystar471F81FB-6E4A-6E61-025D-B8CD3F2590B3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="162" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Europe Will Splinter No Matter What Happens In Greece; 'France Has At Most Three Months' Says German Official.  Business Insider. Mike &quot;Mish&quot; Shedlock, Global Economic Trend Analysis. 6-16-12, 23 minutes ago. </title>
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All eyes are focused on the Greek election on Sunday. However, a fundamentally far more important election (for the long term) will take place in France on Saturday.If socialists take control of both houses in French parliament as expected, president Fran&ccedil;ois Hollande wo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></source><link>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/16/12259175-europe-will-splinter-no-matter-what-happens-in-greece-france-has-at-most-three-months-says-german-official-business-insider-mike-mish-shedlock-global-economic-trend-analysis-6-16-12-23-minutes-ago</link><guid>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/16/12259175-europe-will-splinter-no-matter-what-happens-in-greece-france-has-at-most-three-months-says-german-official-business-insider-mike-mish-shedlock-global-economic-trend-analysis-6-16-12-23-minutes-ago</guid><category>germany</category><category>france</category><category>italy</category><category>spain</category><category>europe</category><category>greece</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>world-news</category><category>splinter</category><category>eurozone</category><category>fran-ois-hollande</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2012 01:54:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=LarryHD7BE232B-5E08-0AFE-5E3F-75450C7CC5C3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=LarryHD7BE232B-5E08-0AFE-5E3F-75450C7CC5C3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The political issues in the Greek elections</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Sunday&rsquo;s general election in Greece is uniformly portrayed as a  defining moment in which the Greek people will have the chance to  determine not only the future of their own country, but the course of  Europe. But as far as Europe&rsquo;s ruling elite is concerned, Greec&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></source><link>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/16/12257497-the-political-issues-in-the-greek-elections</link><guid>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/16/12257497-the-political-issues-in-the-greek-elections</guid><category>greece</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>world-news</category><category>international-monetary-fund</category><category>international-committee</category><category>george-osborne</category><category>radical-left</category><category>united-socialist-states</category><category>new-democracy</category><category>ex-lehman-brothers</category><category>michael-tory</category><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 21:48:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=greenpagan54315877-3C72-D8E1-5AC7-D35BC4B5E6C3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=greenpagan54315877-3C72-D8E1-5AC7-D35BC4B5E6C3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Germany can't save everyone, says Merkel as Spain's problems mount. by Ben Chu. Friday, 15 June 2012</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Spain's 10-year borrowing costs breached 7 per cent yesterday, the highest level since the formation of the single currency, while the flames of the eurozone crisis spread closer to Italy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></source><link>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/15/12230884-germany-cant-save-everyone-says-merkel-as-spains-problems-mount-by-ben-chu-friday-15-june-2012</link><guid>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/15/12230884-germany-cant-save-everyone-says-merkel-as-spains-problems-mount-by-ben-chu-friday-15-june-2012</guid><category>bonds</category><category>germany</category><category>italy</category><category>spain</category><category>merkel</category><category>central-bank</category><category>debt</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>world-news</category><category>sovereign-debt</category><category>eurozone</category><category>g-20</category><category>eurozone-crisis</category><category>mario-monti</category><category>fran-ois-hollande</category><category>luis-de-guindos</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 04:55:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=LarryH5CDCF5F8-0464-A3E5-DA12-4DF83DFBA388.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=LarryH5CDCF5F8-0464-A3E5-DA12-4DF83DFBA388.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>This Is What A Country On The Brink Of Collapse Looks Like. Business Insider. by Wolf Richter, Testosterone Pit.  June 5, 2012, 6:18 PM  </title>
<description><![CDATA[Tourism, Greece&rsquo;s second largest industry after the shipping industry, and already in a downdraft, is taking another hit as tour bus drivers will go on strike for four days next week; wage negotiations have&nbsp;deadlocked.&nbsp;
Owners demand that drivers take a 50% cut i&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></source><link>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/06/12080621-this-is-what-a-country-on-the-brink-of-collapse-looks-like-business-insider-by-wolf-richter-testosterone-pit-june-5-2012-618-pm</link><guid>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/06/12080621-this-is-what-a-country-on-the-brink-of-collapse-looks-like-business-insider-by-wolf-richter-testosterone-pit-june-5-2012-618-pm</guid><category>pensions</category><category>bribes</category><category>votes</category><category>gazprom</category><category>ecb</category><category>greece</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>profits</category><category>world-news</category><category>pharmacists</category><category>bailout</category><category>vat</category><category>competitiveness</category><category>eurozone</category><category>vote-buying</category><category>electric-supply</category><category>depa</category><category>shipping-industry</category><category>social-benefits</category><category>drachma</category><category>child-benefits</category><category>borrowed-money</category><category>syriza</category><category>target2</category><category>tour-bus-drivers</category><category>shipbuilding-industry</category><category>lagie</category><category>german-frigates</category><category>inflated-wages</category><category>olympic-facilities</category><category>xgd</category><category>private-sector-wages</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Jun 2012 08:16:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=LarryH4F367294-A101-5E94-5F56-ED0E733A4208.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=LarryH4F367294-A101-5E94-5F56-ED0E733A4208.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>There is a vast misperception of Israel in Europe, Netanyahu says</title>
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives exclusive interview to German newspaper Bild, says "Israel is maligned day in, day out" &bull; Netanyahu says Germany's support for Israel is "tangible" but that Israel has never asked other countries to defend it.
&nbsp;
Western Europe&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Levi777]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Levi777]]></source><link>http://levin777.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/05/12071142-there-is-a-vast-misperception-of-israel-in-europe-netanyahu-says</link><guid>http://levin777.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/05/12071142-there-is-a-vast-misperception-of-israel-in-europe-netanyahu-says</guid><category>germany</category><category>israel</category><category>holocaust</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>world-news</category><category>german-submarines</category><category>benyamin-netanyahu</category><category>german-newspaper-bild</category><category>nuclear-tipped-cruise-missiles</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Jun 2012 18:56:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Full Text Of George Soros Speech [June 2, 2012  Trento, Italy]. Business Insider</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Ever since the Crash of 2008 there has been a widespread recognition, both among economists and the general public, that economic theory has failed. But there is no consensus on the causes and the extent of that failure.I believe that the failure is more profound than generally&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></source><link>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/04/12055251-full-text-of-george-soros-speech-june-2-2012-trento-italy-business-insider</link><guid>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/04/12055251-full-text-of-george-soros-speech-june-2-2012-trento-italy-business-insider</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>spain</category><category>politics</category><category>euro</category><category>greece</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>european-union</category><category>european-central-bank</category><category>george-soros</category><category>eurozone</category><category>financial-bubbles</category><category>karl-popper</category><category>reflexivity</category><category>maastricht-treaty</category><category>fallibility</category><category>european-stability-mechanism</category><category>ltro</category><category>robert-merton</category><category>david-tuckett</category><category>fantasy-object</category><category>long-term-refinancing-operation</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Jun 2012 00:02:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=LarryHE94B0F8F-49D8-1BE3-5490-8C54275C1318.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=LarryHE94B0F8F-49D8-1BE3-5490-8C54275C1318.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>AIG Chief Sees Retirement Age as High as 80 After [European Debt] Crisis. By Boris Cerni and Zachary Tracer.  June 3, 2012 3:00 PM PT</title>
<description><![CDATA[
American International Group Inc. (AIG)&nbsp;Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;Robert Benmosche&nbsp;said&nbsp;Europe&rsquo;s debt crisis shows governments worldwide must accept that people will have to work more years as&nbsp;life expectancies increase.
&ldquo;Retirement ages will&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></source><link>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/03/12037454-aig-chief-sees-retirement-age-as-high-as-80-after-european-debt-crisis-by-boris-cerni-and-zachary-tracer-june-3-2012-300-pm-pt</link><guid>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/03/12037454-aig-chief-sees-retirement-age-as-high-as-80-after-european-debt-crisis-by-boris-cerni-and-zachary-tracer-june-3-2012-300-pm-pt</guid><category>business</category><category>spain</category><category>croatia</category><category>europe</category><category>argentina</category><category>euro</category><category>aig</category><category>greece</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>retirement</category><category>athens</category><category>american-international-group</category><category>bailout</category><category>francois-hollande</category><category>default</category><category>dubrovnik</category><category>ljubljana</category><category>debt-crisis</category><category>robert-benmosche</category><category>peter-hancock</category><category>aia-group-ltd</category><pubDate>Sun, 3 Jun 2012 23:23:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=LarryHC878B1D8-0157-1512-7FA5-A824E1EF5970.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="190" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=LarryHC878B1D8-0157-1512-7FA5-A824E1EF5970.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Paul Begala: Can Obama Weather the Storm Against Incumbents? </title>
<description><![CDATA[
It stinks to be an incumbent officeholder these days. British Prime  Minister David Cameron&rsquo;s Conservative Party lost nearly 300 seats in  local elections. Nicolas Sarkozy of France is now properly addressed as Monsieur le ex-President.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/21/11800797-paul-begala-can-obama-weather-the-storm-against-incumbents</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/21/11800797-paul-begala-can-obama-weather-the-storm-against-incumbents</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>david-cameron</category><category>obama</category><category>nicolas-sarkozy</category><category>incumbent</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 02:46:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat10A68DC3-40B1-9B07-8DDA-A9529F8C746D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="133" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat10A68DC3-40B1-9B07-8DDA-A9529F8C746D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Europe finally awakes from its utopian dream - Telegraph</title>
<description><![CDATA[Let&rsquo;s say this again, just in case a single sentient being on the planet has missed it: Germany cannot simply decide to bail Greece (or Spain, or Italy, etc) out of its debts. OK? However much Angela Merkel is nagged, berated, bullied and patronised by Barack Obama, David C&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></source><link>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/20/11776408-europe-finally-awakes-from-its-utopian-dream-telegraph</link><guid>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/20/11776408-europe-finally-awakes-from-its-utopian-dream-telegraph</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>pensions</category><category>euro</category><category>greece</category><category>debt</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>world-news</category><category>riots</category><category>entitlements</category><category>g8</category><category>economic-security</category><category>sense-of-entitlement</category><category>bail-out</category><category>european-unity</category><pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 07:38:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Two Simple But Essential Reasons Why Barack Obama Will Have a Second Term (Poll)</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Sometimes the best things in life are the simplest and what we often take for granted, yet they are likely to make the biggest impact on others and their life quality. In everything he does, President Barack Obama exhibits those two assets in abundance, which have raised his sta&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/11/11657773-two-simple-but-essential-reasons-why-barack-obama-will-have-a-second-term-poll</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/11/11657773-two-simple-but-essential-reasons-why-barack-obama-will-have-a-second-term-poll</guid><category>europe</category><category>impact</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>military</category><category>journey</category><category>smile</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>respect</category><category>world-leaders</category><category>people-skills</category><category>adulation</category><category>life-quality</category><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 13:34:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah0FB3E3F0-D519-B25B-CB7B-F399370FB2CB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah0FB3E3F0-D519-B25B-CB7B-F399370FB2CB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;THAT Smile!!&lt;br /&gt;
credit/inquisitr.com&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Update: Greece crisis bailout talks delayed ... Video: Lethal Medicine 'Greece testing ground for EU austerity hell' </title>
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BBC News
Greece crisis bailout talks delayed
The Greek Prime Minister is struggling to get coalition party leaders to  buy-in to harsh new international bailout terms.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></source><link>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/06/10332363-update-greece-crisis-bailout-talks-delayed-video-lethal-medicine-greece-testing-ground-for-eu-austerity-hell</link><guid>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/06/10332363-update-greece-crisis-bailout-talks-delayed-video-lethal-medicine-greece-testing-ground-for-eu-austerity-hell</guid><category>eu</category><category>economy</category><category>europe</category><category>scandal</category><category>democracy</category><category>euro</category><category>greece</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>european-union</category><category>european-commission</category><category>european-central-bank</category><category>budget-cuts</category><category>world-news</category><category>brussels</category><category>bureaucracy</category><category>eurozone</category><category>rt</category><category>austerity</category><category>debt-crisis</category><category>papademos</category><category>eurocrisis</category><category>european-taxpayers</category><category>euro-debt</category><category>george-katroungalos</category><category>eu-monetary</category><category>fiscal-union</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 Feb 2012 19:15:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gozounlimitedA8B1C862-D8A2-CA43-DFF4-85ABED3D9D3F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gozounlimitedA8B1C862-D8A2-CA43-DFF4-85ABED3D9D3F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gozounlimited8389DE6A-EC9F-F058-2E77-1213EFF49CA1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="287" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gozounlimited8389DE6A-EC9F-F058-2E77-1213EFF49CA1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gozounlimited39D1B59F-6EA6-A392-B44C-E4BC032D5102.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="183" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gozounlimited39D1B59F-6EA6-A392-B44C-E4BC032D5102.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="55" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gozounlimited6551D94B-1F3D-BA80-AD68-88E26A7F3855.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gozounlimited6551D94B-1F3D-BA80-AD68-88E26A7F3855.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMWqnDp4hnY" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/BMWqnDp4hnY/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">The Greek Prime Minister is struggling to get coalition party leaders to buy-in to harsh new international bailout terms. The country must now accept even more painful cuts if it's to get a 130 billion Euro second lifeline from international creditors. If the deal falls through Greece is expected to default by the end of March. Professor of constitutional law George Katroungalos says measures imposed by the EU aim at selling Greece's basic infrastructure to Germany. 

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Employees from public and private sector unions in Greece hold a protest march against further austerity measures. International inspectors are due in Athens this week to discuss a crucial second bailout for Greece and they say Greece's labor force must become more competitive and flexible.

Thousands of angry Greek workers filled the streets of Athens on Tuesday as part of a 24-hour walkout against government austerity measures. 

The protest was held as European Union and International Monetary Fund inspectors were due back in the capital for discussions on a second bailout for Greece.

Many public and private sector workers have been hard hit by tax hikes and spending cuts which were part of a first bailout agreed in 2010.

They fear more austerity and wage cuts with the second bailout and say they cannot take any more belt-tightening.

[Kostas Tsikrikas, President of the Confederation of Civil Servants]:
&quot;We demand another policy that will support the worker, that will be humane and will concentrate on his needs, that it will respect labour laws and does not bow to speculators and markets.&quot;

The EU, IMF and European Central Bank inspectors -- known as the troika -- who are expected back in Athens as early as this week, say the private sector labour force must become more flexible to increase Greece's competitiveness.

The latest review plays a key role in Greece receiving the second package of financial aid, which it needs to keep from going bankrupt. 

Measures also include opening several professions up to more competition.

Until now private sector wages have been untouched by the government's austerity measures - but jobs in the private sector have been lost and some employers have cut wages independently.

[Dimitris Margaritos, Museum Employee]:
&quot;If we do not unite we will not succeed in having a solution that we want, not the one they want.&quot;

The EU and IMF inspection aims to aid Greek efforts to agree on a deal with banks to slash its debt of over 4.5 billion dollars U.S. by more than a third.

Talks broke down last week over the interest rate on new bonds Greece will offer and a plan to enforce investor losses.

Negotiations are expected to continue on Wednesday.</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3xgAC0WiOo" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/U3xgAC0WiOo/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">Greece is being pressured to give all control of the Greek budget to the European Union, which it says threatens its national sovereignty.</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Video - UK to close borders, evacuate expats if euro collapses</title>
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As Eurozone nations sink ever deeper into crisis, the UK Treasury is  working on a contingency plan for the single currency's collapse. It  includes capital control measures that, under EU rules, require  agreement from most of the Union members.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></source><link>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/28/9775530-video-uk-to-close-borders-evacuate-expats-if-euro-collapses</link><guid>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/28/9775530-video-uk-to-close-borders-evacuate-expats-if-euro-collapses</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>france</category><category>britain</category><category>economy</category><category>europe</category><category>referendum</category><category>merkel</category><category>scandal</category><category>democracy</category><category>euro</category><category>greece</category><category>angela-merkel</category><category>european-union</category><category>european-central-bank</category><category>budget-cuts</category><category>eu-summit</category><category>world-news</category><category>german-chancellor</category><category>uk</category><category>parliament</category><category>brussels</category><category>bureaucracy</category><category>eurozone</category><category>rt</category><category>british-parliament</category><category>austerity</category><category>debt-crisis</category><category>eurocrisis</category><category>robert-oulds</category><category>european-taxpayers</category><category>euro-debt</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:45:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gozounlimited09457DDD-41CE-04CD-6B7C-EBAA32878722.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gozounlimited09457DDD-41CE-04CD-6B7C-EBAA32878722.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1lc8b7aVkI" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/y1lc8b7aVkI/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">As Eurozone nations sink ever deeper into crisis, the UK Treasury is working on a contingency plan for the single currency's collapse. It includes capital control measures that, under EU rules, require agreement from most of the Union members. Britain is also prepared to close its borders and evacuate expats and holidaymakers from the effected countries. Robert Oulds, president of the Bruge Groups of campaigners against excess unification in Europe says many countries will benefit if euro collapses.

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Britain is facing isolation in Europe after David Cameron vetoed a revision of the Lisbon treaty, prompting a majority of EU members to agree to draw up their own deal outside the architecture of the union.
In one of the most significant developments in Britain's 38-year membe&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
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