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2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Europe in the Greeks' grip
The Greek government announced on Sunday that it will not be able to meet the deadline for fulfilling the conditions stipulated by the International Monetary Fund. Europe urgently needs to free itself from the stranglehold of the Greeks, the conservative news magazine Elsevier warns: "No one wants an escalation of the crisis. ... But the direction things are now taking won't lead anywhere. The Greeks are being rewarded even though they don't deserve it. And again and again they have demonstrated that this is what they want. ... What is required is resolute action. Ireland needed an emergency loan from Europe and the IMF after the credit crunch. Once it had it the country took drastic measures to clean up its public finances and the banking sector. The direct consequences were painful for the country and included a high level of unemployment. But now Ireland is recovering. ... European politicians would do well to force Greece to clean up its act - otherwise they mush give up on the euro. Trapped in this perpetual stranglehold, Europe can't make any progress."
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No rescue fund for newspapers, please
The Dutch government wants to set up a rescue fund for newspapers. The right-wing liberal weekly Elsevier rejects the idea of subsidies for publishing houses, pointing out that other hard-hit sectors are not being offered any aid: "Moreover, in providing such funding the government would simply be avoiding the basic problem, namely that it has created a network of public broadcasting services that is endowed with hundreds of millions in state money. ... Instead of cutting subsidies for broadcasting the state now plans to subsidise newspapers as well. This is the wrong solution, and it will only generate more problems. Many programmes contain what is really government news. It is entirely possible that the government will be unable to resist the temptation of demanding favours in return for its investment from the newspapers too."
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