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Seven days - a week in the life of Fredrik Erixon
Evaluating German toilet habits, explaining the G-spot to a Chinese delegation as well as analysing the progress of Swedish society and taking in the sights of Vienna – it is all in a week's work for the director of the European Centre for International Political Economy
ECB and France doing well - Moody's
Europe's central banks do have the financial capacity to support troubled investment banks and France keeps Aaa rating - according to rating agency
EU could invest €9bn in broadband
Plans for multi-billion pound investment could see superfast broadband rolled out across Europe
Europe ready to find way out of crisis - claim leaders
Leaders respond positively to the G20 calls for a 'comprehensive plan' to end the eurozone debt crisis
Cut deficit faster, OECD tells Ireland
The OECD upgrades its growth forecast for Ireland and says the government is making good progress on deficit reduction
Stopping the 'run' on sovereign countries in Europe
Europe facing a 'run on sovereigns' as a result of dented confidence in the ability of eurozone nations to pay back debts
Rethinking the European project in an age of crisis
Barroso urges EU institutions and member states to present united front as rating agencies hold a gun to the head of eurozone
Slovakia ratifies EFSF but Spain downgraded
Fitch puts a series of major European banks on rating watch negative and eurozone inflation is confirmed at a 35-month high in September
Benefits a 'lifestyle choice' for some - UKIP
The welfare state has been a failure, encouraging moral decay, and should be scrapped forthwith - argues Godfrey Bloom MEP
EU ties development aid to political reform
The European Commission has revealed plans to tie development aid to political targets and reduce the amount it gives to middle income countries
Parliament criticises Dutch, Finnish Schengen veto
The European Parliament denounces the Dutch and Finnish veto of Bulgaria and Romania's entry into Schengen
Montenegro ready to open EU accession talks
The European Commission's annual enlargement report suggests there has been little progress among most candidates but Montenegro is ready to begin talks
Barroso: 'Get ahead of the curve'
Banks should not be allowed to pay out dividends or bonuses until they have recapitalised, says the European Commission president
Reforms aim to 'green' CAP payments
Wide-ranging proposals for the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy have been criticised by MEPs and green campaigners
Slovakia votes against euro bail-out fund
Slovakia's parliament rejected changes to the EFSF but markets were steady ahead of EU plans to recapitalise Europe's banks