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France to miss EU budget deficit target

10 Sep 2014: Finance minister says country will not achieve 3% goal by 2017, and slashes growth outlook for this year and next
The Guardian view on the depressed eurozone

8 Sep 2014: Editorial: Mario Draghi has rescued the eurozone with words before. But with deflation in prospect he’ll need more than that this time
Deflation would be the stuff of nightmares for European economies

7 Sep 2014: The world has been haunted by the fear of deflation since the 30s. Now it is a very real prospect for the eurozone, writes Paul Mason
The European Central Bank will need to act swiftly to avoid quantitative easing

4 Sep 2014: Larry Elliott: Mario Draghi at the European Central Bank needs to find a way to get money back into the system that works for everyone
Germany Eurosceptics win state seats in Saxony

1 Sep 2014:
Alternative für Deutschland beats two mainstream rivals, as leader declares party has 'arrived on political landscape'
Draghinomics – Abenomics, European-style

1 Sep 2014:
ECB president Mario Draghi can follow a similar economic route to Shinzo Abe's experiment in Japan. It's a risky path worth taking
The Guardian view on Europe’s next five years: a long road ahead

31 Aug 2014: Editorial: The new European commission faces unprecedented challenge, not just from Russia but from within
Russia and economic warfare: RIP the free market new world order

31 Aug 2014:
Larry Elliott: Russia faces damaging economic sanctions from the US and EU, but this also brings down the final curtain on capitalism's apparent victory in 1989
Eurozone fears of stagnation grow as France and Italy suffer

30 Aug 2014:
A stubborn lack of growth, rather than collapse, is now the enemy. But agreement is elusive
Why Italy’s stagnation could be the future for the entire eurozone

30 Aug 2014: Riccardo Bellofiore: Monetary reform alone can’t kickstart the European economy. It needs something more radical
Eurozone gripped by deflation fears as inflation rate hits five-year low

29 Aug 2014: ECB chief Mario Draghi is under pressure to act but experts say immediate measures are unlikely
Deutsche Bank fined £4.7m by FCA over derivatives transactions

28 Aug 2014:
London branch of Germany's largest bank 'incorrectly reported' 29m transactions from November 2007 until April last year
A French history lesson: Hollande needed a Marshall Plan for Europe

26 Aug 2014: Larry Elliott: Halfway through his term of office the president needed a more aggressive policy from the ECB, but errors were repeated
An austerity revolt has broken the French government. Will the EU follow?

25 Aug 2014: John Palmer: While the chaos in France will be swiftly resolved, time is running out to save the eurozone and EU from their economic fault lines
The eurozone needs an alternative solution to its economic woes

24 Aug 2014: ECB head Mario Draghi is calling for more growth-friendly policies, but a little quantitative easing won't do the job