Progress in Greece

Dear reader,
in order to balance the mostly bad news concerning Greece in this blog entry there will be positive news about and from Greece. As always more links will be added as soon as they get available and there is time to add them.

Jul  07th 2012 clever ways used by some local administrators to tackle crisis # (Die Welt)
Mar 21st 2012 Six Major German Tour Operators Promote Greek Tourism
Mar 18th 2012 Fight against recession: Athens attracts solar investments # (Teleboerse)
Mar 18th 2012 Greece on the breadline: 'potato movement' links shoppers and farmers
Mar 13th 2012 Greek regulator employee arrested on bribery charges
Mar 10th 2012 Greece eyes 1 billion euro stimulus from EIB: PM adviser
Mar 08th 2012 Thessaloniki shows the way forward
Mar 07th 2012 Six projects are fast-tracked


# = German language

Greece: Help not fully appreciated

				Dear reader,
				in order to give some perspective from eurozone core countries (read Germany) what could have been achieved already when Greece accepted all offers made by its European partners here some publications concerning offers and obstructions to/from Greece. As always you can expect some additions to the initial compilation from to time to time.
				Philipp Rösler, German minister of economics, Vice-Chancellor
				Wolfgang Schäuble, German minister of finance
Mar	13th	2012		Development Aid: Greek realities and German impatience
Mar	2nd	2012	#	Rösler insists on European (re)construction commissioner # (Die Welt )
Feb	29th	2012	#	Buildup of administration: Greece doesn't accept German offers #(Rheinische Post)
Feb	29th	2012	#	Rösler complaints about lack of interest in German econ. support (Der Spiegel)
Feb	29th	2012	#	Greeks not eager to get support # (NZZ Online) (CH, also concerning other core offers)
Feb	29th	2012	#	Greeks decline German help - Athens criticizes Rösler #(Volksfreund)
Feb	25th	2012	#	German tax collectors want to collect Greek taxes #(Der Spiegel)
Feb	21st	2012	#	EIB president Hoyer: "Greece needs a Marshall plan" #(Handelsblatt)
Feb	19th	2012	#	Schäuble: Help always requires somebody who is willing to accept it #(Bundesfinanzministerium)
Feb	14th	2012	#	Schäuble defends forced austerity for Greee # (Die Zeit)
Oct	21st	2012	#	Rösler rushes Greece to help #(Frankf. Neue Presse)(his visit in Greece)
Jul	27th	2011	#	Investment summit: Rösler and (German) economy want to help Greece # (Frankfurter Rundschau)
Jul	27th	2011	#	(German) Industry sees potential for investment in Greece acc. to Rösler # (ad hoc news)
				Please check also other 'positive news': European growth initiatives
			#	>> German language
				Note: Please don't shoot the messenger ;-)

Treaty on stability, coordination and governance (or fiscal treaty)

Link to pdf offered by european-council.europa.eu (eng)
Fiskalpakt: Link to pdf offered by Deutscher Bundestag(german parliament) (ger)

Nov19th 2012    G.Wolff presents"The German implementation of the fiscal compact:towards more ambition" at Bundestag Haushaltsausschuss (pdf,German,6 pages)
May  5th 2012    Referendum 2012: Fiscal Treaty Guide
Apr 13th 2012    Portugal first to approve EU fiscal pact
Mar 29th 2012   German opposition warns Merkel on fiscal pact, ESM
Mar 27th 2012   Opposition rejects Merkel's timeline on EU fiscal pact
Mar 27th 2012   Fiscal treaty: German opposition not to be pushed # (reuters_de)
Mar 20th 2012   Interview with Paul de Grauwe
Mar 15th 2012   The fiscal pact is in trouble in the Netherlands new
Mar 07th 2012   Karl Whelan: Golden rule or golden straightjacket?
Mar 06th 2012   Door to fiscal treaty signature open - German ForMin in Prague
Mar 04th 2012   Schwarzenberg hopes Czech PM Necas will sign EU fiscal pact
Mar 04th 2012   Irish poll: Majority of Irish in favour # (Reuters)
Mar 04th 2012   Fiscal treaty puts pressure on Merkel # (Financial Times Deutschland)
Mar 04th 2012   Chancellor Merkel needs support of opposition SPD #(Hamburger Abendblatt)
Mar 03rd 2012   Merkel needs 2/3 majority for fiscal treaty # (Sueddeutsche Zeitung)
Mar .2nd 2012   This is the new treaty # (Hamburger Abendblatt)
Mar .2nd 2012   Poland signs up to EU fiscal pact
Feb  .1st  2012   War of words erupts in Prague over EU’s fiscal treaty
Jan  31st  2012   Forget The Brits: Here's Why The Czechs Didn't Ratify The EU Fiscal Treaty

# = German language

note: Some more articles concerning the just signed document by European leaders will follow.