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Population Deflation: Spain Joins Germany with Negative Net Birth Rate; Italy on Threshold; Who’s to Blame?
December 8, 2015 0

Population Deflation: Spain Joins Germany with Negative Net Birth Rate; Italy on Threshold; Who’s to Blame?

By News Desk

The English version El Pais asks Is it time for Spain to address its plummeting birth rate? Figures from the National Statistics Institute (INS) show there was a peak in 1944, with 23 births per 1,000 inhabitants. But that number bottomed out in 1998 when only nine births per 1,000 were reported.“We have seen an incredible decline in the birth rate, which has been cut by half since 1975, and this trend is here to stay,†says Andrés, of the University of Palencia

Marine Le Pen’s National Front Ahead in 6 of 13 French Regions in First Round of Voting; Shock but Not Surprising; Stop Le Pen Movement Mounts
December 6, 2015 0

Marine Le Pen’s National Front Ahead in 6 of 13 French Regions in First Round of Voting; Shock but Not Surprising; Stop Le Pen Movement Mounts

By News Desk

This was a Historic Result for the National Front but it does need follow-through next week. France’s far-right National Front party appeared on course for a historic victory in the first round of regional elections on Sunday, winning more than 30 per cent of the vote and delivering a stunning blow to the country’s traditional parties.

"No Limit" to Economic Madness
December 6, 2015 0

"No Limit" to Economic Madness

By News Desk

So Mario Draghi followed up with a new pledge ‘No limit’ to ECB Action to Hit Targets . The ECB pledged on Thursday to continue its €60bn-a-month bond buying quantitative easing plan until March 2017 and cut a key interest rate to a fresh record low of minus 0.3 per cent. But the measures disappointed investors that have come to rely on Mr Draghi to smash expectations, with a broad market sell-off after the ECB failed to deliver deeper cuts and an increase in the pace of QE.