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Greece: Pavlos Fyssas, the hidden side of political assassination (2/2)
A tee shirt and flowers at the site where Pavlos Fyssas was murdered in Athens – AFP
1 November 201344 Libération Paris
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Greece: Pavlos Fyssas, the hidden side of political assassination (1/2)
31 October 20136 Libération Paris
Second-best seems good enough when it comes to deciding on Europe’s top jobs, says Tony Barber. In brief
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Public contracts: Sofia and Bucharest under surveillance
31 October 20135PresseuropMediapool.bg, Business 24 -
Germany: Employment is no guarantee of happiness
31 October 201345PresseuropDie Welt, Handelsblatt, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
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Politics: Power players
31 October 20132 Neues Deutschland Berlin -
Poland: ‘Will PO sink the government?’
31 October 20131PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Belgium: ‘N-VA transforms Belgium into funeral home’
31 October 201312PresseuropDe Standaard -
France: ‘Hostages: questions about a ransom’
31 October 20131PresseuropLibération -
The Netherlands: Sorry reckoning for Geert Wilders
30 October 20132 De Groene Amsterdammer Amsterdam -
France: Openness or revolt, Hollande must choose
30 October 201361 Slate.fr Paris -
Czech Republic: ‘Putschists back down’
30 October 20131PresseuropLidové noviny -
American eavesdropping: Europe’s Sputnik moment
30 October 201313 Cicero Berlin -
Libor Scandals: ‘Manipulation deals cost European banks billions’
30 October 20136PresseuropDer Standard -
Portugal: ‘10,000 people leave Portugal every month’
30 October 201339PresseuropDiário de Notícias -
Immigration: ‘Malta proposes to cut EU aid to African countries that do not accept migrants’
30 October 201313PresseuropThe Times of Malta -
Greenpeace: Bear-ing up
29 October 20132 Trouw Amsterdam -
European Council: Data protection can wait
29 October 20135PresseuropLe Monde -
Poland: Farewell to ‘a man of dialogue’
29 October 20136PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza, Rzeczpospolita -
EU institutions: Angela Merkel plots European reform
29 October 2013126 Der Spiegel Hamburg -
Bulgaria: ‘University management unable to halt occupation’
29 October 20131PresseuropSega -
Belgium: ‘Nowhere else do foreigners work so little’
29 October 20132PresseuropDe Standaard -
American Eavesdropping: ‘Washington admits spying’
29 October 2013PresseuropNeue Zürcher Zeitung -
Immigration: ‘Jobs for Britons not immigrants’
29 October 201331PresseuropThe Daily Telegraph -
Espionage: ‘How the Russians spied on the G20’
29 October 20132PresseuropLa Stampa -
Eurozone crisis: ‘Ireland may not need credit line to exit bailout’
29 October 20131PresseuropThe Irish Times -
EU-Canada: Visas for free trade
28 October 20139 Adevărul Bucharest -
EU-US: The real transatlantic confidence crisis
28 October 201353 Il Sole-24 Ore Milan -
Death of Tadeusz Mazowiecki: ‘The best PM in Polish history’
28 October 20134PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza, Le Monde -
Czech Republic: ‘How Babiš will change the Czech Republic‘
28 October 20135PresseuropRespekt
Sagging in the polls, battered from both left and right and up against a surging wave of social protest, the French president has his back to the wall. His only way out is finally to “de-Marxify" the left, writes a columnist. 
Beyond the outrage, the American spying scandal should serve as a wake-up call to the Europeans. Just like the first Soviet satellite pushed the Americans to go into space, these revelations should motivate the Europeans to catch up in information technology. 
The German chancellor finally seems ready to take control of – and responsibility for – Europe. But as her proposed reforms are in line with the Social Democrats, she needs an ally: the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz. 
Viewed from Europe, the NSA spying scandal is eroding US credibility and standing. But from the other side of the Atlantic, it is the EU’s continuing inability to solve the economic crisis that is worrying American decision-makers.