Portugal simmers

The Iberian Peninsula is in ferment.  Civil unrest in Portugal and threats of Catalonia seeking independence from Spain.  At the root, the failure of the eurozone, the failure of national politicians and the EC.  Something will give soon.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ambroseevans-pritchard/100020306/patience-snaps-in-portugal/

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ambroseevans-pritchard/100020330/be-very-careful-beloved-spain/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9566520/Spanish-austerity-protest-turns-violent-in-pictures.html

Meanwhile:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/european-leaders-plan-to-leverage-esm-bailout-fund-a-857565.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9563849/Bundesbank-castigates-IMF-for-saving-Europe.html
OUCH!!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9564225/ECB-and-Bundesbank-checking-legality-of-bond-buying-program.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9565330/Silvio-Berlusconi-Mario-Monti-too-servile-to-Germany.html
The come back kid?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9566174/Swiss-central-bank-fuels-Europes-North-South-debt-crisis.html

Greece back in the news:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9567471/Greece-austerity-strike-and-protests-in-pictures.html?frame=2351404

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9568480/ECB-will-not-fill-Greek-budget-gaps-says-Bundesbank-president.html


Dear me:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/kohl-calls-for-european-unity-during-rare-appearance-in-berlin-a-858114.html