U.S. stocks were mixed Monday amid reignited concerns about Europe following the elections in France and Greece.
Despite that trend, analysts caution against drawing sweeping conclusions from the far right's gains in France and Greece.
With both France and Greece deciding to jump out of the left-wing frying pan into the even-more-left-wing fire, European fiscal policy has become quite a controversial topic.
"The major tests over the next weeks are the elections in France and Greece, and we also have local elections in Italy coming up as well, " he said.
But in countries like Italy, France and Greece, trade-union opposition to pension reform is so fervent that it can hamstring governments and even, on occasions, bring them down.
Voters in France and Greece, where political turmoil continues after an election failed to produce a government, are the latest in Europe to express their unhappiness about the policy of austerity.
Beginning during the 1990s, the OECD has attacked low-tax jurisdiction for the supposed crime of having good tax laws that attract jobs and capital from high-tax nations such as France and Greece.
The IBD Big Picture went back to Correction Mode when we broke 1390 around May 4th- coincidentally when the Elections in France and Greece changed the complexion of the course in Europe.
But they also include an Albanian keeper, defenders from France, the Netherlands and Greece, midfielders from France, Brazil and Portugal along with a Polish striker.
As the climate gets more poisonous and elections approach in France, Germany and Greece itself, the risk of a disastrous accident anything from a disorderly default to a currency break-up is growing.
In short, Poland, Estonia and Bulgaria are as different in their way as are France, Finland and Greece.
During the quarter, Trina boosted its production capacity, shipped nearly three times as many systems and expanded sales in developing markets like the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Greece and Korea.
The leaders of Greece, France and Germany have said that Greece is an "integral" part of the eurozone.
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More arrived every day from Italy and Germany, France and China, Russia and Greece, bringing with them their odd customs and habits, their peculiar religions and strange tongues.
Some 80% of UK holidaymakers take their breaks in eurozone countries, with Spain, France, Italy and Greece the most popular destinations.
Nothing underlines the humiliation more than the suggestion from France and Germany that Greece set up a separate account dedicated to repaying its debts.
Only four European countries are spending 2% of GDP on defence and they are France, the UK, Greece and Albania.
Then it looked like the IMF would save them, then Germany and France, and now it looks like Greece could conceivably desert the euro altogether.
After a year of heavy charged rhetoric and difficult elections in Greece, France, and the Netherlands, it will be Italy, Germany, and Austria in the political spotlight.
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Tehran has already stopped oil exports to France, Britain, and Greece and is now considering adding Italy to that list.
Stronger countries, like Germany and France, and weaker countries, such as the aforementioned Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Italy, and Spain all add up to create the value of the Euro.
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Ministers from Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Greece met on Friday evening for informal talks in Luxembourg.
The Fifa rankings had Ireland in 34th place, meaning France, Russia, Portugal and Greece were seeded for the two-legged play-off matches.
Results in Egypt, France, Greece, Mexico and Russia each had their drama.
Investors also seem still to be buoyed by the statements coming out of yesterday's conference call between the leaders of Germany, Greece and France.
Other Mediterranean countries, such as Greece and France, are also high on the list, thanks to good diets and lower levels of heart disease.
Thus Vodafone has investments in France, Sweden, Greece and the Netherlands.
EU's annual budget of 83 billion ecus, just under half is spent on farm support, which provides disproportionate financial windfalls for France, Italy, Spain and Greece, which they do not want to lose.
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