Andy Reinhardt
Andy Reinhardt is London Editor for Bloomberg.com and Bloomberg Businessweek. Previously he reported on the European economy in Businessweek's Paris bureau.
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U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney in New Hampshire
Romney Runs Against…Europe?
There’s no way the euro zone crisis was going to help Europe’s image in the rest of the world. But exactly how much reputational damage has occurred was highlighted in the victory speech given by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney...
Read more »S&P Tells It Like It Is in Europe
In some ways it wasn’t surprising when Standard & Poor’s warned late on Dec. 5 that it was putting 15 of 17 countries using the euro on negative credit watch. The euro zone members could see their ratings lowered by...
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Irish street protests against austerity measures have been relatively restrained
Coping With Austerity
On the same day that German Chancellor Angela Merkel again swatted down the idea of issuing joint euro bonds to help ease sovereign debt in peripheral euro zone nations, Germany’s own bond issuance, which fell short of objectives, caused market...
Read more »Must Democracy Be Sacrificed to Save Europe?
The European debt crisis has played havoc on the continent’s politicians. This year alone four countries have seen their governments fall—Ireland, Portugal, Greece, and Italy—the last two “without a shove from voters,” reported Bloomberg News yesterday in a story about...
Read more »Italy’s Turn to Spook the World
The news late on Nov. 8 that Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi intends to step down after lawmakers vote through a fiscal austerity package this month might have reassured jittery investors looking for signs of progress in solving the euro...
Read more »Euro Crisis Unleashes Old Stereotypes
As an American somewhat steeped in political correctness, I was shocked when I moved to France in 2001 by how commonly and unashamedly many Europeans invoked shopworn stereotypes of each other. In the era of the expanding European Union and...
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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreaou
Papandreou Drops a Bomb With Referendum Plan
Talk about throwing a spanner in the works. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou shocked the world by announcing late on Oct. 31 that he intends to hold a popular referendum on the new bailout package hammered out just days ago...
Read more »Euro Crisis Fix: Mounting Questions
After the euphoric initial reaction to the breakthrough reached by European leaders on Oct. 27 to save the euro zone, analysts are casting a more skeptical eye toward the deal while investors are showing renewed anxiety. The Stoxx Europe 600...
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David Cameron speaks to the House of Commons
British Anti-EU Vote Hurts Cameron, Solidarity
It’s no secret that segments of Britain’s populace and political class have never reconciled themselves to being a part of the experiment in supranational government known as the European Union. The issue of whether Britain should even belong to the...
Read more »Markets Like Weekend Summit Progress
I had Sunday roast yesterday with a friend who happens to be a hedge fund manager here in London. (Both he and his firm shall remain nameless to protect a private discussion.) I would characterize his level of pessimism about...
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