"European solidarity is not a one-way street," said the minister at the newspaper Bild am Sonntag. "We can not have one without the other. If one thinks that Greece is the case, they lie heavily and to voters. "

Asked whether an output of Greece in the euro area could be prevented, he replied: "Of course! Because that's exactly the goal we had in mind when we agreed on rescue efforts and programs of significant reforms that will enable the country not to have recourse to the priesthood ts in the financial markets for years. "

" Now to Greece to meet its obligations, " Wolfgang Schäuble added, saying the country had hoped that a stable government as quickly as possible

. "The current situation creates uncertainty . This is precisely what political leaders should not do, "he said

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The general elections of May 6 did not yield a stable majority in the Vouli, the Greek Parliament, and after more than a week of negotiations President Karolos Papoulias had no recourse but the decree for a new vote.

This political crisis seemed to favor the Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza) opposite to the austerity measures advocated by the EU and the IMF and supported by a growing fringe of the population. 

But since the new elections, the conservative New Democracy (ND) replicate the advantage over their rivals Syriza.

A survey, conducted between March 15 and May 17, credits the Conservatives of 26.1% of the vote while the Left Coalition would get 23.7% of the vote.

With such a result, the left would have 123 of the 300 parliamentary seats, a premium of 50 representatives being granted automatically to the leading party.

ND could then count on the extra PASOK (Socialist), in sharp loss of hearing for several weeks, which would get 41 seats. A union of these two formations that support the European austerity plan would produce a majority in Parliament.

Last week, an opinion poll gave the advantage to Syriza, took second on May 6, which raised fears of bankruptcy on Public Accounts, and an exit scenario of euro area was considered likely by the European partners.

Syriza seems to pay his unwillingness to serve in a unity government in negotiations with Papoulias.

This change in voting intentions are not satisfied yet the fears of Europe.

Sign of this concern, the British company De La Rue, which prints banknotes for over 150 national currencies, has scheduled an emergency plan to print drachmas in the case where the output of the euro area would inevitable. 

The need to provide in a short time a considerable amount of paper currency could force the Greek authorities to turn to private companies to complete the production of printing national.

EUROPE BOARD OF MULTIPLE SCENARIOS

For now, the European Central Bank (ECB) said strong support to the maintenance of Greece in the eurozone.

"Our preference is clearly in favor of a continuation of Greece into the euro," said Jose Manuel Gonzalez-Paramo, who must leave the Executive Board of the ECB at the end of May , adding that the European bank does not "describe in detail" the scenario of an output of Greece. 

The EU trade commissioner, Karel de Gucht, however, announced in an interview published Friday that the European Commission and the ECB worked on various scenarios. This is the first statement by a senior European official confirming the existence of such plans.

"There is one and a half, the risk of domino effect could have existed," said De Gucht Belgian Flemish daily De Standaard. "But today there are, both within the European Central Bank and European Commission services working in emergency scenarios where Greece can not do it. "

"An output of Greece does not mean the end of the euro, as some claim," he added.

Karel De Gucht says he believes that Greece will remain in the euro but emphasizes that the decisive question before the elections of June 17 is whether the ECB will ask what conditions to guarantee the liquidity of banks.

This position was confirmed by a spokesman for the German Ministry of Finance stated that Berlin was preparing for all eventualities.

"For two years we have done everything possible to keep Greece in the euro area (…) The German government obviously has the responsibility to its citizens to be ready for any eventuality, "she said

….. Wednesday …. Christine Lagarde, Executive Director of the IMF acknowledged that the international institution was preparing "technically" at an output of Greece

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In the first three months of the year, adjusted earnings came in at 59.2 billion kroner (7.8 billion) against 47.2 billion ago one year and 53.4 billion expected by analysts.

Production of oil and gas over the period reached 1.970 million barrels oil equivalent per day, against 1.765 million a year ago and a consensus of 1.881 million.

For all of 2012, Statoil has stuck to its projections of production of some two million boe / d.

The new French president-elect, Francois Hollande, will soon have to hire tough negotiations with its European partners, led by Germany, if he wants to achieve its goal of "renegotiate" the pact of fiscal discipline to include a "growth component" . The handover will take place with Nicolas Sarkozy later than May 15

Without waiting, Mr. Holland should have an exchange on Sunday evening with Chancellor Angela Merkel, as his special advisor Jean-Marc Ayrault. "This is the key to the recovery of Europe, the reorientation of Europe in the direction of growth, in the sense of competitiveness, protection," said Socialist deputy mayor of Nantes, which the name is tipped to Matignon.

Berlin was on his side said on Sunday ready to do so. "We will put to work quickly to add to the treaty a fiscal growth pact for more competitiveness," said the foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle, the German press.

The team intends to Francois Hollande music in the coming days promise emblematic of the newly elected through "consultations" with capitals. Objective: To complete the "memorandum" on "Growth Pact" for transmission to partners by the end of the month.

Upon taking office, Francois Hollande will meet Merkel to prepare the informal meeting of EU leaders scheduled for late May or early June, then the top 28 and June 29, devoted to the growth. For Angela Merkel, it is not a question of getting the treaty on the trade budget, signed in early March by 25 EU countries and already ratified by some of them.

This is all the ambiguity of Francois Hollande, who in turn promised to "renegotiate" or "complete" by the treaty of the measures intended to boost growth. The question is which of these terms the focus will be.

"In reality, the rules of fiscal discipline we generally agree," says the AFP near future head of state. "We ratify the treaty and to include it in a balanced package with a real growth component," he adds.

Discussions are possible?

In another near Berlin knows what to expect: in the absence of direct contact with the chancellor, "the German Embassy in Paris did the work to understand our positions." Francois Hollande is confident of having done move the lines: one after the other, European leaders are now in growth a priority, even if their income may differ from his. "The general impression is that, despite disagreements, it is possible to discuss" with the Germans, told AFP Karine Berger, team member of the former socialist candidate who recently visited with economic and financial circles across the Rhine. For her, "the points made by Francois Hollande are very pragmatic, it is to launch projects for growth."

Four areas to boost growth

In fact, the four pillars of its "Memorandum" seem to have been held in a spirit of compromise. This is to finance investments in infrastructure, new energy and industry, by several means: European loans ad hoc financing capacity of the reinforced European Investment Bank, of structural funds and European tax on unused financial transactions.

These proposals, pending in Brussels, "could benefit from a new impetus with the election of Holland," said a European diplomat. "The most complex is the legal form to be taken by these projects," said does one in the entourage of President-elect. Difficult for him to settle for a declaration of intent or a non-binding protocol. "The uncertainty will be lifted as soon as possible, including to reassure the markets," glides Does the same source.

Other controversial issues may resurface later. Francois Hollande has not completely dismissed the idea of ​​giving a greater role to the European Central Bank or to pool debts through Eurobonds, two projects which Berlin refuses to hear.

Read also: The unspoken debate on growth in Europe

This natural disaster had disrupted for months the production chain, in the automotive sector and elsewhere.

Data released Tuesday by the Japan Automobile Dealers, however, show that sales of April 2012, which reached 208,977 units, still 5.9% lower than those of April 2010.

Toyota sales including the Lexus brand, rose 185%, while Nissan was 51.6% and 61.5% of Honda.

The Conservative government of Mariano Rajoy provides a slight increase in gross domestic product next year and a 1.4% growth in 2014.

The Standard & Poor's downgraded Thursday by two steps the sovereign rating of Spain to bring it back to BBB +, only two notches above speculative grade ("junk") in highlighting the risk of recession on public finances deteriorate further.

Friday, the government said it expected to reduce the public deficit to 1.1% of GDP by 2015 from 2013 by renewing with a primary surplus (excluding debt service). 

To achieve this, he said, he will increase taxes on consumption next year to raise eight billion euros.

The debt / GDP will peak at 82.3% next year and to decline 81.5% in 2014.

Sales totaled 800 million euros over the period while the division "connected home" which includes the manufacture of decoders has successfully stabilized its sales with an increase of 1.5%.

This activity, for which the group wants to find a partner, is expected to reach its goal of returning to breakeven in 2012, said former Thomson. 

The group, a debt of over one billion euros, said it had seen its debt reduced in absolute terms but as a result of an expected cash flow, "net debt to end March 2012 was higher than December 31, 2011. "

Technicolor, however, indicated that all of its first quarter results allow the group to keep its commitments.

"This performance confirms my group's ability to meet its objectives for 2012 adjusted EBITDA of between 475 million and 500 million euros, and the pursuit of a generation a cash flow positive, "said a statement from the CEO Frederic Rose. 

Compete with Motorola Mobility that Google is about to redeem, and the British Pace, Technicolor is a leading manufacturer of "set-top boxes" providing access to Internet, television and telephone.

The group is in talks with potential buyers for its manufacturing of decoders Angers (Maine-et-Loire).

The scheduled shutdown of the last French production site of the former Thomson has caused alarm in the middle of a presidential campaign led by the theme of "Made in France ", and employees of the group expressed earlier this month to express their fears of a dismantling of the company. 

The group, which has already gone through a long restructuring process after a backup procedure in 2009, intends to continue its mutation difficult by the challenge of innovation.

Asked if the Commission felt that Madrid was always able to avoid stressing the currency bloc to preserve its banking sector, Olivier Bailly simply replied "yes".

He also said the Commission would be able to have an overview of the efforts of Spain to consolidate its finances once the Spanish Government has delivered a comprehensive overview of its plans, including regional governments. 

Lack of information, particularly on the provisions which reach implement local Spanish, "the Commission is not able to make any recommendation at Madrid" he added.

Serge Kampf, aged 77, had reserved the option when renewing his term as CEO in 2010.

The Board of Directors of Capgemini, met on Wednesday, decided "to return to the classic formula of a CEO (and …) to appoint Mr. Paul Hermelin this function from the date of the next Annual General Meeting ", May 24, announced the leading European IT services, in a statement ..

……. Serge Kampf was appointed honorary president of Capgemini vice president and board to greet his "immense contribution" to a company he founded in 1967 and he led for 45 years

. In exchange, the action Capgemini earned a , 2% to 31.58 euros at 9:22, outperforming the CAC 40 (0.4%) and giving a market capitalization of 4.9 billion euros

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In early trade, the Dow Jones lost 0.12% to 13,248.75 and the S & P 500 1417.40 0.12% also. The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.14% to 3,124 points.

Wall Street began the second quarter with a bang on Monday, with an S & P 500 ending at its highest since mid-May 2008 and the Dow at its highest since Dec. 31 in 2007. The Nasdaq Composite Index finished the other hand once again to a level that had not seen since late 2000.

"The upside potential of the S & P remains intact but seriously begins to exceed its 75 days moving average," said Robert Sluymer, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets.

There is also a rotation of investor interest, moving toward the leading sectors in the first quarter to those who were lagging behind, especially the cyclic.

Values, Molson Coors Brewing loses 1.5% Tuesday after announcing the acquisition of brewer StarBev with the investment fund CVC Capital Partners for 2.65 billion euros to strengthen its presence Markets in Central and Eastern Europe.

Groupon loses nearly 1%. The specialist group purchases the subject of an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding the review of its accounts for the fourth quarter, reports the Wall Street Journal citing a source close to the case without identifying it.