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Business Daily: Slovenia: Next in the Firing Line?

03/06/2013

Slovenia: Next in the Firing Line?

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Could the crisis in Slovenia threaten the future of the Eurozone?

Could the crisis in Slovenia threaten the future of the Eurozone? Why is Europe so resistant at attempts at unification and does having better grades mean you're a better employee?

The Eurozone crisis is still smouldering away.  Business Daily reports from the latest conflagration, the tiny but picturesque nation of Slovenia.  Its economy is in recession, its bonds have been downgraded to junk status and now the European Commission has said it needs to sell off state assets in its efforts to avoid a bailout.  

Justin Rowlatt asks a Cambridge professor of history why Europe is so resistant to attempts at unification.  Is the right model for Europe something that looks more like the United States - a federal union under a strong president?  

And are employers right to set so much store by the exam grades applicants get?  Do your qualifications say anything about how good an employee you'll be?  Our regular commentator Lucy Kellaway of the Financial Times brings her typically pungent analysis to the question.

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