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Google prefers to resign rather than submit. Two months after revealing that massive computer attacks were conducted from China against its infrastructure, the American would be safe "99.9%" to abandon its Chinese search engine, reported the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal this weekend. According to an anonymous source quoted by the British newspaper, a closure plan Google.cn, has already been developed. Only the execution date is unknown. Last week, Google CEO Eric Schmidt announced that an outcome would be found "quickly".

Asked on Monday, a spokesman for Google said that discussions with the Chinese authorities were not broken. But they seem to be at an impasse.Google, which has complied with the demands of Chinese censors in its entry into the country four years ago, agreeing to serve the political or pornographic content, wants more today affect its results. Opposite, China reminds him that its laws must be respected, otherwise to "pay the price." Any other choice would be "unfriendly and irresponsible," warned Friday the Minister of Industry and Information Technology Li Yizhong.

Uncertainty about other Google products

If Google decides to close its Chinese search engine, but the consequences should be above all symbolic. In January, Google had thus ensured that its financial results in the country were "immaterial" (600 million dollars in 2009, according to an estimate by Morgan Stanley).In this sector, it is far outstripped by Baidu, which has a market share of 58%, whose share increased by 3.2% Tuesday on rumors of departure from its competitor. "The Internet market in China will continue to grow rapidly and the impact will not be too big," assured the minister Li Yizhong.

A withdrawal could instead be casting doubts on the future of other Google products, including mobile phones Android, China being the most dynamic market in the world. The impact on freedom of expression is not clear. The approximately 400 million Internet users in the country, wishing to continue using the engine will go through the U.S. version of the site may be blocked. China carries indeed very strict filtering on Western sites most popular, such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, owned by Google.

Greek debt has never been more dangerous, according to the market. The risk attached to bonds reached a record high, according to Markit index based on the CDS (Credit default swaps, instruments for speculating against the risk of default of a State). He reached the 430 points against 387 on Friday. Contagion effect requires, the index also pierced caps for Portugal (242 against 227), Ireland (175 against 165) and Spain (173 against 166).

Originally escalating tension, information published on Monday in the Greek daily Avriani. Greek banks would face a massive capital flight to Switzerland and Cyprus amounting to 10 billion euros, the newspaper said. Wealthy individuals fear the new tax measures the Government to address the deficits via tax increases freecreditscore .In response, the Greek banks fell sharply by 8% on Monday in the Athens Stock Exchange.

The Greek banking system did not need this new. "Against the advice of the European Central Bank, the government is taking measures to protect households against seizure," said Ciaran O'Hagan, strategist at Societe Generale. "Suddenly, they stop lending. And as they have fewer filing with the flight of capital, a capital injection from the state is not impossible to run. "

While the Greek state is fighting to eliminate their deficits, the prospect darkens further the situation.

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Born in the urgency of the crisis, the idea of an "economic government" back in force at the time construction begins the following: provide sustainable Europe on track towards growth and employment . Herman Van Rompuy, EU president, described the emergency Friday as "a matter of survival" for the continent. In response, the Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero suggests a tighter coordination of national economic policies, with the possibility of sanctions against the recalcitrant.

For his baptism of fire in Madrid, the first president of the European Council has sounded the alarm. Europe out of the crisis weakened and "defensive," said Herman Van Rompuy. She has no choice. After the test, "the growth potential of the EU has fallen to just over 1% per year. It will not be sufficient to fund our social model (…) and the so-called European way of life. "It is time to speak truth to reforms and "the collective effort."

Europe out of the crisis and palliative care, but diagnosis remains gloomy backdrop of sluggish growth and industrial decline facing Asia and America. Unemployment rose for the first time in over 10% in the euro area, adds gloom. The first test of a burst is due February 11 in Brussels at an extraordinary economic summit with President Van Rompuy himself summoned.

Risk for sovereignty

Spain Jose Luis Zapatero, who holds the presidency of the EU, expresses its readiness to help."We must absolutely take another strategy (growth), binding, with the 2020," said Spanish Prime Minister told reporters.

For Madrid, the collective rules that already apply to the euro, government deficits or the competition on the market provide a unique model of governance. It should be expanded to a European recovery in the medium term. The idea remains controversial. If France pushes for eighteen months a "greater coordination" industrial policies, Germany is notoriously reticent. As for Britain, it opposes the front to European encroachment on its sovereignty.

Spain wants to raise – and more muscular – the idea of an investment plan in ten years. Already proposed in the late 1990s, the Lisbon Strategy was to make Europe the area's most competitive. In 2010, she finds herself far short.Now Madrid wants to go further by requiring states to targets and deadlines in areas deemed critical: energy, education, the digital economy or vocational training. The scoreboard would be monitored by Brussels. "Incentives and corrective measures will complement the device, said Jose Luis Zapatero. This time, it is to ensure that the objectives will be achieved. "

Madrid launches the debate with a hint of provocation. Herman Van Rompuy has not taken over the idea of a constraint. The crisis has restored the fortunes of interventionism. But the Spanish recipe may strike the interests of States.The Capitals would not see a good eye, the EU invested a right to control their expenditure budget, or even any power to sanction.

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For companies with over 50 employees, the countdown has begun. On 1 January 2010, those who are not covered by a sector agreement will be entered into an agreement or plan of action for the employment of seniors, with the unions concerned. While the fine provided for non-compliance with the law of frightening companies weakened by the crisis – it will amount to 1% of payroll – Labor Minister Xavier Darcos said Sunday in columns of a Parisian down the deadline for companies with fewer than 300 employees. These SMEs have three more months to comply with the law.

For companies with more than 300 employees, however, including "more than 1,000 agreements have already been adopted," the law will apply."Businesses must take this opportunity to end a tremendous waste of skills and social innovation by offering training, mentoring, part-time" said the minister.

France deplores, with 38% of senior operating, one of the worst rates in the European area. Called to order by Brussels after the relative failure of a first inter-national agreement in 2005, the government now hopes "to achieve the fastest possible EU target 'of 50% of 55-64 years at work. Left to threaten with a stick especially feared in times of crisis.