The Euro as a reserve currency

http://www.europeaninstitute.org/index.php/193-european-affairs/ea-february-2014/1847-the-euro-at-age-15-is-it-a-reserve-currency-yet

http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/euro/world/index_en.htm

http://www.cer.org.uk/insights/euro-world%E2%80%99s-reserve-currency

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro#Use_as_reserve_currency

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-09/euro-s-reserve-status-jeopardized-as-central-banks-dump-holdings

How EU citizens see the European Union

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/03/world/europe/support-for-the-european-union-is-rising-survey-suggests.html?_r=0

http://www.pewglobal.org/2015/06/02/faith-in-european-project-reviving/

Compare with previous polls:

http://www.pewglobal.org/2014/05/12/a-fragile-rebound-for-eu-image-on-eve-of-european-parliament-elections/

http://www.pewglobal.org/2013/05/13/the-new-sick-man-of-europe-the-european-union/

The economic challenges for Italy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Italy

http://www.euro-challenge.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Italy-2015.pdf

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/11/4-reasons-why-italys-economy-is-such-a-disaster/248238/

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/economic-crisis-in-italy-continues-to-worsen-a-912716.html

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/feb/20/six-things-wrong-with-italy

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21627620-deflation-euro-zone-all-too-close-and-extremely-dangerous-worlds-biggest-economic

http://www.focus-economics.com/countries/italy

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-13/italy-fails-to-rebound-from-recession-challenging-premier-renzi

http://ec.europa.eu/europe2020/pdf/csr2015/cr2015_italy_en.pdf

http://www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/Overview_Italy_2015_ENG.pdf

http://www.istat.it/it/archivio/159228

Problems with renewable energy technologies

http://www.worldreview.info/content/germany-s-energy-policy-could-lead-fall-living-standards

Aung San Suu Kyi

If you are asked to write a comment on a political figure you might want to use this material:

http://www.biography.com/people/aung-san-suu-kyi-9192617

http://burmacampaign.org.uk/about-burma/a-biography-of-aung-san-suu-kyi/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi

http://www.teenink.com/nonfiction/heroes/article/4972/Aung-San-Suu-Kyi/

http://myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=A_Kyi_dnhs_rc_US_2013

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/06/burma-aung-san-suu-kyi-democracy-election

http://thediplomat.com/2014/11/aung-san-suu-kyi-colluding-with-tyranny/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmese_general_election,_2015

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/13/world/asia/for-some-daw-aung-san-suu-kyi-falls-short-of-expectations-in-myanmar.html?_r=0

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/04/15/world/asia/myanmar-aung-san-suu-kyi-rohingya-disappointment/