Aurélien Caron : “L’Union européenne n’est pas là pour s’opposer frontalement à la Hongrie” (2/2)
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Cliquez ici pour lire la première partie de l’entretien. 1. Les Cabris de l’Europe : mercredi 22 février, les JE-F ont manifesté à Paris devant l’ambassade de Hongrie, mais aussi dans toute la France. Vous y étiez, pouvez-vous nous ra...
Speech at the Lisbon Council and European semester debate
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I gave a widely recognised speech at the Lisbon Council today, speaking about smart growth and the ways out of the crisis, many media reports followed, which I welcome very much. I will share a speech video with you as soon as I have time to add it.
Officially official: Somerset Cider Brandy's PGI protected status published in EU's Official Journal
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The decision granting Somerset Cider Brandy EU protection under the protected geographical indication (PGI) scheme was announced back in September 2011, but only this week – due to parliamentary procedures – did the legal protection come into for...
Grilling Assistance, Straight From The Wedding party Oral cavity
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Grilling Assistance, Straight From The Wedding party Oral cavity from Article DirectoryA number of articles or blog posts by the creator : Web Link Location salad dressing up away aside of your salad, as an alternative to along with it, when servicin...
Grilling Assistance, Straight From The Wedding party Oral cavity
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Grilling Assistance, Straight From The Wedding party Oral cavity from Article DirectoryA number of articles or blog posts by the creator : Web Link Location salad dressing up away aside of your salad, as an alternative to along with it, when servicin...
Greek Default and the Euro Zone Crisis
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Standard and Poors downgraded Greece today to Selective Default status. The International Swaps and Derivatives Association is now debating whether this means that credit default swaps are due to be paid as a result. It will decide by the 29th. If it...
The German solar madness: "Chinese boom has been generously supported by German financial aid"
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Having read the Der Spiegel article about the total failure of the Merkel government´s solar energy and climate change policy , one wonders how long the German taxpayers are going to accept the madness:Germany long aimed to be a front runn...
Welcome
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Welcome to “The FRIDE Blog”, a new platform through which FRIDE intends to share the ideas and opinions of its experts on current affairs. Today, political change is afoot at an increasingly fast pace and in-depth research and analysis are more n...
Further further reading
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For the commute home, - S&P downgrades Greece to selective default — cue the pending follow-up by other rating agencies and a delicate period for funding Greek banks at the ECB…...
So French in his being, so little French in his acting, the opposite of the intellectual actor
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It's the story of a Frenchman who can't be more French than he is nor have a more French name, writes Marion Van Renterghem of Oscar-winner Jean Dujardin in Le Monde. So French in his being and so little French in his acting, the opposite of the inte...
Schuldenbremsen, Sparprogramme, Wachstumsimpulse, Kapitalaufstockungen: Europa
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Selten hat der Bundestag so viel Geld mit so wenig Wissen ausgegeben. Selten war das Bauchgefühl der Abgeordneten dabei so schlecht. Noch einmal 130 Milliarden Euro für Griechenland. Aber auch wirklich zum letzten Mal? Es ist eine echte Notentschei...
Interparliamentary dialogue on the European semester
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This evening I accompanied Michael Smyth, the President of the EESC’s ‘ECO’ Section, to a working dinner organised by the European Parliament and its new President, Martin Schulz, in the context of interparliamentary dialogue on the...
Bienvenid@s
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Bienvenid@s a “The FRIDE Blog“, una nueva plataforma con la que FRIDE quiere acercar las ideas y opiniones de sus expertos al análisis de la actualidad. En esta época en la que las noticias y los cambios políticos se suceden cada vez c...
Die Entstehungsgeschichte des Euro
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Am 1. Januar 2012 feierte die offizielle Einführung des Euros als greifbares Zahlungsmittel ihr 10-jähriges Bestehen. Basierend auf einer Übereinkunft der Europäischen Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion (EWU) bzw. der beteiligten Mitgliedsstaaten wu...
Saving Face – a worthy Oscar winner
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From Birmingham Mail.net: The documentary film ‘Saving Face’ about the work of Birmingham charity Islamic Help and its campaign to treat women injured in acid attacks has won an Oscar. The film, which charts the work of Balsall Heath-b...
Saving Face – a worthy Oscar winner
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From Birmingham Mail.net: The documentary film ‘Saving Face’ about the work of Birmingham charity Islamic Help and its campaign to treat women injured in acid attacks has won an Oscar. The film, which charts the work of Balsall Heath-b...
Ailing the E.U.: Unbalanced Federalism and the Euro
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Lest it bethought that the economic safety net for the neediest led some of the E.U.states into excessive public debt toward the end of the first decade of thetwenty-first century and beyond, the existence of some counter-examples suggestthat the act...
Nick Clegg: The Health Bill is so great … that we need to change it more!
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Flip-flopping Nick Clegg is struggling to make up his mind about his government’s own legislation. After praising the Health Bill over the past few months, Clegg has now written to Lib Dem MPs and peers to asking them to, erm, make more changes. B...
Mitt Romney on his NASCAR friends: how to alienate the working class
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Here's another gaffe that proves Mitt Romney's "men problem". At the Daytona 500, the Republican candidate was asked whether he followed NASCAR. Easy question, should have been an easy answer – a chance for Romney prove he's no "elite". The mot...
Come fish with Alphaville
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Literally…An anonymous benefactor is offering to fund a day’s fly fishing on the River Test in Hampshire during the Mayfly hatch (early May) for a handful of lucky...
Quote of the day: Backbench Darling
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Alistair Darling on life as a former minister: “I can say as much, if not more, where I am. I don’t need to be on the frontbench if I want to get on the television to say something.” Related posts: Quote of the day: My door is alway...
Isda Greece credit event around here?
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Has Greece CDS been triggered? The question’s finally been posed to Isda’s determination committee and is currently pending:It’s quite a long one.Does the...
Where next for Dutch Labour?
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“Yes we Cohen!” That was how the Dutch Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid, or PvdA) greeted the election of the universally popular mayor of Amsterdam, Job Cohen, as its new leader in the spring of 2010. On Monday 20 February, after les...
Where next for Dutch Labour?
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“Yes we Cohen!” That was how the Dutch Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid, or PvdA) greeted the election of the universally popular mayor of Amsterdam, Job Cohen, as its new leader in the spring of 2010. On Monday 20 … Continue re...
Gekko latest: I am fictional
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Well, some people do confuse “tutorial” and “satire” in Wall Street, Liar’s Poker etcAs the FT’s Kara Scannell reports on Monday, Michael...
Draghi : L’équilibre budgétaire passe exclusivement par des réductions de dépenses
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Mario Draghi, le président de la Banque centrale européenne, a été appelé dans le magazine Foreign Policy « L’homme ennuyeux le plus important du monde ». En effet, dans le contexte actuel de crise financière et budgétaire, la BCE est pe...
Draghi : L’équilibre budgétaire passe exclusivement par des réductions de dépenses
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Mario Draghi, le président de la Banque centrale européenne, a été appelé dans le magazine Foreign Policy « L’homme ennuyeux le plus important du monde ». En effet, dans le contexte actuel de crise financière et budgétaire, la BCE est pe...
Draghi : L’équilibre budgétaire passe exclusivement par des réductions de dépenses
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Mario Draghi, le président de la Banque centrale européenne, a été appelé dans le magazine Foreign Policy « L’homme ennuyeux le plus important du monde ». En effet, dans le contexte actuel de crise financière et budgétaire, la BCE est pe...
Draghi : L’équilibre budgétaire passe exclusivement par des réductions de dépenses
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Mario Draghi, le président de la Banque centrale européenne, a été appelé dans le magazine Foreign Policy « L’homme ennuyeux le plus important du monde ». En effet, dans le contexte actuel de crise financière et budgétaire, la BCE est pe...
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