¿Cuál es la agenda europea del presidente Hollande? Un nuevo plan Marshall para la Unión
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La elección de François Hollande como presidente de Francia ha significado un soplo de aire fresco para toda Europa, tal vez más por la novedad del personaje y la necesidad de reequilibrar el eje franco-alemán, que por las realidades del programa...
Europe Day: “working together to solve problems” in Syria?
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by Jane Backhurst, ISIS Board Adviser, recent human rights observer in the occupied Palestinian territory. Today, Europe Day, Europe celebrates what brings it together, but does it live this out in crises beyond its borders? Yesterday Kofi Annan said...
Orlando at La Monnaie
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To La Monnaie this evening for a first-rate performance and production of Handel’s Orlando. The plot – blind love leads warrior to destructive madness but all live happily after thanks to the convenient presence of a magician who puts ev...
re:publica 12 – Not enough ACT!ON
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With its 4000 participants, re:publica has become one of the largest internet conferences in the world, probably the largest in Europe. For myself, it is too big in size and too small in outcome. Maybe for some this is the annual meeting of a not-so-...
Presenting…. the totally exciting Euromoney FX survey 2012
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So here they are! The results of 2012′s Euromoney survey — based on non-gamed voting by, er, clients!And… drum roll please… it’s… Deutsche...
The Closer
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ROUND-UPThe S&P 500 bounced back after briefly hitting a two-month low. The index closed down 0.67 per cent at 1,354.58 (Reuters). The Dow Jones Industrial Average is now...
Boycotts of Israel: a good idea?
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Re-blogged from Representing the Mambo (a good article, though I don’t agree with all of it, OK? – Jim D) The passions generated on both sides of the Israel-Palestine debate have always been ever so slightly lost on yours truly. I can’t...
Boycotts of Israel: a good idea?
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Re-blogged from Representing the Mambo (a good article, though I don’t agree with all of it, OK? – Jim D) The passions generated on both sides of the Israel-Palestine debate have always been ever so slightly lost on yours truly. I can’t...
'However one measures the achievements [of the Schuman Declaration goals], the EU has delivered' - Graham Watson MEP
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Today - 9th May - is celebrated as Europe Day, the anniversary of the 'Schuman declaration' delivered in Paris in 1950 by Robert Schuman (the Luxembourgish-born French foreign minister at the time) in which he proposed a new form of political coopera...
The Bonfire Of The World Banks Is Steadily Consuming Stock Value
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The bonfire of the global financial institutions, IXG, is steadily growing more strong, as World Stocks, VT, were led lower today by Spain’s Banco Santander, STD, RBS, LYG, BCS, IRE, DB, which led European Financials, EUFN, and Europe, VGK...
François Hollande – Captain of Our Fate? Part I
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The currents in European politics have changed. There is no more denying it. Various international trends and the austerity brought upon by “Merkozy’s” fiscal pact have slowly, but steadily, led to a change in the atmosphere. The storm of the r...
Bankia, en route to partial nationalisation
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The Bank of Spain confirmed late on Wednesday that Bankia’s parent company has asked for a state loan to be converted into shares:Statement on BFA-BankiaThe board of...
Hollande and Merkel can't save the eurozone by old methods alone | Timothy Garton Ash
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Europe's leaders still make the crucial deals behind closed doors – but Europe's peoples now demand to be heardThis week I talked to an audience consisting mainly of young Europeans in an ancient and delightful Dutch city that is becoming a little...
Hollande and Merkel can't save the eurozone by old methods alone | Timothy Garton Ash
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Europe's leaders still make the crucial deals behind closed doors – but Europe's peoples now demand to be heardThis week I talked to an audience consisting mainly of young Europeans in an ancient and delightful Dutch city that is becoming a little...
Untergang der Eurozone
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Man kann sich fragen, ob Berlin es nicht eigentlich auf den Untergang der Eurozone abgesehen hat, so wie sie sich im Augenblick darstellt. Es sei daran erinnert, dass in der Planungsphase des Euros in den 1990er Jahren Teile der öffentlichen Meinung...
That 'Online Snoopers' Charter' and the Queen's Speech
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There has been some criticism in the UK media that the Queen’s Speech this morning, setting out the Government’s legislative program for the forthcoming year amid lavish traditional ceremony at the House of Lords, lasted a mere 15 minutes. Despi...
A day for Europe, there is still hope
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May 9 2012, once again marks Europe day and as we, the citizens of the European Union, find ourselves exactly 62 years ahead of Robert Schuman’s public pronouncement calling for the founding of a united federal Europe, it is more than fitting, espe...
Joined Cases C‑578/10 to C‑580/10
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When cross border short term loan of a vehicle free of charge, registration tax must be calculated according to use.Mrs van Putten and Mr Mook, two Dutch nationals, and Mrs Frank, a German national, were all resident in the Netherlands when off...
Joined Cases C‑578/10 to C‑580/10
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When cross border short term loan of a vehicle free of charge, registration tax must be calculated according to use.Mrs van Putten and Mr Mook, two Dutch nationals, and Mrs Frank, a German national, were all resident in the Netherlands when off...
The Difference Between Colors of American Bathrooms and European Bathrooms
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There are many differences between the traditional look of American homes as compared to the traditional style of European homes. One place where this difference is apparent is the bathroom. American bathrooms are typically designed and decorated qui...
And the latest US bank holding companies are…
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… a Chinese sovereign wealth fund, its bank-investing subsidiary, and China’s largest bank by assets (which is ICBC).Click image for the full Fed approval doc:CIC,...
Why voting for Marine Le Pen is not a protest vote
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Every time there is a presidential election in France, the media always blow up the performance of the National Front as if it is unprecedented and a protest vote. In fact it is neither. For 24 years, Le Pen (father and daughter) have been scoring a...
German Bundesbank accepts higher inflation in Germany
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Dear reader,the author is shocked !Not so much about the latest 'statement of capitulation' of the Bundesbank, but about the lack of media attention it got so far !Bundesbank rechnet mit überdurchschnittlicher Inflation in Deutschland"Die Deutsche B...
Maurice Sendak, RIP
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Born 10 June 1928; died 8 May 2012 He could be a grumpy old sod (once calling Salman Rushdie, whom he liked, a “flaccid fuckhead”), but he was a good and principled person, as well as a marvellous illustrator and children’s write...
Maurice Sendak, RIP
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Born 10 June 1928; died 8 May 2012 He could be a grumpy old sod (once calling Salman Rushdie, whom he liked, a “flaccid fuckhead”), but he was a good and principled person, as well as a marvellous illustrator and children’s write...
Failed Attack
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Only a few years ago, the Bulgarian anti-Roma, anti-Turk Ataka party seemed to portend much worse to come. Today the party is basically a joke.
Oh, Greek moratoria (redux)
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EFSF will make €5.2bn payment to Greece – ReutersAlthough €4.2bn will be disbursed on 10 May and the rest has been held back because Greece doesn’t need it until June,...
Sarkozy quits politics. Really?
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Which future for Nicolas Sarkozy? The question can be asked with legitimacy since the defeat of the outgoing head of State, last Sunday. The UMP (Union pour un mouvement populaire – Union for a popular movement) candidate announced and repeated ...
The eurorealism that dare not speak its name
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Peter Wilding Wednesday, 09 May 2012 Following the December 9th 'veto', Mr Cameron has been quietly trying to rebuild European relations, in recognition that Britain's economic fate is inextricably linked to th...
Russia: Charity Crowdfunding
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There is no lack of successful 'people' projects, financed by private philanthropy. While much activity exists only in cyberspace, the effects of charitable organizations' work is quite tangible and real, and confidence in these groups is undiminishe...
The Agenda for Change: changing the EU's development policy
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Changes in the development policies of the European Union (EU) are currently being discussed. The discussion is based upon the Commission's “Agenda for Change”, proposed in October 2011. At this moment, the European Parliament and the EU's member...
The Agenda for Change: changing the EU's development policy
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Changes in the development policies of the European Union (EU) are currently being discussed. The discussion is based upon the Commission's “Agenda for Change”, proposed in October 2011. At this moment, the European Parliament and the EU's member...
