The Closer
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ROUND-UP Tuesday’s markets round-up from the FT: “Stocks rose and the euro rebounded against the dollar as optimism brewed that the eurozone’s war chest will be...
Conditional access, confiscation and piracy: why Commission and Council are at loggerheads
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"Open sesame!" An early caseof conditional access Last Friday, in the course of his Fantasies, the IPKat drew the attention of his readers to the forthcoming action before the Court of Justice of the European Union in Case C-137/12 European Com...
Call for Papers: The Challenge of Non-Territorial Autonomy
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ECMI and partners call upon interested scholars to participate in a multidisciplinary conference on the challenges of Non-Territorial Autonomy in a world of nation-states. Continue reading →...
Le Pen’s parliamentary hopes are dashed in French elections
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It was an eventful evening in France on Sunday, with the socialists celebrating a historic majority taking up to 320 seats in parliament.Axelle Lemaire won her northern Europe seat, whilst Francois François Hollande’s ex-partner Ségolène Royal a...
Problems with extending Twist, and one final preview
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Supply and liquidity, to name two obstacles for an extension of the Fed’s policy of selling short-end Treasuries and buying long-dated ones.Doesn’t mean they’re insurmountable,...
Are European borders set to close?
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European parliament has reacted strongly this week about calls for the review of the Schengen agreement. The Schengen agreement was instituted in 1985 near the town of Schengen in Luxembourg, initially with five member states of the European Ec...
Stocks Jump And The US Dollar Continues Lower As Goldman Rumors That QE 3 Is On The Way … The Unification Of The Eurozone Will Be The Defining Movement And Moment Of Our Times
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Financial Market report for June 19, 2012 World Stocks, VT, rose, and the US Dollar, $USD, UUP, fell sharply as the Brazilian Real, BZF, and the Euro, FXE, rose strongly, as Zero Hedge Tweets Goldman Sachs tumors that QE 3 is on the way. European Fin...
The eurozone's people are like prisoners in Colditz | Simon Jenkins
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Incarcerated in a citadel of currency union with the flexibility of granite, their governments give them no chance to escapeIt's not working, is it? No matter how many summits there are, no matter how many times the Greeks vote or Barack Obama pleads...
Some of the challenges faced by top women
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The Financial Times earlier in the week produced a fascinating and informative “slideshow” of top women professors in financial education. When asked; “What is the biggest challenge you have faced as a woman working in finance?” the female pr...
Poland continues to oppose the European Union´s stupid zero carbon plan
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Poland is to be congratulated for standing against the European Union´s unrealistic, and downright stupid zero carbon plan, which - if adopted - will guarantee a permanent recession in this crisis ridden club of climate change alarmists. But what a...
E.U. Crisis: Commission Capo Lectures Nobody on How not to Lecture the Commission.
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President Barroso and his Commission democratically represents....well, Nobody.....However, Barroso took on a role at the G20 to tell the world they should not lecture... “we,” I presume he means the 27,…on democracy or the handling of the econ...
Europe is for Entrepreneurs like the Aphrodite Rock Brewery Company
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Deprived of rural development, diversified production and enriching of consumer tastes - the 20th anniversary of the European Single Market where SME's here get a chance to die before their breathe.
Democracy and the EU
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Many is the time I have seen Eurosceptics rail against the EU ‘dictating’ to the UKand how the ‘technocrats’ have no right to such a thing. But who are these technocrats? And can the EU really dictate to us? I would like to start by pointing...
Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness for SMEs as an engine for growth
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Powering European SME's towards heightened Entrepreneurial capacity through leadership, research, innovation while looking at opportunities in the development of employment.
L’insoutenable indicateur global de richesses (IWI) des Nations Unies
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Very critical analysis by French economist Jean Gadrey of the latest UNEP tool to measure sustainability, the Inclusive Wealth Index. (Source: Alternatives Economiques blog) Gadrey’s conclusion: "Un indicateur de plus dans le concert intern...
No rating outlooks please, we’re MEPs
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OK. Before reading on… a reminder of how the sausage gets made in EU legislation. Something voted on by Members of European Parliament, or MEPs, still must go to the Council for approval and,...
European Youth (Un)employed
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YOUTH FROM 13 COUNTRIES HAVE THEIR SAY Authors: Tiina Veskioja, Stefan Alievikj, Mirela Ramcilovic and Orkhan Bakhshiyev Each year Mladiinfo – FEJS MK hosts trainings supported by the European Commission through the EU Program for Youth in Action.
'Mister Kraus': Portuguese satire gets a Polish theatrical revival
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Portuguese writer Gonçalo M. Tavares advises artists to be 'free to distance themselves from my texts if they feel the need to. From now on, this work belongs to them. It follows its own path.’ Polish stage director Violetta Wowczack is directing...
Exclusive to all newspapers, EFSF/ESM bond-buying
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Reporter: Um, I’ve filed some copy from Los CabosPanicked Night News Editor: Well, what’s the news!?!?!GERMANY SET TO ALLOW EUROZONE BAILOUT FUND TO BUY TROUBLED COUNTRIES’...
Golden Dawn and the rise of fascism | Spyros Marchetos
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Fascists didn't suddenly multiply in Greece – their ideas gradually permeated public consciousness. They will elsewhere, tooThe electoral take-off of Golden Dawn took Greece by surprise. In the space of a few months it passed from insignificance to...
“We are certainly not coming here to receive lessons from nobody”
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This is one bad-tempered president of the European Commission.More Barroso TV hereRelated link:G20 targets growth to restore confidence – FT.com...
Where to place the movable goalposts? The IP TRANSLATOR ruling
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This afternoon, while the Kats were all busily engaged in putting the world to rights, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) was -- unusually, some might say -- doing the same, by clarifying the legal position regarding the manner in whic...
Jew-baiting in football
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Example #1 (lovingly reported on 18 June at Socialist Unity, who prevent us linking): According to the Sunday Herald: “It wasn’t much fun being an Israeli footballer at Tynecastle yesterday. Lashed by the rain, barracked by pro-Palestinian demon...
Mostly Miserable
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IN the past decade or so Balkan pollsters have asked people in the region every single question imaginable. When they drew their conclusions they seem almost surprised by what they found, despite the fact that people consistently tell them exactly th...
