Griechenland und die EU haben sich in eine klassische Dilemmasituation hineinmanövriert: Erhält Athen die versprochene Finanzhilfe von dem Internationalen Währungsfonds und der EU, ist noch nicht gesagt, dass dies die Märkte auch beruhigt. Denn schon jetzt gehen die Finanzakteure davon aus, dass das avisierte Hilfsvolumen von 45 Mrd. Euro nicht [...]
Archive for April, 2010
Griechenland und die EU
The modern world summed up
A gift arrives for my baby daughter that sums up the modern world. Cousins in Australia have sent her a koala, not a real one of course, but a stuffed one. The label proudly states “This is another Australian souvenir designed by an Australian company handcrafted in China.” China is where things [...]
Russland-Deal spaltet Ukraine
Russland darf sich freuen. Beim jüngsten Doppel-Abkommen mit der neuen ukrainischen Führung hat Russland zwei strategische Ziele durchgesetzt: 1. Die russische Schwarzmeerflotte darf nun bis mindestens 2042 auf der ukrainischen Krim stationiert bleiben. Mit dem abgewählten Präsidenten Wiktor Juschtschenko und der gestürzten Ministerpräsidentin Julia Timoschenko wäre diese Vereinbarung undenkbar gewesen. 2. Die Ukraine ist und [...]
CAN ORGANICS FEED THE WORLD?
Whether or not organic farming can feed the future world is one of the big questions of agricultural and environmental politics. It is of major importance to the future development of European and developed world agriculture and of even greater importance for the food-short less developed countries. The question of how the agriculture industries of [...]
Greek default and the risk of contagion: Has the time finally come for Fiscal Sustainability?
What can I say? There isn’t a person I know who didn’t see the Greek default coming. It’s a country that has had no strategy for generating growth, unfunded pension liabilities en masse, a bloated, inefficient state sector, poor educational institutions, and an abysmal demographic outlook. For years, these developments could be softened by borrowing [...]
Bataille d’œufs au Parlement ukrainien
L’Ukraine est un pays charnière entre deux zones d’influence (européenne et russe), et le pugilat qui a eu lieu le 27 avril au Parlement ukrainien témoigne de ce tiraillement. A l’occasion d’un vote sur le prolongement de 25 ans du bail de la flotte militaire russe en Ukraine, les députés de l’opposition ont manifesté leur [...]
Spain calls 10 May summit over Greece
This story about a May 10th European Summit was published by EurActiv on 28th April 2010. Eurozone leaders are discussing the possibility of holding a special summit in Brussels on 10 May to activate an aid package for Greece, a spokesman for the Spanish government said on 27 April. “There are talks at the highest [...]
Belgium Upside Down
In surrealist-minded Belgium, a stupid error may easily turn into a wise comment. French TF1 Television channel was going to inform their public, yesterday night, about the actual political turmoil in the neighbouring country. A map was needed, to indicate where Belgium is, and how it is divided in three regions. Here is the map. [...]
Aygül Özkan: Die erste deutsch-türkische Ministerin
Den vielen Vorschusslorbeeren folgte der unionsinterne Sturm der Entrüstung: Die erste deutsch-türkische Ministerin legte mit ihrer später wieder zurückgenommenen Forderung, Kreuze aus Klassenzimmern zu verbannen, einen veritablen Fehlstart hin. Aygül Özkan hat es sich selbst zuzuschreiben, dass ihre religiösen und weltanschaulichen Äußerungen künftig penibel verfolgt werden. Dennoch, die bisher [...]
Mission (im)possible: EGS as backup energy source for the other renewables?
Geothermal energy could become the solution for low-carbon future as well as for countries’ energy independence. Some two weeks ago, European Climate Foundation (ECF) published the analysis titled “Roadmap 2050”, which expressed quite positive attitude to geothermal energy. Of course, the study conditions the further exploitation of geothermal energy by investing into research and development [...]
Le Programme de Stockholm en action ! Les citoyens viennent de signer un long bail après l’adoption du Plan d’action. Il concerne la sauvegarde de leurs droits, leur sécurité, une meilleure coopération en matière d’immigration et d’asile
Où que soient les citoyens européens, aux quatre coins de l’Europe, ils doivent se sentir à l’aise dans cette espace de liberté, de sécurité et de justice, renforcé mais aussi allégé des formalités administratives inutiles et pour une sécurité juridique plus grande . Il ne s’agit pas d’une « ébauche » comme a titré malencontreusement [...]
Europe’s strategy towards China: Balancing defensive and offensive initiatives
Sir, Regarding ‘Lawmakers rethinking EU stance on China‘: On 29 April, [European Commission] President [José Manuel] Barroso will travel to China with an impressive delegation of commissioners and high-level delegates. Apart from celebrating the opening of the World Expo, this visit is a good opportunity to present European concerns and ambitions towards the second-largest economy [...]
Can Banks Operate More Responsibly?
At the 8th Annual European Financial Services Conference in Brussels yesterday, Blogactiv spoke to Eddy Wymeersch, Chairman of the Committee of European Securities Regulators. We asked about the role banks must play in any future form of the financial services industry.
The article referenced in the interview can be [...]Horarios europeos
Hablaban el otro día en el programa de Gabilondo (CNN+) sobre la reforma laboral, tema peliagudo allá donde los haya. Aunque hoy no vamos a entrar a fondo en este asunto, me gustaría comentar lo siguiente: Uno de los tertulianos decía que el debate se ha centrado demasiado en el coste del despido y se [...]
Belgium heading for elections as government collapses
This story about the collapse of the Belgian government was published by EurActiv on 27th April 2010. Belgian King Albert II accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Yves Leterme’s five-month-old government yesterday (26 April), plunging the country into a crisis as it prepares to assume the rotating presidency of the EU. The monarch asked Leterme, [...]
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