Chronique RCF du 31 aout 2011 Au dire de beaucoup l’été aura été pourri. Apocalyptique même affirment d’autres. Mais au sens véritable du terme c’est à dire révélateur des effets pervers des situations économiques, financières et politiques. Et pas seulement au niveau national mais global, et c’est la preuve de l’existence d’une interdépendance mondialisée, au [...]

A series of four articles A different kind of Brussels-bashing has dominated international media, lately: scolding the European Union for not doing enough. Refreshing, but these critics seem to forget how diverse Europe is. A simple holiday excursion to the volcanoes proved an eye-opening escape from the Brussels-minded Bubble. I am sitting in a bus [...]

European banks have never been cleansed from their pre-2008 toxic waste and have ever since been loaded with more of it (government bonds).  Image source: EU observer In my articles concerning the systemic crisis of the euro (what has been falsely labeled as a “debt crisis”) I have always stressed that the European banking sector [...]

Es ist eine schockierende Nachricht, dass viele von Oberst Gaddafis Truppen Waffen und Munition eingesetzt haben, die von Großbritannien geliefert wurden. Es gibt allerdings gewichtige realpolitische Gründe, warum die (britische) Regierung nicht beabsichtigt, den Waffenhandel einzustellen. Er ist nämlich einer der größten Arbeitgeber des Landes, der im vergangenen Jahr fast 6 Milliarden Pfund einbrachte. Die [...]

This article is product of the project My Europe. Reporting on European youth from the different parts of the continent. Young journalists from different countries and different media organizations are working all together to show how dynamic and innovative is the youth of Europe. European media makers from Mladiinfo, Euradio Nantes, Journal Europa and European [...]

There are ways to get out of labyrinth. The point is that European leaders must first accept that they were wrong and second, that the crisis is systemic and requires system-wide solutions. In an article a few days ago I wrote about the new order in the systemic crisis of the euro in which I [...]

I love that feeling when you get to do and experience something that you have only ever heard about. The myth of “Silicon Valley”, its innovative prowess, its ingenuity, its ability to remake the world with its ideas, its entrepreneurship, its savvy technology and slick new products. It’s been clear to me for some time [...]

Als neu und positiv ist zu vermerken, dass eher die Europäer das Heft in die Hand genommen haben als die Amerikaner. Obama, dessen Vereinigte Staaten immer noch mit dem Abzug aus dem Irak und Afghanistan beschäftigt sind, hat diesmal nicht die politische Führung übernommen – sie fiel an Nicolas Sarkozy -, und seine militärischen Einsatzkräfte [...]

The current crisis almost brought us to a dead end – certainly more evident in the US and Europe than perhaps in the other continents. But nevertheless the situation is frightening. Europe seems to be crumbling; the sovereign debt crisis threatened the whole European project. In Spain, in Britain and elsewhere the youth no longer [...]

The irrationality of the EU is legendary. It will go down in history as an example for future generations to avoid. Image source: ANH The current systemic crisis of the euro has brought to the surface, apart from the numerous structural flaws in the architecture of the euro, the kind of logic that permeates EU [...]

Author: Emilija Georgievska Are music festivals becoming the new youth summer getaway?? At least, that is what the number of visitors of these events is showing lately. Youngsters, all around the world, pack their bags and hit the road to the most designated music program offered. From “Sziget” and “Ozora” in Hungary, “Glastonbury” in England, [...]

Los partidos mayoritarios españoles, PSOE – en el gobierno – y PP – en la oposición – han alcanzado un acuerdo para reformar la Constitución e introducir en la Carta Magna un tope de déficit estructural presupuestario. En sus más de 30 años de vida el texto constitucional ha sido sacralizado como garantía de la [...]

Besides political pressure due the Palestinians’ upcoming bid for statehood at the U.N. in September, Israel is suffering heaviest bombardments since Operation Cast lead in early 2009. Over 150 Qassam and Grad rockets has been fired at Israeli communities since last Thursday when Palestinian terrorists implemented a terrorist attack via Sinai in Southern Israel near [...]

Should Chancellor Merkel listen to the sirens who advocate an orderly exit of Germany from the euro, should things go for the worse? I believe some fail to understand the profound nature of the euro. Image Source: Top News There is this belief among economists and commentators of EU politics, that should the euro face [...]

Eurobonds are essential to save the euro, yet a flawed structure will produce adverse effects. We must see what needs to be done, what to be avoided. In explaining the new order of things in the systemic crisis of the euro I concluded saying that a series of structural reforms in the architecture of the [...]