Jubilee stewards director Molly Prince hits back in Guardian article
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In the wake of the Jubilee stewards scandal, a sophisticated PR operation is under way to save the reputations of those involved, including the Tory peer Baroness Scott of workfare charity Tomorrow’s People, and training magnate Molly Prince &#...
France: Interview with Pirate Party candidates
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Framablog posts a long interview [fr] with 3 candidates from the Pirate Party for the upcoming French parliamentary elections of June 10/17. They explain their ideas about Internet freedom and a new way of doing politics. Written by Suzanne Lehn...
Tips In Selecting The Best Phone Systems
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Any form of business whether small or big needs very effective communication methods between it, its clients, creditors, debtors and suppliers. Effective communication therefore enhances easy making of deliveries, supplies and receipt or payments bei...
A note to Commission spokesperson Antony Gravili
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Dear Mr Gravili, I don’t know whether the EUobserver quoted you out of context, and whether you meant to say that only (or mostly) big corporation lawyers and “nutty NGOs” make use of the EU transparency rules. I don’t know wh...
A Common EU Asylum Policy
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Immigration and asylum are twin subjects that are guaranteed to get Daily Mail columnists’ blood boiling; add the word Europe and the mix is toxic. Except that of course, in the real world, it isn’t. And indeed both the EU’s C...
The Closer
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ROUND-UP The FT’s markets round-up: “Global stocks extended their biggest rally of the year as China cut interest rates for the first time since 2008, but US Federal...
The Honda CRZ - A New Car With a Very Unique Design
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The Honda CRZ is an impressive car in the line-up of Honda, and the abbreviation CRZ, refers to Compact Renaissance Zero. It is a hybrid gasoline electric automobile, which was planned and developed for production by the Japanese automaker Honda. The...
Boris Johnson meets Elmo from Sesame Street
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Quite a meeting of minds on the Today Show. One of them has childish tendencies and stupid hair; the other is Elmo from Sesame Street. Spot the muppet. Thanks to @Rich_Oglesby. Got a story? Let us know here.
The Price of Inequality – How innovative is the 1%
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High income and wealth of the rich is ultimately the reflection of their higher productivity and innovativeness, says classic economic theory. More and more economists are questioning this paradigm, with some important potential implications for the...
The euro gets off scot-free in this debacle – just like the black rat | Simon Jenkins
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The eurozone suffers from the same folly that, in the 14th century, saw the Black Death blamed on everything bar its causeThe coming of the Black Death to 14th-century Europe meant the church needed someone to blame. Since God was exonerated ex offic...
Italian PD event on Friday 15 June
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The Brussels section of the Partito Democratico is pleased to invite you to an evening to present the Italian candidates who are on the list of the Parti Socialiste for the communal elections. To get to know our candidates, have a drink together and...
Eurozone: German Chancellor Angela Merkel Lowers Expectations for Quick Fix ahead of European Union Summit
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The Spiegel Online has the story at Merkel Lowers Expectations ahead of European Union Summit, writing inter alia about Merkel's Thursday morning interview on German TV: "Ahead of a crucial European Union summit at the end of the month, Merkel once...
Christine Lagarde's perverse praise for Latvia's economic 'success' | Mark Weisbrot
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The IMF chief surely knows better than to believe Latvia's disastrous internal devaluation is a good plan for the eurozoneIMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde has made conflicting remarks in the last few months indicating that she might have doubt...
Italian workers, students block trains over labour reforms
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Piaggio workers blocked trains Thursday morning in protest at regressive labour reforms being proposed by the government of Mario Monti. A sit-in, organised by the local branch of metalworker union FIOM took place between 9.10 and 9.30 at Pontedra s...
Spain , Fitch, pain , fools and complacency
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Dear reader,just after the latest punitive action by Fitch as you can read here: A three notch cut for Spain (and a deteriorating view of those banks…)the author asks himself, what are economists for when obviously those in charge (governments,&nbs...
Wisconsin Conference
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Back in April, between the 2 rounds of the presidential election, I took part in a conference at the U. of Wisconsin in which I spoke about French politics and its implications for the euro. Today, over at Econbrowser, Menzie Chinn, who also particip...
My return to blogging: A mission statement
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There’s infinitely more being written about the EU these days than when I started this blog 9+ years ago. Some of it is excellent, some of it interesting, some of it utterly fatuous. My aim with this blog has always … Continue reading ...
Solidarity Euro-Style: Finnish loans, ECB bond purchases, EFSF tough love and assorted horror stories from the postmodern Euro-Workhouse
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The world seems convinced that Europe, perhaps under duress, put together a large Solidarity Fund (the EFSF) for the purposes of helping the fiscally-stricken Eurozone member-states avoid bankruptcy once they were frozen out of the money markets. The...
Solidarity Euro-Style: Finnish loans, ECB bond purchases, EFSF tough love and assorted horror stories from the postmodern Euro-Workhouse
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The world seems convinced that Europe, perhaps under duress, put together a large Solidarity Fund (the EFSF) for the purposes of helping the fiscally-stricken Eurozone member-states avoid bankruptcy once they were frozen out of the money markets. The...
Euro2012 - Poland's Wasted Investment
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‘Bah, Humbug’ I hear you cry. Just as Poland and Ukraine take centre stage in hosting the Euro 2012 football championships yet another negative article is written to spoil the fun. Well let me set one thing straight. I am actually looking forward...
Promoting Anarchy and “Social Justice” Have Their Very Own Bundesministerium
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The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) is getting into the business of resource redistribution and „ global justice “. Meh, that’s nothing. The telling feature is that these preachers of the apocalypse for hire are forming li...
For Sequana, an issue of crumpled paper
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We will claim a direct hit on this one.Sequana, the French paper manufacturer that takes in Arjowiggins, has announced a rescue rights issue aimed at raising €150m —...
Visualizing the Mosaic of Languages in the Caucasus
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The mapmakers' challenging goal: show where languages are spoken, not depict dominant languages or ethnicities.
The rise and fall of European banking
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Banking in Europe boomed upon the creation of the euro and the global expansion of credit in the 2000s. In the US, banks were also riding high on strong assets growth and accompanying...
The sovereign debt crisis: towards fiscal union in Europe?
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All day today the European Economic and Social Committee and, in particular, its ‘ECO’ Section has been holding a high-level conference on the theme of a possible fiscal union in Europe. The conference, opened by our President, Staffan Ni...
Football legend Beckenbauer joins Putin´s Gazprom team
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Franz Beckenbauer will join former Stasi agent Matthias Warnig in Putin´s Gazprom team(image by wikipedia)Germany´s soccer legend Franz Beckenbauer is probably in a great need of cash. Otherwise it is difficu...
A three notch cut for Spain (and a deteriorating view of those banks…)
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Fitch has just cut Spain’s rating to ‘BBB’ from ‘A’… Outlook Negative. (That’s the same rating as Kazakhstan, for those keeping score)....
Greece: Inspiration Behind the Shocking ‘Modern Maenad' Photo
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A photo showing a young naked woman, a modern Maenad (a mythological female follower of Dionysus) bleeding from her navel and holding in her hands like a newborn baby, the Greek flag, has travelled around the world. For the photographer, it underline...
Un-lululemon-ed?
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At the risk of mangling metaphors, we should share this chart…Shorts, used to getting squeezed in lululemon, finally had something negative to celebrate on Thursday:...
Digging for answers: getting to the bottom of the Tohoku earthquake
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On the 11th March 2011 the Tohoku earthquake struck off the north-eastern coast of the Japanese island of Honshu. An area of seafloor larger than Greater Tokyo moved eastwards by 5 metres and some parts of the fault moved by up to 50 metres. A total...
Crisis calls for Fiscal Stability Union backed by Eurobonds - Statement by Staffan Nilsson
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On the margins of a conference organised by the European Economic and Social Committee on 7 June, the President of the European Economic and Social Committee, Staffan Nilsson, stresses the need for a Fiscal Stability Union in Europe, backed by Eurobo...
