On the (marginal) advantages of the Greek bank jog
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We’ve all been griping about the “bank jog” that has been eating away at the Greek banks’ deposit base — €70bn or so of deposits flying out of the...
Euro 2012: don't treat black players as sacrificial lambs | Musa Okwonga
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Uefa should allow black players to leave the pitch of their own accord if subjected to racial abuseHundreds of fans subjected Holland's black players to monkey chants in Krakow on Thursday. All things considered, this really isn't the start to Euro 2...
Bernanke on Economic Outlook and Policy
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Before the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, Washington, D.C.: Chairman Casey, Vice Chairman Brady, and other members of the Committee, I appreciate this opportunity to discuss the economic outlook and economic policy.
ECFR this week: 8th June
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Last week ECFR’s annual Council meeting took place in Berlin where around 100 council members discussed solutions to the euro crisis and a range of foreign policy challenges. Here is a blogRead more…...
The destructive power of the failed euro project hits Spain
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The destructive power of the failed euro project is hitting Spain with full force. The once so proud kingdom is according to news reports going to beg for rescue money from Brussels tomorrow. But the question remains, whether there will be enou...
Who coordinates internet politics for Labour?
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Labour’s website lists 115 MPs and Lords* in the Shadow Cabinet and shadow teams that assist them. Yet which of those people is responsible for internet politics for the party? I ask this because the SPD in Germany has such a person – Lar...
It is Beijing, not Brussels, where Europe’s future is being decided
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By David Gow While a spurious* referendum fever has gripped post-Jubilee Britain in recent days, arguably the most important decisions affecting Europe have been taken in Beijing in the same period. Today the Chinese government cut petrol and diesel...
Fighting over Schengen
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Yesterday, I attended the final council meeting of the Danish Presidency in Luxemburg. There were many important issues on the agenda – progress on creation of a common asylum system, the situation in Greece, the refugee boats travelling to Malta &...
Youth Council Fighting Unemployment in Kavadarci
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Authors: Aneta Trajkova, Esma Kaplan, Olgay Erdogan & Miloš Najdanović Youth unemployment is becoming a big problem for most countries in the world, and Macedonia follows the negative trend. Finally the problem got the attention of the governme...
Fishing opportunities for 2013
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In a consultation document recently adopted, the European Commission sets out its intentions for fixing fishing opportunities for 2013. Through this annual document the Commission asks for the views of Member States and stakeholders on the setting of...
It is Beijing, not Brussels, where Europe's future is being decided
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David Gow Friday, 08 June 2012 While a spurious* referendum fever has gripped post-Jubilee Britain in recent days, arguably the most important decisions affecting Europe have been taken in Beijing in the same p...
It is Beijing, not Brussels, where Europe's future is being decided
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David Gow Friday, 08 June 2012 While a spurious* referendum fever has gripped post-Jubilee Britain in recent days, arguably the most important decisions affecting Europe have been taken in Beijing in the same p...
This is how we build a #fortified Europe
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The Moments across Europe that make people feel better and closer. Bless Commandaria and Port Wine.
Generation 1992: European Single Market Creative Competition
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This post looks at a creative competition that DG MARKT has launched as part of the events surrounding the 20th anniversary of the Single Market and in particular Single Market Week. DG MARKT is inviting all twenty-year-old Europeans to get creative...
A snip at £2.49…
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That’s from iTunes. Get the Kindle version here:And click to look inside…This is based on last month’s FT series on the consequences of a Grexit for businesses,...
Prison Labour in France: No-Rights Zone, Laboratory for Flexibility
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The affair began last December. It started with a violation of the rules. A prisoner, held while awaiting trial in the Versailles jail since 2010, took advantage of her status as a call center employee to make some personal calls. When the MKT Socié...
China: Friend or Enemy?
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In my address to the British Brussels Network (BBN) last week, I spoke of China’s decision to cut itself off from the outside world in the sixteenth century, leading to centuries of stagnation and decline. China’s comeback to the world...
Who Uses Open-Source Software: Are Some Scholars Late to the Party?
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Twice a year this Kat shares the podium with an esteemed IP colleague as we jointly lecture the new batch of articled clerks on principles of IP law and their application in practice. One of the topics that always draws particular interest is the top...
At French Open, Djokovic Chases History
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Serbia's Novak Djokovic is on the heels of tennis greatness in Paris...
Victim in Jubilee steward boss case was ‘beaten into coma with a stick’
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Above is the pub previously run by Molly Prince, the director at the centre of the Jubilee stewards scandal, at which she witnessed thugs brandishing a stick used to deliver a savage beating which “nearly killed” a man. Despite the victi...
An eye-catching spike in Nokia…
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Well, it caught our eye.That’s Nokia, up as much as 11 per cent on Friday afternoon, in the absence of anything approaching formal “news.” Biggest intraday gain in seven months....
Times are tough – but this could still be the EU’s decade
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Here’s a controversial prediction for the future: by the end of the current decade, we will be able to look back on the current economic and political situation and see it not as a threat to the continued success of the European project but as...
Europe must offer Greece a post-election prospect
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Authors: Zsolt DarvasThe euro might survive. But a cooperative Greek government, a real European programme to support Greek economic growth and a resolution of the Greek public debt overhang are minimal conditions for the short term. The euro's de...
The boycott: Who’s in and who’s out
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Okay, so the UK’s boycott of the Euro 2012 tournament has gathered quite some attention. And, well, it is remarkable that the UK has made a (sort of) boycott of the tournament, but the signals from EU leaders has so far been quite mixed. At a c...
Is a bailout of Spanish banks now imminent?
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At the beginning of April, we published a briefing predicting that Spanish banks were heading for a eurozone bailout - hoping that we wouldn't be right. Well, alas, it looks like we were. It's been another frantic week for the eurozone, with Spain ta...
VIDEO: Aquino in Washington for Obama talks
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Chief Correspondent Simon Marks from Washington on President Benigno Aquino's visit to the US.
EU ignoring impact of biofuels on food security
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by Natalia Alonso Energy ministers must set out a renewables path for Europe that does not come at the expense of millions of families in developing countries, who are struggling to feed their children, says Oxfam Biofuels are pushing up food prices...
EU ignoring impact of biofuels on food security
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by Natalia Alonso Energy ministers must set out a renewables path for Europe that does not come at the expense of millions of families in developing countries, who are struggling to feed their children, says Oxfam Biofuels are pushing up food prices...
