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Moderate Euroscepticism
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Sir Malcom Rifkind, former UK Foreign Secretary from 1995 to 1997 spoke at the London School of Economics and Political science at the beginning of May. He set out to talk about Britain and the EU, an issue at the very top of the political agenda in...
Germany without the Euro
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An interesting thought experiment on the website of the German magazine ‘Cicero’ on the topic of a potential German withdrawal from the Euro http://www.cicero.de/kapital/gedankenexperiment-deutschland-ohne-den-euro/54320/seite/2 It follow...
How to deal with Euro-critical AfD party in Germany?
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The German political system is known for its general stability. Generally there is not a great deal of fluctuation in terms of political parties.This however might be changing recently. After the success of the ‘Pirate Party’ over t...
Gordon, I love you
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”Sarkozy asked Brown to join his summit of the leaders of the euro-zone at the Elysée Palace that weekend. At one point, the French President said: ‘You know, Gordon, I should not like you. You are Scottish, we have nothing in common...
If only it were so easy…
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Credit to: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4065676953316&set=a.3152216437374.2146801.1024037367&type=1&theater Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: barbedwire, EU, Europe, facebook, peace...
Would Mitt ever listen to Keynes?
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“The important thing for Government is not to do things which individuals are doing already, and to do them a little better or a little worse; but to do those things which at present are not done at all.” Coming across this quote from Joh...
Quoted in BBC-article
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A while back I was quoted in a BBC-article: “In a German-language post on blogactiv.eu entitled “Without you then!”, Andreas Sowa says a “less formal link between Britain and the EU seems to be a necessary evil on the way to a...
Oh America
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“To understand the pathologies of America is to first recognize how the Cold War wiped out the entire left half of its political spectrum so that today’s left extreme starts at what most countries would consider right of center, and moves rightwa...
My name is Euro Bond
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Still great isn’t it? Daniel Craig is back, but we still have to wait for Euro Bond… Filed under: Uncategorized...
Dann eben ohne Euch!
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Natürlich muss es ein Referendum geben. Und wenn nicht über einen EU-Austritt Großbritanniens, dann doch bitte zumindest mit der Fragestellung ob die Insel umfassend Souveränitätsrechte von Europa zurückfordern sollte. “Redefining the relatio...
Quo Vadis Europa? – Drei Schritte hin zu mehr Integration
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Die gegenwärtige Krise in Europa, ob man sie nun Eurokrise oder (Staats-)Schuldenkrise nennt, hatte für lange Zeit die Debatte über die Zukunft der EU und Wege der weiteren Integration in den Hintergrund gedrängt. Gipfeltreffen, Sondersitzungen,...
The need to stay together
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A Eurozone exit of Greece seems to become more and more likely. A variety of scenarios for the eventual return to a national currency are already being circulated. With them, differing descriptions of the consequences. What they (the serious and some...
Loving comparisons
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One French diplomat ridiculed David Cameron by describing him as “like a man who wants to go to a wife-swapping party without taking his own wife”. Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: David Cameron, EU, Eurocrisis, Europe, politics, two-sp...
No Ryan, no Hillz
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No Ryan, no Hillz over here… Filed under: Opinion Tagged: boring, EU, Europe, Hillary Clinton, hillz, meme, Ryan Gosling...
Be careful…
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Hard to know who they really are… Filed under: Opinion Tagged: Banker, Banks, EU, Euro, Eurocrisis, Europe, eurozone, politics...
On freedom
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We say we are free, but are we really? What makes us free? The fact that we can go to the polling station every couple of years? Not being thrown in prison because of our beliefs or without prior, proven, wrongdoing against others? Or because we can...
Thank god, there is a crack: Conservative Europe
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Sarkozy is trailing Hollande in the polls and we are only 5 weeks away from the first round of the French presidential elections. Thank god. For too long has a conservative alliance determined the course of European politics. Germany, France and the...
Growing together
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A new ad by the EU on enlargement. Italy? France? No, its the Balkans. Very nice idea to make the case for Europe united in diversity (and hey that’s actually the official motto of the EU ) Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Balkans, enlargem...
75 percent?
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75% in tax for everyone earning over one million € per year. Francois Hollande, socialist candidate for the French Presidential election, recently added this proposal to his campaign platform. What irritated Left or Social Democratic parties in ot...
Give Greece a Chance
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Campaign by Peter Economides. I think he is right. Whether giving them a chance translates into austerity, austerity and austerity...
