Archive for the ‘Economy EU’ Category
Monday, January 30th, 2012
Political forces can sometimes bring and even force together people who might otherwise have very little in common - this could be the case with the German Chancellor Merkel and the French President Sarkozy.
” Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows” is how William Shakespeare put it with a man who has been shipwrecked and finds himself seeking shelter beside a sleeping [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Chancellor Merkel goes out on a political limb, Francois Hollande, French Elections - Chancellor Merkel, Merkel to support Sarkozy’s re-election, politics makes strange bedfellows, robin hood tax sarkozy, Tobin tax
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Saturday, January 21st, 2012
German Foreign Minister Westerwelle has gone on the diplomatic offensive and debunked US media caricature of Europe and Germany as short-sighted and untrue. Last Friday he defended the EU’s and Germany’s response to the Euro-zone debt crisis management on a visit in the US and exposed the falseness of the caricature of Europe that prevails in US politics.
Speaking to a Washington so-called [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: euro vs. dollar, fdp, guido westerwelle, westerwelle corrects US media image of Europe, Westerwelle criticizes US media, Westerwelle US media perceptions
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Euro crisis and Economic Debt Crisis Worldwide will dominate for Berliners
On January 1st exactly 10 years ago in 2002, the Euro was introduced as a common currency in 12 European countries and a decade later, the jury is still out on whether it will be considered a success or a failure – this year will be a definitive one for the [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 2012 forecasts in Berlin, awkward and stupid, Berlin in 2012, but will capitalism survive the crisis, Cern Physics Libratory, English, london olympics web site stupid, london olympics website typically English - backward, obama re-elected hopefully, What to expect in 2012 Berlin
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Saturday, December 31st, 2011
Chancellor Angela Merkel has been voted ‘OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog’ personage of the year 2011 by the editorial staff.
Ms Merkel knows something about the word ‘ unity’ coming from the formerly divided nation of Germany and now as the de-facto leader of the Euro-zone countries she is actively keeping the various states of Europe together on the correct path in overcoming its current [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Barbie doll after Merkel, cheat of the year zu Guttenberg, lecherous reprobate septuagenarian Berlusconi, loser of the year zu Guttenberg, Merkel Barbie doll, Merkel voted Personage of the Year, OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog Personage of the Year 2011, Person of the Year 2011
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Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
EURO sign outside Frankfurt ECB office – foto from Wikipedia by Lars Aronsson
British PM Cameron stood completely alone last Friday by refusing to agree to a historic European fiscal pact to save the Euro, the repercussions of which are just starting to be assessed on both sides of the English Channel.
The Labour party leader Miliband accused Cameron of causing [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: BAnk of England printing money blindly., BAnk of England quantitative easing, Britain’s future in the European Union difficult, British PM ‘fell into a French trap’, Labour party leader Miliband, UK's role in EU could become 'untenable'
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Sunday, December 11th, 2011
The German Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schäuble has been named the recipient of the 2012 Charlemagne Prize – it is an award honoring individuals who have contributed to European unity -previous winners include the former head of the ECB chief, Jean-Claude Trichet, US President Bill Clinton and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The jury for the 2012 Charlemagne Prize said the 69-year-old CDU Politian [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 'Holy Roman Empire' is not a rock band!, Charlemagne, German Finance Minister Schäuble, Internationaler Karlspreis der Stadt Aachen, Internationaler Karlspreis zu Aachen, Karlspreis, ruler of the Frankish Empire, wins 2012 Charlemagne Prize, Wolfgang Schaeuble, wolfgang schaeuble wins Charlemagne prize, Wolfgang Schäuble
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Friday, December 9th, 2011
Because of pressure from ‘The City of London’ banking speculators towards Conservative leader Cameron, the UK is facing a self-imposed isolation in Europe
David Cameron vetoed a proposed amendment of the Lisbon treaty, which forced the other European Union members to bypass the UK and agreed amongst themselves -an unofficial agreement between the governments – thus just outside of the official architecture of the EU.
Cameron has [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Anglo-American ‘casino-type banking’, British economist David Harvey, Cameron Isolated, Cameron isolates UK, David Harvey the crisis of capitalism, derivatives traders’ and other parasitic low-life, EU unity UK isolation, parasitic low-life bankers, The City of London parasites, UK succumbs to banking pressure, UK veto isolates itself, victory for EU unity and resolve
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Thursday, November 17th, 2011
The global capitalist debt crisis has created a veritable tectonic shift in European Union the EU – financially and politically. However some are indeed asking is this ‘tectonic shift’ also turning into a ‘Teutonic shift’.
These changes, would normally take decades to come about however it seems to have happened this time in just 4 years.
The answer in German is the popular word [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 'jaein' yes + no, angela merkel, Anglo-American casino type banking speculation, cameron windbag, Casino-banking no solution, European financial transaction tax, FTT, Irish PM Kenny, Irish PM or ‘TAOISEACH’ Enda Kenny, loser David Cameron, SGP –stability and growth pact, UK Casino-banking
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Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Germany will not sell-off or allow any of its over 3400 Tonnes of gold reserves held by its central state bank, ‘Der Bundesbank’, to be used to bolster the rescue fund for crisis bound Euro-zone countries. So said the Germany Economy Minister Philipp Rösler today.
For the sake of clarity one ton or ‘tonne’ of gold equals 1000 kilograms of gold except in [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: EFSF, European Financial Stability Facility, German gold reserves, German gold reserves sacrosanct, German gold reserves safe, Germany Economy Minister Philipp Rösler, IMF and EFSF, loser George Osborne, ‘People who live in Glass houses should not throw stones’
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Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
Hundreds of Berliners again took to the streets this Saturday to demonstrate against the present financial system in which banks are attempting to force governments to make taxpayers pay for their mismanagement, profligate casino type hedge fund betting and unfettered greed.
This was the 2nd Saturday in a row that demonstrators marched to this theme – last weekend, around 10,000 people took part [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 'Robin Hood' invoked to fight banks, Berlin against Capitalisms excesses, Berliners demonstrate against Banks, Capitalist financiers - It is your crisis and your debts!, ECB chief Jean-Claude Trichet, Occupy Wall Street, Robin Hood in Berlin, Rotes Rathaus or Berlin City Hall
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Thursday, October 13th, 2011
The German Minister of Finance Wolfgang Schäuble is reported to have said yesterday that non-government private commercial lenders to Greece should either take a hair-cut or be given a hair-cut.
Brussels also wants these private banks to accept ‘haircuts’ – losses- of 30%-50% of their holdings in Greek debt instead of the presently agreed 21%.
In other words private banks should [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: AIG fiasco, anti-Wall Street movement, Bank of England printing presses, Casino-banking no solution, EU tax on financial transactions, German Finance Minister Schäuble, germany and greek debt, Lehmanm Brothers, Occupy Wall Street, privatizing of profits - socializing of losses, Quantitative easing” no solution, schauble, take a hair-cut or be given a hair-cut, UK Casino-banking, wheel-chair bound German Finance Minister
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