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Sunday, December 11th, 2011
![514px-WSchaeuble[1] Wolfgang Schaeuble](http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/wp-content/514px-WSchaeuble1-150x150.jpg)
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
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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
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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
Posted in Articles by W van Coeveren, Economy Berlin, Economy EU, Economy Germany, Events in Germany, Politics EU, Politics Germany | 2 Comments »
Thursday, October 6th, 2011

Pull up those PIGS!
Blog reader Theo sent in this picture on the Auguststraße in Berlin.
It is of a very large poster against the bank-bailout which are presently being planned in the EU and satirizing the present state of affairs – Merkel and Sarkozy pulling the strings.
These so-called PIIGS countries are the scapegoat, or have become the sacrificial lamb in the recent international financial crisis. [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 'Got to save the Banks, anti-wall street berlin, anti-wall street protests, dexia bank, greece as scapegoat of banks, Pull up those PIGS!, satire of merkel and sarkozy, UK Guardian on Dexia bank
Posted in Berlin Funny Fotos, Economy Berlin, Economy EU, Economy Germany, Events, Graffiti, Politics EU | 6 Comments »
Friday, September 30th, 2011

Today the German parliament, the Bundestag voted in favor of German tax-payers money be used to increase the Euro-zone rescue fund to circa 440 billion Euro. This is a powerful signal to the international financial markets, and it shows that Germany takes its European responsibility seriously . It was also a personal win for Angela Merkel and Wolfgang Schäuble, her [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: bundestag vote, finance minister, Germany votes in favour of Euros for Greece, Left Party Germany, Linke Partei Germany, Merkel wins, Wolfgang Schäuble
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Thursday, September 29th, 2011
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The British Foreign Secretary Hague – who must have won the ‘upper class twit of the year award’ at least once – has likened the Euro zone to a ‘a burning house without any exits’
The arrogant and affected Hague then went on with another of those patent absurdities claiming that the Euro was a ‘historical monument of collective stupidity’.
He [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Bundestag Vote today, EU bailout fund, euro vote in Bundestag, euro vote in german parliment, euro vs. dollar, German Parliment Vote, Loser William Hague, UK is US aircraft carrier in Europe
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Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

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Tags: angela merkel, Jayati Ghosh, Philipp Rösler, Schäuble could succeed Jean-Claude Juncker, ‘Everything is related to everything else.” Vladimir Lenin
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Thursday, July 28th, 2011
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The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of OTA-Berlin but of the contributor – in this case Mr Emil Hoogensteyn. Blog articles and subsequent comments that appear on the site are not the opinion of OTA-Berlin but only of the comment writer. While we welcoming any linking to the blog the contents may only be reproduced or copied with the prior [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 3 hated American horsemen of the Apocalypse, 3 hated rating agencies, chinese rating agency, euro vs. dollar, European rating agency, George W Stupid, Merkel proposes EU rating agency, Moody's and Fitch, Standard & Poor's
Posted in Articles by Emil Hoogensteyn, Berlin, Economy EU, Economy Germany, Politics EU, Politics Germany | 1 Comment »