Archive for the ‘Politics EU’ Category
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of OTA-Berlin but of the contributor – in this case Mr Emil Hoogensteyn. OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog’ is part of OTA-Berlin ‘……the intelligent Apartment-Alternative to Hotels in Berlin’.The Blog provides OTA-Berlin guests a quick overview of the cultural, sports, social and other related activities taking place in Berlin during their stay. ‘OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog’ has existed [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: assange set up, piraten partei, Piraten partei support Wikileaks, Piraten Partei/Pirates Party’s, Sweden and Canada US puppets, sweden comes off badly, Sweden on trial, Sweden reactionary country, Wikileaks founder faces court in London
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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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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Well over a third of the ‘Linke’ Party parliamentarians are currently actively being monitored by the country’s domestic intelligence agency the’ BfV’ -the domestic secret service or the ‘Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz’.
It has been reported and since admitted by the agency concerned that 27 of the Linke’s 76 MP’s it current considers ‘people of interest’ along with 11 Linke members serving in regional [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: BfV, BND, Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz, Bundesnachrichtendienst‘, German Federal Intelligence Service, linke party fight BfV, Linke party fight german intelligence agency, Oskar Lafontaine, Socialistische Partij in the Netherlands, SP in the Netherlands, Suddeutsche Zeitung, Who will protect Germany from its own so-called ‘constitutional protectors’?
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Monday, January 23rd, 2012
President Wulff -foto Wikipedia -source CFK_y_Christian_Wulff.jpg Our own OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog poll shows that public sentiment is falling for the German President. This all concerns alleged and perceived irregularities concerning his personal finances, when Christian Wulff was previous Premier of the federal German state of Lower Saxony and subsequent attempts to cover-up the story.
While in no way scientific – readers [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: German presidend red-card offense, German presidend should issue himself red-card, German President Wulff yellow-card or red-card, Merkel's popularity not hurt by Wulff scandal, OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog Poll, OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog Wulff Poll, Poll should Wulff stay or go, Should German President Wulff go or stay? Part 3, Should German President Wulff resign, Süddeutschen Zeitung, support for merkel not effected, Wulff should have the honour to resign, Wulff should resign
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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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Thursday, January 12th, 2012
President Wulff -foto Wikipedia -source CFK_y_Christian_Wulff.jpg The influential and respected German newspaper, the Süddeutschen Zeitung has had it on the front page all week.
The heavy burden of the credit and media scandal on German President Christian Wulff is compelling and simply will not go away -efforts to defuse the scandal have not succeeded.
And while there have been calls from the [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: German presidend red-card offense, German presidend should issue himself red-card, German President Wulff yellow-card or red-card, Merkel's popularity not hurt by Wulff scandal, OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog Poll, OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog Wulff Poll, Poll should Wulff stay or go, Should German President Wulff go or stay? Part 3, Should German President Wulff resign, Süddeutschen Zeitung, support for merkel not effected, Wulff should have the honour to resign, Wulff should resign
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Thursday, January 5th, 2012
Please vote in our poll below and let us know your thoughts on this issue – whether you live in Berlin, Germany, in Europe or outside of Europe.
The issue is not so much about Wulff as such but the office of President.
Much of the German press are saying that the beleaguered German President Wulff walked away from last night’s TV interview with some of [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: German presidend red-card offense, German presidend should issue himself red-card, German President Wulff yellow-card or red-card, OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog Poll, OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog Wulff Poll, Poll should Wulff stay or go, Should German President Wulff resign, Theodor Heuss and Richard von Weizsäcker., Vote for red or yellow card, Vote for red or yellow card for Wulff, who said Germans are humourless bunch?, Wulff Red card or just Yellow-card?, Wulff should do the right thing and resign, Wulff should have the honour to resign, Wulff should resign
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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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Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
Delegates from around the world including Germany and the European Union reached a last-minute deal on climate change in South Africa, and agreed to extend the Kyoto accord by five years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference
However, Canada’s environment minister Peter Kent has announced that his country will withdraw from the Kyoto protocol – and basically told the rest of the world that they, the Canadian Government know [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 'Harper-Canada', 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Amy Goodman, Canada's withdrawal was cowardly, Canadian environmental idiocy, Canadian Government tells rest of world - we know better!, Canadian government tells rest of world to solve their own problems, die linke, Eva Bulling-Schröter, Germany and EU and Kyoto, Harper-Canada part of Global-warming problem, Heather Mallick, independent Canadian news source Rabble.ca, right-wing Harper a disaster for Canada
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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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