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As Wikileaks founder Julien Assange faces court in London – ‘Piraten Partei’ in Germany rightfully supports Wikileaks- by contributor Mr Emil Hoogensteyn

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Wikipedia foto - source -Julian_Assange_20091117_Copenhagen_1.jpg

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…

French Elections – ‘Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows’: Chancellor Merkel to go out on a political limb & out of her way to support Sarkozy’s re-election – by OTA-Berlin Constituency blog contributor Emil Hoogensteyn

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…

German spy agency monitors ‘Linke’ politicians – BfV /’Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz’ – A Bureaucratic agency out of control, out of touch and out of its depth – The ‘BfV’ has become more of a problem than any kind of solution – by OTA-Berlin Constituency contributor Mr Emil Hoogensteyn

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Die Linke - logo from Wikipedia

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…

Should German President Wulff go or stay? Part 4 – Support still sinking – OTA-Berlin Constituency poll finds by contributor Mr Emil Hoogensteyn

Monday, January 23rd, 2012
President Wulff -foto Wikipedia -source CFK_y_Christian_Wulff.jpg

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…

German Foreign Minister Westerwelle debunks US media perception for caricature of Europe and Germany as inaccuarte and untrue – commentary by Emil Hoogensteyn

Saturday, January 21st, 2012
westerwelle

 

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…

Should German President Wulff go or stay? Part 3 – by contributor Mr Emil Hoogensteyn

Thursday, January 12th, 2012
President Wulff -foto Wikipedia -source CFK_y_Christian_Wulff.jpg

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…

Vote for a ‘Yellow-Card’ or a ‘Red-card’ – Should German President Wulff go or stay? Vote in ‘OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog’ Poll – by contributor Mr Emil Hoogensteyn

Thursday, January 5th, 2012
President Wulff -foto Wikipedia -source CFK_y_Christian_Wulff.jpg

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…

OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog ‘Personage of the Year 2011′ – Angela Merkel & ‘Loser of the year’ has to be K-T zu Guttenberg – by Emil Hoogensteyn

Saturday, December 31st, 2011
Angela Merkel -

 

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…

2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference – ‘Harper-Canada’ part of Global-warming problem – not the solution and becomes one of the environmental ‘bad guys’ – ‘No to Kyoto’ is easy and opportunistic – Germany and EU think Kyoto is not strong enough! -commentary by Mr Emil Hoogensteyn

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…

UK’s role in EU could become ‘untenable’ after Camerons wanton veto – by OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog contributor Mr W van Coeveren

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
EURO sign outside Frankfurt ECB office - foto from Wikipedia by Lars Aronsson

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…

Wolfgang Schäuble deservedly wins 2012 Charlemagne Prize – by W van Coeveren

Sunday, December 11th, 2011
Wolfgang Schaeuble

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…

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