Tag Archives: Angela Merkel
Ed Miliband should follow Merkel’s example and campaign for Hollande in the same way as she is for Sarkozy
The Presidential election in France to be held on 22 April with a further round on 5 May, if necessary, matters hugely to the rest of Europe. Were Francois Hollande to win, there would be one significant voice at the … Continue reading
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Marginalised Cameron tries to defend his EU U-turn
“A veto is not for life, it’s just for Christmas.” Congratulations to Ed Miliband on this perfect one-liner. David Cameron was indeed on the back foot in the House of Commons yesterday answering questions on the Brussels summit. The reason – … Continue reading
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Cameron’s pot has the temerity to call the Eurozone’s kettle black
David Cameron is one of those people who never fail to take the biscuit, and his attack on Angela Merkel in Davos yesterday was a massive one covered with lashings of chocolate. Cameron had the temerity at the World Economic … Continue reading
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European Youth Forum Campaign
The current crop of European political leaders are in danger of forgetting where they came from – except perhaps David Cameron who hails from the small British cohort of the very rich and extremely privileged. The European Youth Forum has produced this … Continue reading
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Repatriation of powers is looking increasingly less likely
According to the Daily Mail, Chancellor Merkel and President Sarkozy are looking at striking separate arrangements outside the EU Lisbon Treaty to bring about tighter budgetary control in the Eurozone countries. It now appears that Germany’s original idea to secure … Continue reading
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Cameron loses comprehensively to Merkel
Mrs Merkel has, it would seem, well and truly smashed the dream so carefully cherished by the Conservative part of the Con-Dem coalition that their beleaguered government would gain a resounding victory over the EU. Until Cameron’s ill-fated meeting with … Continue reading
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Honeyball’s Weekly Round-Up
As the Eurozone crisis continues, so we hear news that Britain has a chance to ‘redraw’ the EU- well this is the story according to British PM, David Cameron. As he and Angela Merkel met for crisis talks there … Continue reading
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David Cameron is becoming Isolated in Europe
David Cameron is about to head to Europe to discuss the growing crisis in the Eurozone. He is planning on meeting with Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, and Angela Merkel. I can see this being an uncomfortable … Continue reading
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China is one of the three pillars of the global economy together with the USA and the EU
This was a very prescient piece in the Guardian by Economics Editor Larry Elliott giving his take on the G20 summit, specifically in relation to China. China is fast becoming a major power in the world, even a super power, … Continue reading
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