Tag Archives: Nicolas Sarkozy
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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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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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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Cameron starts to count the cost of exclusion
David Cameron seems at last to be starting to understand that it is not at all in Britain’s national interest to be excluded from EU decision making. It now appears that the 10 EU countries that are not in the … Continue reading
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Former Trade Union Boss John Monks advocates joining the Euro
In a departure from my normal practice, I am posting in full this article which was published on guardian.co.uk this morning. Former TUC General Secretary and leader of the European Trade Union Confederation John Monks should be commended for his courage … Continue reading
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If the Euro sinks, the UK will be pulled down with it
Sadly there are still those in Britain who feel it necessary to gloat over the deep and difficult problems facing the Euro. “Thank goodness we’re not in the Euro” is their rallying cry as they watch from what they consider … Continue reading
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Tories Try to Play the Blame Game
The current government cannot continue to blame poor economic performance on the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis. That was the central argument in a great article in today’s Guardian by Larry Elliott. You can read it by following the link here. … Continue reading
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Cameron’s Zepplin Moment
David Cameron’s signing a letter with five other world leaders outside Europe calling on Eurozone leaders to act swiftly to halt the Euro crisis, I believe, marks a turning point in Britain’s relations with the European Union, for worse not … Continue reading
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Being a female politician is about more than “sex appeal”, thank you.
Over recent weeks the British press have been almost ecstatically condemnatory of the chauvanistic nature of French politics, talking loudly of how dreadful it must be to be a woman in politics in France. Indeed, recent revelations along with what we … Continue reading
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