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Tag Archives: European Union
Terminal desert
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. Athens, Friday 23 January 2015 We got a first-hand taster of the economic basket-case that is … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Europe, Greece, Politics
Tagged Athens, Brussels, Eleftherios Venizelos, Eurocrats, European Union
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Grecian urns
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Posted in Economics, Europe, Germany, Greece, Politics
Tagged Cimon, drachma, Ephialtes, euro, European Central Bank, European Union, Felipe González, Grexit, International Monetary Fund, New Democracy, Pasok, Pericles, Podemus, Syriza
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Saltire flying high
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 18 September 2014 Today the 4.25 million registered voters of Scotland have the opportunity to vote … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, China, Economics, Europe, Politics, Russia, Scotland, Spain, UK, USA
Tagged Bill Clinton, Bob Geldof, European Union, Goldman Sachs, Mariano Rajoy, Mark Carney, saltire, Small is beautiful
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Jaw-jaw better than war-war
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 3 September 2014 JAW-JAW BETTER THAN WAR-WAR Three letters from readers in today’s London Guardian represent … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Media, Military, Politics, Russia, UK, Ukraine, USA
Tagged Chekhov, Cold War, Crimea, European Union, Nato, Pushkin, Soviet Union, Vladimir Putin, Winston Churchill, Yeltsin
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Ooops! Fat trains and ghost stations
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 22 May 2014 They say a camel is a horse designed by a committee. We were … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, France
Tagged design faults, European elections, European Parliament, European Union, French railways, RFF, SNCF
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North v. South
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 1 December 2013 The stark divide between the rich north of Europe and the poor south … Continue reading
People versus Populists
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Posted in Europe, USA
Tagged Brussels, Enrico Letta, euro currency, European Parliament, European Union, Frankfurt, M5S, populism, UKIP, United States of Europe
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The market rules, OK?
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 12 August 2013 Here we go again! Having systematically pandered to employer interests while turning a … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Poland, UK
Tagged capitalism, Chris Bryant, European Union, free movement of labour, market economy, UK election 2015, UK Labour Party
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