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Latest Articles in 'Europe'
- Solving the financial crisis – who pays? - 22/12/2011Federal Union and the Wyndham Place Charlemagne Trust held a discussion on 10 November 2011 about the current financial crisis in the light of the ethics and vision of the...
- Three threats to the euro still remain - 15/12/2011The European Council meeting a week ago was convened with the aim of saving the euro. Agreement was reached at the meeting about a way forward for the EU, even...
- Is Germany doing enough to save the euro? - 13/12/2011Debate at King’s College London, on 12 December 2011, on the subject of “Germany has not taken enough proactive steps to solve the eurozone crisis, despite being at the top...
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- The lady in the lake - 03/02/2012Taking a break from thinking about the future of the eurozone or the prospects for a UN Parliamentary Assembly, I took a trip to 1940s California in the company of...
- Incident on the A598 - 25/01/2012This is the story of an accident. It wasn’t a bad one, but it could have been, and it set me thinking. I was pushing my daughter in her buggy...
- The Republican opponents of Barack Obama - 13/01/2012The presidential primaries are finally underway in the United States, with candidates competing for the right to be the Republican challenger to Barack Obama in November. (Obama is unopposed as...
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Solving the financial crisis – who pays?
Posted on 22/12/2011 | No CommentsFederal Union and the Wyndham Place Charlemagne Trust held a discussion on 10 November 2011 about the current financial crisis in the light of the ethics and vision of the European idea. The speakers were: GRAHAM BISHOP, a widely respected economic and financial commentator on... -
Three threats to the euro still remain
Posted on 15/12/2011 | 1 CommentThe European Council meeting a week ago was convened with the aim of saving the euro. Agreement was reached at the meeting about a way forward for the EU, even if the UK (and perhaps some others) will not travel with the rest. But despite... -
Is Germany doing enough to save the euro?
Posted on 13/12/2011 | 3 CommentsDebate at King’s College London, on 12 December 2011, on the subject of “Germany has not taken enough proactive steps to solve the eurozone crisis, despite being at the top table of European politics and its economic standing.” Richard Laming was asked to speak against... -
Meltdown
Posted on 05/12/2011 | No CommentsThis will be the situation if the markets are disappointed by the decisions of the European Council on 9 December. If this happens the market will probably sell every euro denominated asset. We can only hope that the worst case scenario can be avoided. Just... -
Shot by both sides
Posted on 01/12/2011 | No CommentsIt is always nice when a hunch gets confirmed by data, so thank you to Simon Hix of the LSE for a presentation earlier this week on coalitions within the European Union. We are continually having to fend off criticisms from the right and left... -
Can Europe avoid economic decline?
Posted on 30/11/2011 | No CommentsThe public sector strikers outside English schools, hospitals and government offices today are protesting not against government pension policies but against something much bigger. There are profound economic problems that need to be dealt with, and would need to be dealt with even if there... -
A Dickensian idea for Europe
Posted on 02/11/2011 | No Comments“Annual income £20:Annual expenditure £19.19s 6d: result, happiness. Annual income £20; annual expenditure £20.0s 6d: result misery.” Mr Micawber in ‘David Copperfield’ by Charles Dickens Mike and Pete were brothers. They had the same work place and each earned £20,000 a year. Mike planned his... -
Good politics, now all Labour needs is a policy
Posted on 26/10/2011 | No CommentsBy Sir Julian Priestley Labour’s decision to put a three-line whip on the vote on an in/out referendum was a good decision. It moved the focus to the resurgence of Tory divisions on Europe. It seemed like statesmanship to be offering to dig the prime... -
Fixing the debt crisis, the Chicago way
Posted on 27/09/2011 | No CommentsIt has been alarming to watch the leadership of the eurozone limp through the debt crisis affecting some of the member states, apparently as though they have no idea of the scale of what they are facing. The piling-up of debt by countries far in... -
Debt is a two-edged sword
Posted on 05/09/2011 | 1 CommentA paper presented last week at a conference of the world’s central bankers looked at the levels of debt in different countries and its impact on economic growth. Debt, or to give it its other name, credit, is the lubricant of the economy. Borrowing enables...
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