Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman –who on various occasions predicted the collapse of the euro– wrote a brief blog entry towards the end of 2010, in which he compared the state of the Irish economy to that of the state of Nevada in the USA. Krugman noted that the populations, size of housing bubbles, and […]
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Last week’s launch of Britain’s cross-party pro-EU campaign group provided the first indications of its future strategy and approach. In a bid to emphasise the myriad benefits of continued membership, ‘Britain Stronger in Europe’ had assembled a diverse array of public figures, ranging from West Ham Football Club Vice-Chairman, Karren Brady, (also of BBC TV’s
‘I heard it from a German official after one of the enlargements’, affirmed Mr. Bernd Hüttemann of European Movement International to the students of College of Europe’s Natolin Campus. The meeting held on 17 September quickly became dominated by the crisis in the Mediterranean. ‘It was supposed to mean that all the work had been
Les mots sont forts, la peur répandue, le cri d’alarme est retentissant. Lors du voyage d’études de la Promotion Chopin aux Pays Baltes, la perception du voisin russe est le fil conducteur des rencontres et conférences qui se succèdent, avec responsables politiques, chercheurs et journalistes locaux. Au premier regard, elle ressemble à de la paranoïa.
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“I do not take my mandate from the European people” this is what the Trade Commissioner said to John Hilary in a recent interview published by The Independent on the 13th October 2015 with the title I didn’t think TTIP could get any scarier, but then I spoke to the EU official in charge of it.
The world can no longer ignore what has been labelled the worst refugee (migrant) crisis since the Second World War. The precise meaning of the “worst refugee crisis” might be easily grasped when one sees the horrific images of a three-year-old Syrian child found lying face-down on a Turkish beach, after the boat in which
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