1st July, 2014
(MOSCOW) – President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday described the conflict in Ukraine as the culmination of Western efforts to contain Russia and sought to play Moscow’s “natural partner” Europe against the United States.
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Putin slams US, says Europe ‘natural partner’
Posted by seumasach on July 2, 2014
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France’s Noyer says BNP may prompt shift away from Dollar
Posted by seumasach on June 13, 2014
France’s Noyer Says BNP May Prompt Shift Away From Dollar
11th June, 2014
Bank of France Governor Christian Noyer said the U.S. investigation into BNP Paribas SA (BNP)’s dealings with sanctioned nations may encourage companies to stop using dollars in international transactions.
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!0 billion BNP Paribas fine “an aggression against France and Europe”
Posted by seumasach on June 9, 2014
and raises the possibility of the suspension of talks on TTIP(Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
« C’est une agression contre la France et contre l’Europe » a déclaré le député-maire de Saint-Quentin (Aisne) sur Europe 1. « L’administration américaine a été trop laxiste avec ses banques et aujourd’hui ils ont décidé de faire un exemple avec la BNP », a-t-il expliqué.
« Si ça ne suffit pas, il y a des négociations en cours » sur le traité transatlantique de libre échange. « Nous avons la possibilité de demander au niveau européen la suspension de ce traité », « alors il faut utiliser le
rapport de forces », selon lui.
Bertrand (UMP): Hollande doit obtenir la fin du « harcèlement » contre BNP Paribas
9th June
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European leadership crisis
Posted by seumasach on May 20, 2014
“Because political anticipation isn’t a crystal ball but a rational tool to help make a decision and thus “armageddonist” scenarios (3) whose purpose is to paralyse people by terrifying and crushing them will never be the basis of its business.”
The Ukrainian crisis gathers all the conditions together to give a saving jolt to Europe
15th May, 2014
After two deliberately alarmist issues, our team wants to get back on the path of positive anticipation. Not that Europe is yet out of trouble but Political Anticipation (1) as conceived by its inventor, Franck Biancheri, stating that man is the author of his own destiny provided that he arms himself with the means to have a good understanding of the trends at work, aims to envisage desirable and feasible futures and identify players, openings and choices to draw upon to build this desirable and feasible future. Political anticipation isn’t afraid of being wrong in its forecasts (2) provided that it has contributed to a better understanding of the dynamics at work, pick up the trends supporting a positive future and show how to capitalize on these future paths. Because political anticipation isn’t a crystal ball but a rational tool to help make a decision and thus “armageddonist” scenarios (3) whose purpose is to paralyse people by terrifying and crushing them will never be the basis of its business.
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German businesses urge halt on sanctions against Russia
Posted by seumasach on May 6, 2014
“In most countries, it would be highly unusual for corporate executives to inject themselves into geopolitics and matters of national security with the forcefulness that a number of German business leaders have. But many of Germany’s largest companies have substantial Russian operations, built in some cases over decades, and worry that tough economic sanctions would rob them of a key growth market when their home market—Europe—is stagnant.”
1st May, 2014
BERLIN— Angela Merkel is carrying a clear message from Germany’s business lobby to the White House: No more sanctions.
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NATO’s new Cold War runs into trouble in Germany
Posted by seumasach on May 3, 2014
Cristoph Germann
2nd May, 2014
Edward Bernays once famously promoted the “conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses” through the use of propaganda, which he considered an “important element in democratic society”.[1] Today’s so-called “liberal democracies” are testament to Bernays’ assertion. The “father of public relations” demonstrated early on that propaganda can be used for many different purposes, from selling cars to selling wars. Especially the latter has become the primary task of media in the United States and other NATO countries in recent years. With Iraq still burning, Western media played a decisive role in turning Libya and Syria into failed states as well. The propaganda was never particularly sophisticated. After “Saddam has weapons of mass destruction” came “Gaddafi is killing his own people” and eventually “Assad is like Hitler”. But mainstream media reporting got even worse during the Ukraine crisis and this could have unforeseen consequences for those in power.
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Ukraine crisis forces Eurasian evolution
Posted by seumasach on April 30, 2014
But, as well as a Eurasian revolution it must force a European revolution. Kerry latest speech imposes impossible demands on Europe: a rise in NATO spending per member and the opening of the European market to GM crops and fracking. Popular protests against austerity are going to have to focus on these issues, all the more so since it is now clear, in the light of the Ukraine fiasco, that the European leadership is compromised and unable to lead Europe towards independent policy.
Francesco Sisci
30th April, 2014
BEIJING – It has not happened yet, but expectations are already enormous. A massive strategic and economic shift is expected to result from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s to China in May.
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Europe dragged into a division of the world between debtors and creditors: the United States’ desperate solutions for not sinking alone
Posted by seumasach on April 18, 2014
A new cold war led by the USA has become a fashionable theme. However, core US diplomacy has consistently contradicted such a scenario. The USA, more than Europe, needs to reach out to the BRICS for its own salvation. The problem is that vested interests, the imperial state if you like, continue to rely on a strategy of geopolitical tension. But the CIA, the neo-cons, the Israel lobby, the Military Industrial Complex and their congressional representatives have emerged from the fiascos in Syria, Venezuela and Ukraine embittered and weakened. This should enable Obama to pursue policies in accord with US national interests whereby US retreat from empire is rewarded by inward investment from China and others. For that surplus to be available a new motor of global development must emerge which can only be the Eurasian economic space from Shanghai to Lisbon. The resolution of the Ukrainian crisis, the first step of which was completed at Geneva yesterday, will facilitate this happy development. Certainly Russia and China are emerging as leading global players but their prime goal is geo-strategic partnership with the USA. By an agonised path Obama is positioning himself to reciprocate
17th April, 2014
In the present confrontation between Russia and the West over the Ukrainian crisis, the image of the Cold War inevitably comes to mind and the media are obviously fond of it. However, contrary to what it gives us to understand, it’s not Russia that seeks the return of an iron curtain but really the US. An iron curtain separating the old powers and emerging nations; the world before and the world afterwards; debtors and creditors. And this in the crazy hope of preserving the American way of life and the US’ influence over “its” camp in the absence of being able to impose it on the whole world. In other words, go down with as many companions as possible to give the impression of not sinking.
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Uncouple Europe from the USA
Posted by seumasach on April 16, 2014
Europe is at a crucial turning point: it can either go on to emerge as sovereign, political union at the heart of the post-imperial, multipolar world order or it will fragment politically and revert to a fiefdom of Anglo-Saxon financial feudalism. Given the terminal economic crisis in the US/UK, and the weakness of the dollar/pound, the latter prospect seems unlikely, but, if the disfunctionality of the European leadership which the Ukrainian crisis has revealed is not remedied, the worst cannot be discounted.
Découpler l’Europe des Etats-Unis
Jean-Paul Baquiast
15th April, 2014
Cette idée ne doit pas être confondue avec celle recommandant une rupture avec les Etats-Unis. Il s’agirait seulement de prendre beaucoup plus d’indépendance à leur égard. La politique qu’ils conduisent actuellement dans la crise ukrainienne, en entrainant l’Otan avec eux, ne peut que conduire à des difficultés insurmontables pour l’Europe. Beaucoup d’Européens sensés commencent à s’en rendre compte, mais les vieilles adhérences sont difficiles à dénouer.
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German intellectuals support Putin
Posted by seumasach on April 9, 2014
“Instead they want to bring Ukraine under the NATO control,” retired serviceman told RT, stressing that he supports Putin’s proposal to build a “common European House,” united under “a common economic zone from Lisbon to Vladivostok.”
US wants to destroy Ukrainian ‘bridge’ between EU and Russia
9th April, 2014
Members of German civil society have written an open letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, condemning Russophobia in mass media and German political establishment while showing support for Moscow’s actions in the ongoing Ukrainian crisis.
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European Union’s double standards
Posted by seumasach on April 8, 2014
6th April, 2014
Not long ago, the Ukraine was on the brink of a new economic meltdown. Its debt was roughly €140 billion or approximately 80% of its nominal Gross Domestic Product.
However, the Ukrainian economy was largely supported by loans from Russian Banks, which injected Kiev with almost €28 billion. In addition to that, the European Union, also injected €11 billion last week without any conditions attached.
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