Bloomberg

4th January, 2012

Futures traders reversed bets that the euro will decline against the dollar, wagering for the first time since August 2011 that the shared currency will gain, figures from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission show.

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Public announcement GEAB N°70

LEAP 2020

16th December, 2012

The current geopolitical dislocation, largely anticipated by LEAP/E2020 since February of 2009 (GEAB No. 32), has resulted in a global fragmentation than will accelerate over the course of next year, amidst global recession. The end of the leadership of traditional powers will bring about global chaos in 2013, with the “world after” beginning to emerge.

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Oh, dear! The trouble is that Britain is already on the periphery of Europe and looking to strengthen its engagement with the USA. It will soon be adrift somewhere in mid-Atlantic.

PressTV

19th December, 2012

The White House has warned that Britain’s break up from the European Union (EU) could weaken its position on the world stage.

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Bad news indeed for City of London/Wall Street interests. The euro survives as an alternative investment option and attention returns to the viability of the dollar/pound as global trading currencies

FT

11th December, 2012

A year ago it was the eurozone that was heading at high speed towards the cliff edge. Fears that Europe’s monetary union was about to break up were commonplace. Spanish, Italian and Greek official borrowing costs were soaring. Mario Draghi, the new European Central Bank president, had ruled out acting as a lender of last resort to governments.

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Jean Quatrmer

Coulisses be Bruxelles

6th December, 2012

La scène se passe lundi après-midi au Parlement européen à Bruxelles. La commission des affaires économiques et monétaires auditionne Wolfgang Schäuble et Pierre Moscovici, les ministres des Finances de l’Allemagne et de la France sur la situation économique de leur pays respectif et, bien sûr, la crise de la zone euro. Dans ce tableau charmant de la démocratie européenne en marche, une fausse note : la présidente de cette commission est Britannique, en l’occurrence la libérale démocrate Sharon Bowles. Comment l’élue d’un pays qui a refusé la monnaie unique et n’entend pas l’adopter peut-elle ainsi s’immiscer dans des questions qui ne la regardent absolument pas ?

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The UK is now de facto out of Europe and pursuing a closer integration with the Anglosphere, witness Hague’s plans for joint UK-Canadian embassies

Telegraph

19th November, 2012

In a move that will be seen as increasing British isolationism in the EU, an ‘alternative’ budget is reportedly being considered in Brussels ahead of this week’s crunch summit of EU leaders and heads of state.

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If Israel’s security means the current lunatic attempts to destabilise the Middle East and North Africa through backing extremist Islamic militia then it is difficult to see how this could equate with the security of Europe

Jerusalem Post

25th October, 2012

Italy views “Europe’s security in Israel’s security,” Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said Thursday at a joint press conference in Jerusalem with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.

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It is not coincidental that Hollande is leading the way in both an imperial policy in Syria and a central bank funded bailout of European banks. An Atlanticist France is a serious problem for Europe whose disarray is only mitigated by the impending implosion of US/UK.

Spiegel

22nd October, 2012

Parallel Universes in Paris and Berlin

The most recent European Union summit exposed deep differences between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President François Hollande. Berlin wants Brussels to be bestowed with greater power over national budgets and Paris is calling for an end to austerity. The dispute threatens to intensify the euro crisis.

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