Wolfgang Kaden
10th December, 2011
It was to be expected. And now it’s official: The British have elected not to join the treaty governing Europe’s new financial system. Prime Minister David Cameron refused.
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Britain and the EU: the failure of a forced marriage
Posted by seumasach on December 10, 2011
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After 30 years, City of London loses Brussels
Posted by seumasach on December 10, 2011
Cameron’s decision to abscond from the European scene is an early christmas present to our european partners and the greatest contribution Britain has ever made to the development of an independent Europe. Of course, Europe has a long way to go. After all it is still in thrall to NATO, an organization which compromises European sovereignty and constitutes a permanent threat to peace. The need for a strategic partnership with Russia and China becoming increasingly urgent.
9th December, 2011
Britain has become sub-marginal following the EU Summit of 9 December, which reshaped the geo-economic direction of the European continent with the acceleration of fiscal union, a process that will include reinforced regulation and supervision at a European level.
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Eurozone Crisis: Justice Secretary opposes Cameron on European treaty change
Posted by seumasach on December 7, 2011
The ascendancy of City of London interests and the reserve currency status of the pound require the fragmentation of the Eurozone and the removal of euro as a rival currency. However, the campaign to wreck the euro have only served to consolidate the Eurozone and Britain now faces isolation and economic armageddon. No surprise then that the cracks are beginning to show in Britain’s normally monolithic political elite.
7th December, 2011
Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke has broken ranks with David Cameron on Europe, saying that Friday’s crucial EU summit is not a good time to be trying to extract concessions from Brussels.
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Cameron threatens to veto EU treaty
Posted by seumasach on December 7, 2011
To veto or not to veto? – It doesn’t really matter: the eurozone has made it clear it will proceed without the UK if necessary. In fact, sidelining the UK and the sacrosanct “City of London” is definitely part of the solution for Europe.
7th December, 2011
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has threatened to veto plans for an overhaul to the EU treaty on grounds it could damage British interests.
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Merkozy to Seek New EU Treaty to Tackle Crisis
Posted by seumasach on December 6, 2011
This puts Cameron in a very interesting situation. If he tries to continue Britain’s wrecking game he’ll find that the EU simply ceases to have a real existence and is replaced by the Eurozone; if he goes along with this plan he will face the wrath of his party’s lunatic eurosceptics.
Spiegel
5th December, 2011
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy gave a crucial show of unity in the euro crisis on Monday, announcing after a meeting in Paris that they will push for a new treaty, either among all 27 EU members or just the 17 countries in the euro zone, to force member states to adhere to tighter budget discipline in the future.
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Europe needs to open up further to Chinese investment to solve debt crisis
Posted by seumasach on November 29, 2011
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Une Europe allemande?
Posted by seumasach on November 27, 2011
Derrière les plans d’austérité, le modèle allemand triomphe. Berlin assoit son leadership au fil de la crise et préside à l’intégration de l’Europe.
Fabrice Delaye et Myret Zaki
16th November, 2011
L’Allemagne est en train de réaliser, avec la crise de l’euro, ce qu’elle n’a pas pu faire avec deux guerres.» Provocatrice et un brin excessive, cette remarque lancée récemment par un grand banquier rappelle que la pression des marchés aboutit, en définitive, à plus d’intégration de la zone euro, sous leadership allemand. Sous la contrainte de l’euro, l’unification du continent autour d’un Euroland, excluant les Britanniques, apparaît comme la seule voie possible pour éviter un éclatement de la monnaie unique. Pour Michael Hüther, directeur de l’Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft de Cologne, «les politiciens européens ont compris le besoin de cette discipline. Le cas est similaire à celui des années 1980, quand la plupart des pays ont réalisé qu’ils ne pouvaient pas résoudre leurs problèmes par des dévaluations systématiques vis-à-vis du mark.» La solution est passée alors par plus d’Europe. «Au lieu de la finlandisation annoncée, on a vu un président socialiste français relancer, aux côtés de l’Allemagne, la construction européenne, du marché unique à Maastricht», rappelle Franck Biancheri, directeur du Laboratoire européen d’anticipation politique (LEAP).
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Britain will have to join the euro, says Tory grandee Lord Heseltine
Posted by seumasach on November 21, 2011
21st November, 2011
The former deputy prime minister, a long-time supporter of the single currency, said the public had “no idea” about the potential impact its collapse would have on the UK.
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Angela Merkel holds firm on plan for financial tax despite British fears
Posted by seumasach on November 19, 2011
The EU and its institutions are being rendered obsolete by a crisis largely engineered by City if London interests. The law of unintended consequences once more imposes itself and Cameron finds himself completely wrong-footed: instead of a reformed EU in which Britain can continue in its wrecking role, Britain finds itself left out in the cold by a the new europe, a reconstituted Eurozone.
19th November, 2011
Speaking after talks with David Cameron in Berlin, Mrs Merkel also pointedly rejected the Prime Minister’s call for the European Central Bank to play the main role in bailing out troubled eurozone countries.
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Britain ‘will join euro before long’, says German finance minister
Posted by seumasach on November 19, 2011
Sir John, who advises David Cameron on foreign policy issues, also described the banking transaction tax as “a heat-seeking missile proposed in continental Europe, aimed at the City of London”.
What do the British elite expect? Did they really think the Europeans wouldn’t fight back?
19th November, 2011
Wolfgang Schäuble said that, despite the current crisis in the eurozone, the euro will ultimately emerge as the common currency of the entire European Union. He said he “respects” Britain’s decision to keep the pound, but insisted that the survival and eventual stabilisation of the euro will convince non-members to join the currency club. “This may happen more quickly than some people in the British Isles currently believe,” he added.
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