UN talks back conference on nuclear-free Middle East
BBC May 29, 2010 Nearly 200 nations, signatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), have agreed to work towards a nuclear-weapons-free zone in the Middle East. more
Month: May 2010
EU joins oil spill clean-up operation in the US
EuropeanVoice.com May 28, 2010 EU member states are to provide equipment to help limit the damage caused by the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the European Commission announced today. more
The End of the European Social Model
The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2010 The spending cuts keep on coming. In fact they are becoming the height of European fashion. Spanish parliamentarians are just the latest to join in, this week approving a €15 billion ($18.4 billion) austerity package aimed at cutting the country’s deficit. It was a tight squeeze for the […]
The Arithmetic Adds Up to a Greek Restructuring
The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2010 There is one word that must not be uttered in this town: Restructuring. When it comes to the €110 billion they’ve pledged to Greece, officials of the European Union and the International Monetary Fund insist that a debt default by the bedraggled country is beyond contemplation. more
Europe faces a new variant on an old conundrum: a German problem
The Economist May 27, 2010 ONCE again, Europe has a German problem. In its handling of the euro crisis, Germany’s government stands accused of weakness, indecision and populism. Pro-European Germans say that Chancellor Angela Merkel believes that theirs has become just another normal European country. They add ominously that this risks flirting with Euroscepticism, even […]