2015
Omni-dimensional crisis: protecting oneself in stormy weather
The
enormous dangers weighing on the banking and financial systems, especially in
the West, but also on social and geopolitical peace, leads our team to warn the
readers to be on their guard. The issue is protecting one’s assets creatively,
with diversification of solutions always the principal instruction [...] The
purchase of gold especially, but also jewelry, precious metals, remains our
first recommendation, up to 20% to 30% of one’s portfolio; for the remaining
assets at the banks, think about the safest foreign banks as well, especially
Chinese, which now have branches in Western countries; stay liquid: cash, cash,
cash, in several currencies outside banks...
GEAB No 91 (Global Europe Anticipation Bulletin)
ECB announces expanded asset purchase programme
The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB)
today announced an expanded asset purchase programme. Aimed at fulfilling the
ECB’s price stability mandate, this programme will see the ECB add the purchase
of sovereign bonds to its existing private sector asset purchase programmes in
order to address the risks of a too prolonged period of low inflation...
European Central Bank
France and Austria have unveiled plans to reintroduce the
financial transactions tax (FTT) at a lower rate but across a wider range of
areas...
France and Austria have unveiled plans to reintroduce the
financial transactions tax (FTT) at a lower rate but across a wider range of
areas...
City A.M.
Greece Election 2015: the politics and economics in numbers
Following the Greek parliament’s failure to select a new
president at the end of last year, early elections were called for 25 January.
Having topped last year’s European parliament elections, the radical left and
anti-austerity party Syriza is ahead in the polls...
The Guardian
Oil Drillers ‘Going to Die’ in 2Q on Crude Price Swoon
Oil drillers will begin collapsing under the weight of lower
crude prices during the second quarter and energy explorers who employ them
will shortly follow, according to Conway Mackenzie Inc., the largest U.S.
restructuring firm...
Bloomberg
Russia finds few friends in EU sanctions talks
Even Russia’s friends, for the most part, showed little
appetite for relaxing sanctions in “strategic” EU talks in Brussels on Monday
(19 January)...
EUObserver
Primeiro semestre de 2015 – Petróleo, Médio-Oriente, Charlie
Hebdo… Os últimos testes à resistência do «modelo ocidental»: suicídio ou
adaptação
Nós já o tínhamos antecipado : a explosão das tensões no
Médio-Oriente teria um impacto rápido sobre as sociedades europeias, colocando
em grande perigo as nossas democracias. A crise ucraniana, como foi dito tantas
vezes, para além do valor intrínseco dos indivíduos envolvidos, revelou a
fraqueza estrutural de um sistema político europeu, tecnicamente desligado dos
seus cidadãos. O maior temor da Europa em 2014, o de não conseguir impedir-se
de entrar em guerra com um vizinho, levou em 2015 a um verdadeiro regresso do
político: uma Comissão Juncker decidida e legitimar politicamente as suas decisões,
governos nacionais finalmente conscientes da necessidade de uma união política,
cidadãos extremamente mobilizados...
GEAB by LEAP (Portuguese)
Briser les tabous pour sauver l’Europe
Huit ans de crise, et les dirigeants européens attendent
toujours le Sauveur ! Tous (sauf peut-être Mme Merkel) se féliciteront de la
décision « historique » prise jeudi par la Banque centrale européenne (BCE) et
son président Mario Draghi...
Le Soir
ECB's QE move adds pressure on China's policy easing
The ECB's QE step is expected to push the Chinese yuan to
appreciate, dampening already ailing Chinese export and adding more
deflationary pressures on China with the continued low oil and commodity
prices, according to Yi.
Xinhuanet
After the Paris attacks: It’s time for a new Enlightenment
We must move past the tired debate that pits the modern west
against its backward other and recover the Enlightenment ideal of rigorous
self-criticism...
The Guardian
Obama Tries to Out-Putin Putin
According to his State of the Union address, U.S. President
Barack Obama has solved the Russia problem. His brief passage on the subject
shows he's either blind to the dangers of the deteriorating relationship
between Moscow and the West or merely too quick to take credit for a victory
that is not even on the horizon...
Bloomberg
The Hottest Word in Davos Is Pretty Lukewarm
Guess what the word of the year is in Davos. Deflation?
Pandemics? Inequality? Nope. The unofficial word of the year, plastered over the
program of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in the Swiss Alps, is …
context...
BusinessWeek
Europe faces Greek headache whoever wins vote
Whoever wins Greece's general election on Sunday, Europe
will have to take urgent action to tackle the country's mountain of debt before
it buries the rest of the eurozone, analysts say...
EUBusiness
Djihadisme: la guerre froide des services secrets
A l'heure où ils doivent lutter contre les réseaux
islamistes, les spécialistes français de l'antiterrorisme sont confrontés à un
problème majeur: les échanges d'informations avec certains pays sont devenus
difficiles, voire impossibles. Décryptage...
L'Express
Saudi Arabia saw slow changes under King Abdullah
The late Saudi King Abdullah tried to make cautious changes
to his conservative country and at times struggled with religious leaders. But
his reign will not be known for ushering in major shifts in Saudi policies.
Deutsche Welle
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