Oil Crisis
– Weathering the storm, eliminating competitors
It is very
clear that a $50 dollar oil price has an adverse impact on Russia, which could
be considered the first serious victim of the systemic oil crisis. Some
automakers stopped selling cars to Russia, the Russian Central Bank raised
interest rates to 17% and the first commercial bank has had to be bailed-out.
But victims will not be limited to Russia, in the US oil-related sector
lay-offs are just starting with US-Steel idling its Ohio pipe manufacturing
plant and laying-off more than 700 workers. In 2014, the Russian ruble has
collapsed 50% against the dollar...
A
Super-Committee of the Euroland at the heart of the European Parliament? On the
way to the first Supra-National Parliament in the World
Clearly,
the Euroland’s institutional embryo, which emerged as part of the euro crisis,
must be imperatively endowed with a legislative body ensuring the democratic
anchor of its decisions..;
Petition -
Stop the Sanctions! Now!
Russia is
the third commercial partner of the European Union; the trades between them
have been growing until March 2014. In the middle of a crisis of the euro, the
debt, the growth, and the unemployment; is it rational to sabotage the trades
with Russia?...
Greek
finance minister responds to the surprise ECB announcement
The
European Central Bank (ECB) decision puts pressure on the Eurogroup to proceed
rapidly to conclude a new mutually beneficial agreement between Greece and its
partners.
Why the EU
should abolish corporate income tax
The
European Central Bank (ECB) recently announced it would buy various securities
in order to inject more than €1 trillion into the European economy.This move
was long expected to counter exceedingly low consumer prices and the euro's
high exchange rate vis-a-vis the currencies of our main trade partners...
EUObserver
BNP Paribas dans le vert en 2014, malgré l’amende américaine
La banque française, qui avait écopé d’une amende de 6,6
milliards d’euros à l’été 2014, affiche un bénéfice net de 157 millions
d’euros. C’est trois fois plus
que ce qu’attendaient les analystes...
Presidential
coup returns Florentine swagger to Matteo Renzi
The
election was a feat because Mr Renzi united his own Democratic party behind Mr
Mattarella after months of internal battles with leftwing dissidents who had
grown increasingly frustrated with his centrist reforms, including a sweeping
overhaul of the labour market passed in December...
Greek banks
hammered after ECB snub, Athens rejects 'blackmail'
Greek
borrowing costs leapt and bank shares were hammered on Thursday after the
European Central Bank abruptly pulled the plug on its funding for the country's
financial sector in what Athens labelled an act of coercion.
Polish,
Russian WWII Interpretation Differs Despite Common History
In the wake
of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Polish Ambassador to Russia says
Poland has a "radically" different interpretation of World War II
from that of Russia. Last week, Polish foreign minister caused outrage among
Russian leadership, after he dismissed the role of Soviet Army's liberation of
the Auschwitz concentration camp...
Sputnik
L’écart se creuse entre les étudiants riches et pauvres
Seul un étudiant pauvre sur cinq décroche au moins une
licence aujourd’hui outre-Atlantique. Une proportion qui ne s’est pas améliorée
depuis un demi-siècle...
NATO should
not provide military aid in Ukraine crisis: MSC chairman
"NATO
itself should not provide military aid since this would only offer a welcome
pretext to Russia to escalate and to argue again that NATO's enlargement
strategy has been the source of evil all along...
Germany set
to pass ‘one of the harshest’ anti-terror laws in Europe
The Merkel
government approved a new law meant to mitigate radical Islamist attacks, by
making it a criminal offence to travel abroad to receive military training.
Civil rights advocates are furious...
Sale of
Charlie Hebdo in Ireland will test blasphemy law for first time
Muslim and
secular organisations warn satirical publication with front-page image of
prophet Muhammad is illegal in Irish Republic..
The
trans-Atlantic scramble for free trade deals
A recent
paper by the European Council for Foreign Relations (ECFR) urges European
policy makers to conclude Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
talks quickly by dropping the more contentious issues such as the
investor-state dispute settlement...
One Million
Voters Have Fallen Off Britain's Electoral Register
Changes to
the electoral register have resulted in more than 80% of Local authorities
suffering a decline in voter registration, with a staggering 950,845 fewer
voters registered when compared with 2014..
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