Hello again to all the readers of KeyboardPolitics. No, we did not quit as the team enjoys being able to communicate with you. Simply, some hacker, for whatever reason, decided to attack KP and it has taken a bit to restore the blog and be able to publish once more. But here we are readier than ever to go on. Your comments and contributions will be welcome. Let us make this year an interesting one for all readers of KeyboardPolitics and many thanks for your patience in name of all the team.
Rosa Maria Young

The NATO summit in Lisbon is finished. After the dismal results of the G20 in Seoul, the leaders attending Lisbon have gone home relieved that things went better this time. Among the measures and reforms planned, the transatlantic leaders were supposed to agree upon a Strategic Concept that will guide the alliance for the next ten years. Read the rest of this entry »

Coming Tuesday, the US will be a different country politically. While the last two years the partisanship has been strong and quite unpleasant, if in Tuesday’s elections the fanatical Tea Party gains a strong foothold in the Congress, as expected, it is quite possible that it will take the Republicans further to the righ. Read the rest of this entry »

On the eve of the French school vacation, the country continues with demonstrations against the reforms to extend the retirement age for twomore years,from 60 to 62, and to overhaul the state pensions, with a full pension being received at 67 instead of 65. Read the rest of this entry »

Now that we were a little more at ease with the future of the euro, it became time to think back again about the future of the United Kingdom which in some ways it can also affect Europe. It is Tuesday afternoon and still no clear indication of what is or can happen with the three British parties talks. Read the rest of this entry »

It was not easy but after months of debate the 16 European countries that use the Euro as their currency agreed on a financial deal to help Greece. Read the rest of this entry »