Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
February 9, 2010
Saving the Euro
On this coming Thursday, the European Union 27 leaders will gather in Brussels for a summit dedicated to revive the European economy. While the summit was called by the new European president, Herman Van Rompuy, not much action has yet been seen or heard from his office. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
February 4, 2010
Obama will not attend the planned EU/US summit
In 1991 the ECC (the European Economic Community which became the EU in 1993 by the Treaty of Maastrich) and the US agreed to a system of regular summits to deal with a wide range of economic, environmental and travel related issues that could impact the Americans. Each time these summits were held in different cities in Europe or the United States. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
January 10, 2010
After the Lisbon Treaty
On the 1 January, Spain took over the rotating EU presidency, a six-month tenure with a change from the until now other presidencies. Since the Lisbon Treaty which entered into force a month ago, the EU has a newly appointed president, Herman Van Rompuy, and the rotating presidency of Spain will have to work together with him. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
November 20, 2009
EU chose a President and a Foreign Minister
Well, we all were surprised when yesterday, instead of the long night we were expecting before knowing who would get to be president and foreign minister of the EU, the decisions happened very quickly. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
November 19, 2009
Who will be Europe first president?
With any luck Europeans will wake up tomorrow morning to the news that finally they have a permanent president of the European Council and a foreign minister. No that many of them will have been worrying too much about it. After all the average citizen is not voting to choose them. It is mostly done by the leaders of the 27 countries who form the EU: 26 men and one woman. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
April 26, 2009
Iceland chooses a woman
In this global financial crisis we are going through, one of the most affected countries was Iceland, to the point of being brought to its knees. The Icelanders, and specially its women, after blaming the men for the crisis, looked for a female solution to clean up the mess choosing caretaker Primer Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir from the Social Democrats to lead the country until the elections. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
September 19, 2008
The Gypsies in Europe
The Italian government of Berlusconi proposed recently the creation of some measures against the Gypsies living in Italy, particularly the fingerprinting of adults and children. Unlike conquering Tatars, Mongolians and Turks, the Roma (as the Gypsies are known) arrived on the European continent in smaller groups. Read the rest of this entry »
