Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
June 4, 2009
European elections
This week, starting today in some of the EU countries and finishing on this coming Sunday, the European Union is voting to elect a a new set of Members for the common Parliament which is the principal democratic component of the EU system. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
May 27, 2009
Green Card in the US, Blue Card in the EU
This past Monday 24 of the 27 member states of the European Union adopted a plan for a work permit aimed at attracting highly skilled foreigners, a permit similar to the US’ Green Card. 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
April 2, 2009
Has the G20 solved anything?
While I am writing this, leaders of 19 countries plus the European Union are gathered in London at what has been described as the G-20 Summit. The purpose is get the world out of recession and get the global economy going. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
February 1, 2009
Let us avoid protectionism
The Obama administration has already begun to ruffle some feathers abroad. Let us hope this does not turn into another à la Bush attitude. It seems that the new Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said that China should let loose restrictions on its currency. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
December 10, 2008
A Middle East Union?
It seems that the Iraqi government is finally taking decisions and that should be welcomed. A couple of days ago, Ali al-Dabbagh, spokesman for the Office of the Prime Minister of Iraq and former member of the Iraqi Parliament, announced in Washington at the Institute of Peace, an independent, nonpartisan, national institution established and funded by the United States Congress, a proposal for the creation of a regional economic and security union for the Middle East explicitly modeled on the European Union. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
September 18, 2008
This and that: from Wall Street to Cuba
I am almost refusing to continue writing about banks, shares, and the sudden “populism” of Obama and McCain who it seems to me are just mouthing words, blaming each other and promising to save everyone. I believe they don’t have a clue about what to do. Read the rest of this entry »
