Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
October 12, 2009
A very French scandal
Last June President Sarkozy, some say influenced by his wife Carla Bruni, drafted Frédéric Mitterrand – a nephew of late French President François Mitterrand- into his cabinet to become France Culture Minister. Probably Sarkozy could not imagine that a few months after a scandal would broke out with some politicians asking that his minister steps down. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
October 4, 2009
The ‘Yes’ vote of Ireland
As Jose Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission said: “Thank you Ireland.” Like him, many people are happy in the EU about the ‘Yes’ vote for the Lisbon Treaty of the Irish. Now Europe which in the past five years has gone from 15 members to 27 has a chance to forge ahead by getting its first full-time president and strengthen the role of the European Parliament. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
September 30, 2009
Ireland votes on the Lisbon Treaty again
Europeans are waiting with trepidation for the results of the Dublin vote on October 2 when the country will go to the polls for a repeat of the failed 2008 referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. After a failed attempt in 2005, when France and the Netherlands rejected the European Constitution in a referendum, the Lisbon Treaty was created to replace it and was ratified by all member states except Ireland where Irish voters rejected it last year. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
September 26, 2009
Iran’s nuclear program
Nobody is sure yet of how much was accomplished at the G20 meeting mostly because the most talked about event, one that was probably orchestrated behind the scenes but not expected to be presented, was the dramatic disclosure Friday made by Obama, flanked by Brown and Sarkozy, the leaders of Britain and France, of the existence of a covert Iranian nuclear enrichment site. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
September 15, 2009
Sarkozy’s happiness and well-being at the G20
Next week the G20 summit will start at Pittsburgh. One of the assistants will be President Sarkozy from France. As Keyboard Politics published on September 2nd, the French president had a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel from Germany at which time he said “We want to see things changed in Pittsburgh.” Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
September 3, 2009
More on the G20
As a proof that life does not stand still, When I wrote the article yesterday, it was Germany and France agreeing to reduce the bonuses paid to bankers and planning to impose control on this in the coming Pittsburgh summit of the G20. The United Kingdom did not seem to be on the same wave. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
September 2, 2009
September 24-26: G20 summit
On September 24 until the 26, the G20 summit will take place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 19 of the world’s largest national economies plus the European Union will gather to discuss the financial state and try to get agreement on proposals aiming to avoid a repeat of the financial crisis. Read the rest of this entry »
