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 25, 2009
From G8 to G20
The White House released today an statement announcing that the G20 leaders -the group of 19 countries and the European Union- had agreed that the body should permanently replace the G-8 as the world’s main economic forum. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
September 24, 2009
Words without substance
The United Nations conference about combating climate changes has just finished. Now 70 days before the Copenhagen global summit about the same topic there is little to cheer. The world leaders arrived and talked, promises and admonitions were made but nothing concrete. 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
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
March 16, 2009
Discord between US and EU?
All is not as good as it was predicted when Barack Obama won the nomination for president of the United States. After eight years of what was perceived in Europe as the disastrous administration of President Bush, Europeans were ready to embrace Obama as a welcome change. Read the rest of this entry »
