Summits, reunions, meetings… and yet no solutions for the economic problems the EU is suffering from. In reality, we should recognize that the situation is critical and we have to start now to cure it and even so, as the German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said there is no easy fix to the European financial crisis. 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 »

Another French woman could have a great importance in the next presidential election in France. After the Socialist Party leader Martine Aubry and the Communist head Marie-George Buffet, Cécile Duflot, the head of France’s Green Party has become a rising politician in Paris. Read the rest of this entry »

The well known rivalry in France between Nicolas Sarkozy and Dominique de Villepin, both politicians from the right UMP party, escalated to open hatred when Villepin was accused of trying to smear Sarkozy before the last presidential elections. Read the rest of this entry »

Across several countries in Europe and other parts of the world people have been commemorating today the end of four years of fighting in what was World War I. It began in 1914 and ended with the defeat of Germany in 1918. Read the rest of this entry »

It was made known today that Jacques Chirac, the former French president, has been ordered to stand trial for an alleged corruption scandal that goes back to his years as Paris mayor between 1977 and 1995, just before he became president of the country. Read the rest of this entry »

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 »