German victory. Defeat for France, Spain, Italy, and the Greco-Latin sphere. THE European Commission has demanded an “unqualified apology” from the BBC for what it called the “disgraceful” treatment of one of its spokesmen during an edition of Newsnight last month. LUXEMBOURG: France blasted Germany and five other European Union countries on Thursday for their continued opposition to an EU-funded food aid scheme, saying a dismantling of the programme would leave millions of Europeans unable to feed themselves. Leaders of Currency Zone's Two Largest Economies, at Odds Over Rescue Plans, Say No Pact Possible by Sunday Deadline
My instant impression from the leaked EU summit draft is that the accord is minimalist, and largely a German Diktat. It has the makings of a diplomatic Sedan 1870.
If this is what landed on Nicolas Sarkozy’s desk at the Elysee yesterday, one starts to grasp, sort of, why he left Carla Bruni to labour alone as he dashed to Frankfurt to meet the two other women in his life, Chancellor Angela Merkel and IMF chief Christine Lagarde, as well as the European Central Bank’s old and new chiefs.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ambroseevans-pritchard/100012749/sedan-again-as-germany-imposes-terms/
A letter to BBC director-general Mark Thompson accuses presenter Jeremy Paxman of losing control of the programme after studio guest Peter Oborne described the spokesman as “that idiot in Brussels”.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/uk/ec_demands_apology_from_the_bbc_1_1921999
A blocking minority against the scheme held firm at an EU farm ministers’ meeting in Luxembourg on Thursday, despite a last-ditch attempt by French Farm Minister Bruno Le Maire to break the deadlock in talks with his German counterpart in Berlin on Wednesday night.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011%5C10%5C21%5Cstory_21-10-2011_pg5_23
BERLIN—Europe's efforts to deliver a comprehensive plan to resolve the euro-zone debt crisis were in danger of unraveling Thursday as disagreement between Germany and France over virtually every point forced the 27-nation bloc to concede a much-anticipated summit of European Union leaders on Sunday won't produce an agreement.
http://tinyurl.com/3vrhkev
Friday, 21 October 2011
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