Saturday, 5 November 2011

Merkel: will take a decade to turn around euro zone

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/05/eurozone-merkel-idUSL6E7M50BP20111105

Merkel calls for European unity at end of tumultuous week

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15512945,00.html

Merkel belatedly leading in Europe, Schroeder says

http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/11/04/idINIndia-60338120111104

The Sarko smackdown

I asked: "It's evident that you and Mme Merkel, the two most powerful governments in Europe, are trying to change the governments of Italy and Greece. How is that just? And once it's started, where does it stop?"
His answer was that I was wrong, that I had made my mind up in advance, that I did not understand the subtleties of the European construction because I am from an island.
He then denied that there was any attempt to remove the governments of Greece and Italy, and said that was not what democracy was about.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15597578


Iceland - not in the News, but should be! - South African Civil Service Information Service - 15th Aug/11

Politics List
This is a most interesting short article - on Iceland and their cash problem!
Worth reading - also many of the good comments, shown under the article, on the site.
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Why Iceland Should Be in the News, But Is Not

Date posted: 15 August 2011
View this article online here: http://sacsis.org.za/site/article/728.1