Plenty of excellent articles at Spiegel Online about the Eurozone’s problems as seen by intelligent Germans. Such as this one which argues that far from bringing countries of the Eurozone towards economic convergence, the single currency has locked in profound problems of competitiveness and so is forcing them apart. Or […]
This FT article by Quentin Peel (I am told by a senior German who should know) brings out accurately an angle of the Eurozone’s problems which hitherto has not received much attention beyond Germany. Namely the fact that the German Constitutional Court is watching very closely what the German Government […]
Back from Brussels. Here is a short article by me in the Independent today about Ejup Ganic. It’s always a pleasure to get material into a British national newspaper – work published there pops up all over the planet. But the end product is not necessarily what was sent in. In […]
Oh dear. I have achieved media prominence of a sort in Malta today, becoming a leading story in the Malta Star. This publication does not like the current Malta government. Its article boldly asserts that I am the Maltese Prime Minister’s new ‘Spin Doctor’, brought in to help the PM ‘deal with […]
Driving down the M40 to visit my elderly mother today for Mother’s Day, there was a sudden whooshing sound and dazzling lights as my car was swept into hyperspace (a bit like that extended cosmic Star Gate sequence in 2001: A Space Odyssey.) Or maybe it was a traffic jam, and I […]
Not too far from exciting Malta is quiet Greece. Baseline Scenario takes a very hard look at what is happening there – and what looks to be now unavoidable: What if Greek interest rates rise to, say, 10% – a modest premium for a country which has the highest external public […]
Former Bosnia Presidency member Ejup Ganic has been released on bail, albeit subject to some strict conditions. Serbia has to continue mustering evidence for the process to move forward. In the end current BH Bosniac Presidency member Haris Silajdzic did not visit him in jail, but instead remonstrated with David […]
Over at Business and Politics. Thus: Remember the Bible parable of the Prodigal Son? He squandered his fortune but saw the error of his ways and crept back home. He was warmly welcomed by his father, who explained the significance of his repentance to an older brother unimpressed by the […]
Under the Lisbon Treaty the European Union has a new External Action Service, led by Baroness Ashton. And as expected, it is struggling to trundle out of the hangar and get on the runway. The main issue in the arguments over setting up the EAS is not all about how […]
The arrest of former Bosnian leader Ejup Ganic here in the UK in response to an extradition request from the Belgrade authorities is a striking development. See this short account on the Belgrade-based B92 website. In fact the issue has been rumbling on for a couple of days, with Bosniac […]
