European Council President Van Rompuy had a dream: the sanctions “should have a strong impact on Russia’s economy” but only “a moderate effect on EU economies.”
by Don Quijones • • Comments Off on ‘To Protect the Press,’ Spain Tries to Muffle the Internet
The law hounds the new media, from blogs to Google, to protect the loyal mainstream press from insolvency and irrelevance. Other governments are ogling similar laws.
Meet the secretive powers behind the trade negotiations that attempt to rewrite US and EU laws and regulations to their liking and beyond democratic controls.
European bankers have begun sweating, not because of the harsh heat, but fear – of what could happen as battalions of bank auditors take up temporary residence at the headquarters of the biggest banks.
In 2013, Morgan Stanley praised Spain’s export miracle, thanks to wage cuts. “Next Germany,” it called it, giving rise to a lot of hope. Now reality has returned.
