The White House today announced the celebration of the economic summit in New York in mid-November. The G-20 countries are meeting up to design a new structure for capitalism. It definitely sounds glamorous, it sounds like a 21st century Bretton Woods.
But there are two key reasonsĀ why this economic summit is complete rubbish.
The first reason [...]
Posts Tagged ‘PSOE’
What’s the point of the economic summit? Anyone?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Economics, McCain, Obama, PSOE, US, Zapatero on October 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The big picture: the economy
Posted in Europe, Labour, PSOE, tagged Europe, Labour, PSOE, Zapatero on September 10, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Two days ago the Spanish finance minister, Pedro Solbes, wrote an article for the FT in which he explained the situation of the Spanish economy and the way the government plans to face the current crisis.
This article should be a must read for Alistair Darling and his entire department.
When an economic crisis hits home there [...]
On Labour’s badly needed new message
Posted in Labour, PSOE, Spanish conservatives (PP), Tories, tagged Cameron, Gordon Brown, Labour, PSOE, Tories, Zapatero on July 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As promised yesterday I would like to throw out there a couple of ideas for a new political message for Labour. Now that Brown is finally taking some time out (and hopefully getting some good sleep to clear his head) I hope No. 10 staffers are working hard on the new message and calendar to [...]
How in tune are you with your party leader?
Posted in Labour, PSOE, tagged Gordon Brown, Labour, PSOE, Zapatero on July 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s Spanish daily Publico has an article on the compatibility between the Zapatero government and its electorate in terms of political positioning.
Zapatero hasn’t been doing too well lately due to the economic crisis. But when those that voted for him in the May 9 general election were asked how close where they to Zapatero’s political [...]
PSOE aims to become the flag-bearer of European social-democracy
Posted in PSOE, tagged PSOE, Zapatero on May 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
PSOE, the Spanish Socialist Party, under the leadership of President Zapatero has announced the creation of a leading European social-democratic think tank based in Madrid.
Jesus Caldera has left the Cabinet, where he served as Minister for Social Affairs, to lead this new project. Caldera was the main policy-wonk behind Zapatero’s candidacy to the leadership of [...]