EUobserver
An independent Scotland would be a stronger EU member, says Minister
- Title
- An independent Scotland would be a stronger EU member, says Minister
- Runtime
- 6:44
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels - (7th February 2012) - Scotland is one of the wealthiest, most prosperous parts of Europe, deputy First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon tells EUobserver when on a visit to Brussels this week. Convinced that Europe would welcome an independent Scotland, the Minister stresses Scotland's close ties to England and strong allegiance to the Queen. She rules out joining the Eurozone though. Sturgeon believes that an independent Scotland would boast political and economic powers of decision making that would help promote national interest.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
- Title
- Snow and strike on summit day
- Runtime
- 3:51
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (30th January 2012) - Angry at the government's attempt to impose austerity measures, the three main trade unions in Belgium Monday held the first general strike in almost two decades - on the same day EU leaders gathered in Brussels to discuss job creation. Unionists do not want the EU to tell Belgium how it should run its economic affairs. In this video, the president of the General Federation of Belgian Labour explains why.
By Méabh Mc Mahon and Carmen Paun
- Title
- Israeli minister: EU reports are 'Israel bashing'
- Runtime
- 8:25
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUObserver / Brussels (26th January 2012) - Israeli information minister Yuli Yoel Edelstein has questioned the accuracy of EU reports about the Israeli occupation of Palestine in this interview with EUobserver. He said the surveys do not promote peace and are part of a decades-long "attempt to undermine [Israel's] very legitimacy." He added: "Giving the accurate picture helps when looking for a solution."
By Méabh Mc Mahon
- Title
- Brussels-based Turks say No to Europe
- Runtime
- 2:42
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (20th January 2012) - The European Union initiated membership talks with Turkey in October 2005, but Ankara still has a long list of hurdles to jump over on its road to Brussels. Some Turks who have been born and raised in Belgium feel the EU has left it too late and that Turkey should no longer court the crisis-hit European Union.
- Title
- EU sanctions would rally support for Iranian regime warns MEP
- Runtime
- 8:44
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (16th January 2011) - "Everybody is getting into a corner now and dialogue is very harsh", says Finnish MEP from the Green group Tarja Cronberg with regard to EU/Iranian relations. The nuclear expert and head of the Iran delegation for the European Parliament is against an EU oil embargo on Iran feeling that power-play would become harsher and lead to possible military intervention at the Strait of Hormuz. THe EU should just threaten with sanctions, she believes.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
- Title
- Stop blaming Romanians, says Romanian MEP, we are European citizens too
- Runtime
- 7:23
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (16th January 2012) Member states should prove why they are blocking Romanians and Bulgarians from working in their countries until 2013, says Romanian MEP Marian-Jean Marinescu. According to the EPP politicians, countries need to show the Commission that there are serious threats on their labour markets. Marinescu suggests some member states are keeping restrictions for internal political reasons, namely for fostering the black market and pleads with people to stop generalising about Romanians. "There are people committing crimes all over", he insists, "you cant just blame the Romanians".
By Méabh Mc Mahon
- Title
- EU continues to nag Turkey on terrorism and human rights
- Runtime
- 8:12
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (16th January 2012) - Dutch MEP Ria Oomen-Ruitjen stressed that more reforms needed to be made in Turkey before it could come near EU membership criteria. Upon presentation of the latest EU progress report on accession talks, the centre right MEP said that Turkey would not only have to reach the Copenhagen membership criteria but also respect all European legislation.
The terrorist organisation PKK is a major bone of contention according to Oomen-Ruitjen. PKK is still playing a very negative role, she believes raising money by dealing drugs and trafficking humans in a number of European capitals.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
- Title
- EU is not on Lukaschenko's agenda
- Runtime
- 7:48
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (12th July 2012) - The situation in Belarus has gone from bad to worse - the conclusion of a hearing held in the European Parliament this week about EU-Belarus relations since the 2010 elections. According to director of the office for a democratic Belarus Olga Stuzhinkaya, the EU is not on President Lukaschecko's agenda at the moment as he veers more and more towards Russaia. In her opinion, Belarus could only become a democracy when and if Russia did.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
- Title
- Harry Potter is not going to bring about Eurobonds
- Runtime
- 6:47
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (11th January 2012) Eurobonds would mean that eurozone member states would share the burden of the debt crisis by pooling their debt together and propping each other up. The Liberal group in the European Parliament is a strong advocate of these bonds and has been pushing the Commission on the issue for months. French MEP Sylvie Goulard is responsible for the dossier and shares her thoughts with EUobserver in this video.
What do you think? Should member states share out the burden in this manner?
By Méabh Mc Mahon
- Title
- EU legal expert rubbishes new fiscal treaty
- Runtime
- 8:26
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (11 January 2012) - A legal expert who helped write five previous EU treaties - Jean-Claude Piris - has warned the new "fiscal compact" will not be enough to stop the financial crisis. Jean-Claude Piris, the former director general of the EU Council, who helped pen the Maastricht, Amsterdam, Nice, Constitutional Treaty and Lisbon Treaties, referred to the Union's new fiscal compact as a "little piece of paper" and "a treaty outside a treaty" at a think-tank event in Brussels this week. Piris made the disparaging remarks at The Centre, while speaking alongside the Danish ambassador to Belgium, Poul Skytte Christoffersen and Charles Grant, the director of another think-tank, the European Centre for Reform.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
- Title
- Mental health problems on the rise during financial crisis
- Runtime
- 5:24
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (21st December 2011) - The number of suicides in Greece reached a pan-European high during the first half of 2011, according to figures recently released by the Greek health ministry. Experts believe the increase is due to the effects of the financial crisis. Human rights expert Gabor Petri, from Mental Health Europe, describes how citizens are being affected.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
- Title
- Iceland's approach to EU membership is pragmatic, says diplomat
- Runtime
- 1:57
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (15th December 2011) - Iceland took another step towards EU accession this month when ministers closed four chapters of the negotiating papers. According to Icelandic ambassador to the EU Thorir Ibsen, Iceland could be a member of the EU by 2015 but support for EU membership among Icelandic citizens has been fluctuating as Thorir Ibsen explains in this video.
- Title
- Croatia to hold referendum on EU membership in February
- Runtime
- 9:17
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (9th December 2011) - On the day Croatia signed the accession treaty to become the 28th member of the European Union in July 2013 incoming foreign affairs and Europe minister Vesna Pusić tells EUobserver that a referendum on accession will be held by mid-February, and that her government is positive towards eventually joining the EU's new fiscal treaty deal.
By Lisbeth Kirk and Méabh Mc Mahon
- Title
- MEPs consider how to further pressure Syria's leader
- Runtime
- 10:14
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (8th November 2011) The EU recently extended its sanctions on Syria but with the crackdown against protesters continuing, MEPs have been asking Syrian opposition groups what more can be done to pressurise President Bashar Al Assad. Conservative MEP Sajjad Karim is hosting an event entitled, Syria- the way forward.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
- Title
- One billion people live with a disability in the world
- Runtime
- 4:40
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels - ( 7th December 2011) - Over one billion people live with some form of disability in the world, according to the latest study from WHO and the World Bank. The 350 page document was presented to the European Parliament this week by the Vice president Vice president for human development at the World Bank, Tamar Manuelyn Atinc.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
- Title
- Member states need to get serious about EU zoo directive
- Runtime
- 6:31
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (6th December 2011) - The Born Free Foundation is calling on EU member states to fully implement the EU zoo directive and bring about the highest possible standards in European zoos and aquariums. Having visited 200 zoos in 21 EU member states, Dan Turner from the Born Free Foundation concludes that the majority of member states are not respecting the rules laid out in the EU zoo law. According to the animal rights expert, behavioural problems in adult animals would not be as grave if zoos were treating their animals better. .
- Title
- Europe is not working right now, says new Liberal party leader
- Runtime
- 2:08
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (5 December 2011) - Germany has the power to stop the eurozone sovereign debt crisis, says newly elected Liberal Democrat and Reform Party leader, Sir Graham Watson. The liberal MEP is not a fan of treaty change and is concerned about the rise of right-wing governments in power in EU countries today. "It is a danger to European to democracy", he says.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
- Title
- The end of the euro - media hype or not?
- Runtime
- 2:55
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (30th November 2011) Eurozone leaders have been warned to save the euro by a key European summit on the 8/9 December in Brussels. As previous summits failed to calm the markets and stop the crisis from spreading, the eurozone sovereign debt crisis has been making the headlines daily. Some newspapers even published blood-stained euro coins to highlight the possible fate of the EU's ten year old currency is. In this video, EUobserver asks passers-by on the streets of Brussels whether they really think the euro could break up or if it is just media hype.
By Méabh Mc Mahon & Carmen Paun
- Title
- Anti-austerity protests arrive in Belgium
- Runtime
- 3:43
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (2nd December 2011) Over 50,000 Belgians from the three main trade unions took to the streets this Friday (2 December) to protest against the budget proposals of the new government. "It is always the small man who has to pay", one man said insisting that he would not bare the brunt of a financial crisis that he did not cause. Some held banners that read "governments lie, banks rob and the rich laugh". After almost 600 days, a new government under the Socialist Elio di Rupo will be sworn in this week.
By Méabh Mc Mahon & Carmen Paun
- Title
- EU is scared of the Iranian regime, says protestor
- Runtime
- 1:47
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (1st December) - EU ministers met in Brussels this week to discuss imposing an EU oil ban on Iran and further sanctions on its ally, Syria. Debt-ridden Greece opposed the oil embargo but the bloc did slap sanctions on 180 companies or people linked to the alleged building of nuclear weapons. During the meeting, about 1,000 Iranian expatriates gathered to demand international protection for the Iranian opposition living in Camp Ashraf in Iraq. Estonian MEP Tunne Kelam and his wife spoke to the chanting crowds.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
- Title
- Syrians ask EU to do more
- Runtime
- 1:50
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (25th November) A group of Syrians protested outside the EP today to ask the EU to expel all Syrian ambassadors in Europe and impose further sanctions on Bashar Al Assad's regime. The Syrian uprising started back in January 2011.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
- Title
- MEPS talk about EU: a possible Robin Hood Tax for Europe
- Runtime
- 15:07
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (23th November 2011) - The European Commission unveiled plans recently to slap a tax on financial transactions in the EU. In this video, two financial experts and members of the European Parliament debate the pros and cons.
- Title
- Bikers drive from Wales to Brussels to stop EU " over regulation"
- Runtime
- 1:01
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (22 November) The EU wants to ban motor cyclists from customising their bikes and oblige them to wear fluorescent clothing. For this reason, Welsh bikers like Darren Sharp drove to Brussels to express their disdain.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
- Title
- No light at end of tunnel, says Greek/German economist
- Runtime
- 7:42
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (17 November 2011) According to economist Janis Emmanouilidis from the European Policy Centre, there is no light at the end of the tunnel for Greece. The EU expert of German and Greek origin says all countries are under economic pressure now, even Belgium, Austria, France and Finland. "Nobody can predict what will happen"
- Title
- EU must follow German example, says Belgian senior citizen
- Runtime
- 4:10
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (16th November 2011) If the eurozone debt crisis and banking crisis escalate much further, there would be even worse fall-out for ordinary European citizens than we have already seen, says economist Zsolt Darvas from Bruegel, a European affairs think-thank.
This week, there is talk that Belgium, a founding member of the EU could be one of the next to be pinched by the snowballing eurozone sovereign debt crisis. In this video , EUobserver asks some Belgians Uobserver asks some Belgians if this talk is justified and whether they are concerned for the future of the Belgian economy and the eurozone. One man feels the only way for the EU is to survive is by following the example of Germany. "Greeks need to be more disciplined, he insists.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
- Title
- Ireland: a year after the bailout
- Runtime
- 3:48
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Dublin (12th November 2011) - This month marks one year since Ireland received a €85bn EU-IMF bailout, after its once booming economy crashed alongside the bursting of a real estate bubble in 2008. Although ordinary Irish people were not responsible for the crisis, they are paying the price. With yet another tough budget coming up on 6 December, there is little optimism on the streets of Dublin.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
http://euobserver.com
- Title
- China has its own problems to solve
- Runtime
- 1:50
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (9th November)- "Now in China we also face our own problems", explains Xie Duo Director-General of the Financial Market Department, People's Bank of China during the EU-China forum in the European Parliament in Brussels.
- Title
- National unity is key in Greece, says Barroso
- Runtime
- 1:39
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (4th November) - National unity is key in Greece, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso says to journalist at the G20 in Cannes.
- Title
- A day in the life of the spokesperson of the European Parliament Jaume Duch
- Runtime
- 7:49
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (4th November) - As the spokesperson for the European Parliament in Brussels, Jaume Duch is responsible for answering to the European press. In this video, EUobserver accompanies the Catalan man on an average day at the office.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
- Title
- Economist Sony Kapoor lays bare euro summit deal
- Runtime
- 11:43
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (26th October 2011) - EU leaders gathered in Brussels this week to hammer out a deal to save the euro. After tough negotiations with private banks, they finally agreed on a second bail out package for Greece and to leverage the EFSF fund to the tune of 1 trillion euro. Economist and managing director of think thank Re-define Sony Kapoor explains why there are still some reasons for scepticism.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
http://euobserver.com/
- Title
- EU correspondents place their bets on Eurozone decision makers
- Runtime
- 4:34
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (23rd October 2011) - For the first time in EU history, EU leaders have split one summit into two. In the first half, on Sunday 23 October, no substance or fact was presented. The second half will take place this Wednesday 26 October.
Technical details are expected this Wednesday, according to French president Nicolas Sarkozy and german Chancellor Angela Merkel. But these words from the two heads of state are starting to sound repetitive. How can we be sure that this Wednesday will calm the markets? In this video, seasoned correspondents from all over Europe offer their predictions for this Wednesday's summit.
BY Méabh Mc Mahon
- Title
- Greek protestors call for Papandreou to step down
- Runtime
- 2:17
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver/ Brussels (23 October) - While heads of states discuss the second Greek bailout over marathon talks in Brussels, members of the local Greek solidarity movement stage a protest calling on Prime Minister George Papandreou to resign. "Greek people don't want any more loans", says Yiorgos Vassalos from the Greek solidarity movement in Brussels who is joined by some of the Spanish "indignants". Belgian police have water canons parked a stones throw from the protesters.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
- Title
- Ireland has 'batted away' corporate tax challenge, says Europe minister
- Runtime
- 7:51
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (20 October 2011) Ireland has managed to stave off French challenges to its low corporate tax rate, Irish Minister for European affairs Lucinda Creighton tells EUobserver over coffee.
With Ireland's economy now doing better than expected, Dublin is keen to argue that among the reasons for this is its corporate tax rate, one of the lowest in Europe. "When it comes to the key issue for us, which is our corporate tax rate, it did come under major pressure, particularly from our French friends some months ago. I think we have successfully batted that issue away," says the minister.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
- Title
- A coffee with Dutch MEP Corien Wortmann-Kool about the six-pack of fiscal rules for EU member states
- Runtime
- 6:24
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (19 October) In an effort to prevent the euro sovereign debt crisis from ever happening again, the EU has come up with six tough rules to keep an eye on member states fiscal policies. The vice chairman of the EPP group, the Dutch MEP Corien Wortmann-Kool was the key negotiator of the six-pack for the European Parliament and was relieved when it was voted in favour of last month.
However, many feel that the six pack will lead to even more austerity measures which will bring about even more poverty and pain. Despite his, the EU continues to encourage member states to introduce sharp cuts in public spending. What do you think? Is this the Europe that we want? Tell us what you think EU decision makers should do to save the euro by emailing us at video@euobserver.com or leaving a comment after this video.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
- Title
- MEPS talk about EU: the euro zone crisis through the eyes of the 'indignados'
- Runtime
- 16:03
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (13 October 2011) While EU leaders canter towards d-day for the eurozone, the 23rd of October, when a major European summit will take place in Brussels, members of the local 'indignados' movement organise daily activities to highlight the inequalities in todays society.
"You are out of touch with reality", says representative of the indignados Miguel from Spain to his fellow panelists, the German MEP Gabi Zimmer and the Dutch MEP Jan Mulder in this EUobserver debate.
- Title
- After 2000 kilometres, 'indignants' receive frosty welcome in Brussels
- Runtime
- 3:18
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (9th Septembe 2011) After walking for two and a half months, about 300 "indignados" arrived in Brussels this weekend to lobby the european institutions. Although the original plan was for them to pitch their tents in Elizabeth Park in Brussels, Belgian police changed their mind at the last minute and ordered them to sleep at a university near by. Some of the "indignados" refused to leave the park claiming that the motto of their two and a half month pilgrimage was to "take over the public parks and squares" and with that gather the support of the people. With a result, over 30 of the "indignados" spent the night in a police station in Brussels with no water or blankets. One young "indigando was bitten by police dogs and had to go to hospital. Over the next week, indignados will join forces with the local movement in Brussels to take part in the Agora Bruxelles, a week-long assembly of debates and workshops.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
- Title
- Eurozone tells Greece to wait even longer
- Runtime
- 1:32
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Luxembourg (4 October 2011) At a eurogroup meeting in Luxembourg, Jean Claude Juncker assured that no eurozone member was advocating for a greek default and that the eurozone would not let that happen. But finance ministers still decided to postpone the transferral of the next portion of aid money to Athens citing that they still had not reached the expectations of the troika.
By Méabh Mc Mahon in Luxembourg
www.euobserver.com
- Title
- Ambiguity surrounds "eco-cheques", an employee's incentive in Belgium
- Runtime
- 3:54
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (27 September 2011) Belgian employees receive up to 250euros a years worth in eco-cheques. The latter are designed to promote ecological purchasing and entice employees to buy bio. They are also a way for employers to survive the smothering tax system in Belgium. But do they work? Can they really change the way customers think when they do there weekly shopping? And do employees even want them or would they rather the cash?
Méabh Mc Mahon reports.
http://euobserver.com/1017
- Title
- The transition towards democracy is a challenge, says new Egyptian Minister
- Runtime
- 2:54
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Egypt (27 September 2011) According to Egypt's centre for statistics, the tourism industry plummeted by around 35% from last year. The new Minister for Tourism Munir Fakhry Abdel Nour is doing "everything it takes to get Egypt back on track". In this video, he talks about the economic and political challenges ths transitional government have to build a "democratic, secular, modern country". The first parliamentary election since the fall of former dictator Hosni Mubarak will take place on the 21 November.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
- Title
- Romanian MEP cracks down on corruption in the EU
- Runtime
- 5:48
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (22 September) "The European Commission should put anti-corruption on the security agenda", says staunch anti-corruption fighter Monica Macovei. The Member of European Parliament from the EPP group has been trying to encourage the EU to adopt standardised anti-corruption laws for years.
Read Monica Macovei's written declaration here http://tinyurl.com/3fs5jlx
By Méabh Mc Mahon
http://euobserver.com/
- Title
- A coffee with the Vice Prime Minister of Serbia Bozidar Djelic
- Runtime
- 4:24
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (19 September) "We in the Balkans know what our European friends say about us when we are not in the room", deputy Prime Minister of Serbia Bozidar Djelic tells EUobserver referring to the country's reputation for drug cartels and corruption. The vice premier who is also the Minister for European Integration is in Brussels for meetings this week with the Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fuele. This week, the EU is examining Serbian-backed proposals to break the deadlock in Northern Kosovo so in this video, among other things, Bozidar Djelic talks about the solution that Serbia proposed to Catherine Ashton.
- Title
- A coffee with the President of Latvia
- Runtime
- 9:22
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (12 September) Despite the fragility of the eurozone, the president of Latvia insists that his country is still on track to join on the 1st January 2014.
By Valentina Pop and Méabh Mc Mahon
- Title
- Greece has no time to lose
- Runtime
- 3:29
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (8 September 2011) Seen as responsible for the eurozone sovereign debt crisis, Greece has rarely been out of the headlines in the last 18 months. This week, at a conference organised by the Liberal group in the European Parliament, economists predicted it would take Greece at least a decade to overcome the current crisis. Here, Greek politicians explain what they think their country needs.
By Méabh Mc Mahon in Brussels and Lisbeth Kirk in Athens
http://euobserver.com/
- Title
- Belgium: the EU capital of beer
- Runtime
- 2:25
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (4 September 2010) Although Belgians are not too proud of the fact that they have beaten the world record for going the longest time without a national government, they are delighted to be internationally renowned for their beer. Once a year, they drink a toast to this reputation by hosting a three day beer extravaganza in the heart of Brussels.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
http://euobserver.com/
- Title
- Normality is coming to Libya, says EEAS official one day after returning from Tripoli
- Runtime
- 1:16
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (6 September) The Transitional National Council has made it clear that it does not want a circus of international community moving around Libya offering solutions to their problems in post- Gadaffi Libya, managing director for the EEAS's crisis response committee Agostino Miozzo tells EUobserver one day after coming back from an EU investigative trip to Tripoli.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
http://euobserver.com/
- Title
- Time is running out for EU leaders to solve the eurozone crisis, says former Spanish Prime Minister
- Runtime
- 1:02
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (5 September 2011) Although what was hailed as a historical decision was taken in Brussels by EU leaders on the 21st July, it seems like EU leaders are still on holiday and nobody has advanced at all. This is the opinion of Felipe Gonzalez. The former Spanish Prime Minister was speaking at a press conference this week in Brussels about the future of Europe.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
http://euobserver.com/
- Title
- Time is running out, says former Spanish Premier (spanish version)
- Runtime
- 1:47
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (5 September) Speaking after the Nicolas Berggruen Institute press conference about the eurozone soveriegn debt crisis, the former prime minister of Spain Felipe Gonzalez speaks in Spanish about how EU leaders need to speed up in order to solve the eurozone sovereign debt crisis.
- Title
- I'm not happy at all, says former finnish Prime Minister
- Runtime
- 1:58
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUobserver / Brussels (5 September) While speaking at the Nicolas Berggruen Institute press conference about the future of Europe this week in Brussels, the former premier of Finland Matti Verhanen expresses his disappointment in Finland's lack of political will concerning Greece and talks about his vision for further integration.
- Title
- Eurozone needs more fiscal consolidation, warns top economist
- Runtime
- 1:58
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUObserver/ Brussels (5 September) If Europeans do not move forward in the direction of greater economic and fiscal union, there will be a financial breakdown that would damage everyone, economist Nouriel Roubini said in Brussels on Monday (5 September) when speaking at the Nicolas Berggruen institute press conference about the future of Europe.
- Title
- In conversation with Russian diplomat Dmitry Rogozin
- Runtime
- 1:26
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (1 July) On the same day that Russia officially recognizes the National Transitional Council as the legitimate government in Libya, Russian ambassador to Nato Dmitry Rogozin talks to EUobserver in the Russian embassy in Brussels. Here is a flavour of this interview.
By Méabh Mc Mahon & Andrew Rettman
