Bulgarians Prefer EU and NATO Over Russia, New Poll Reveals
A recent survey in Bulgaria reveals a clear preference among citizens for the European Union and NATO over Russia, with nearly twice as many respondents supporting the Western alliances
2011's Davos World Economic Forum marks a new stage on the debate for EU emergence from the crisis with important speeches by adversaries Angela Merkel and David Cameron.
Perhaps the key significant moment was a shift of rhetoric by both the German Chancellor and the UK PM towards a strong emphasis on growth and jobs, replacing the old austerity-only mantra.
Yet, deep divisions remain. Merkel wants to forge deeper political and economic integration within the EU, something that Cameron cannot be but averse to.
Merkel preaches "caution", Cameron praises "boldness."
Still, behind those important differences of vision that are likely to stall any swift developments within the EU, a deeper consensus remains.
It is of a rightist, or neoliberal, or however one likes to put it, nature.
And it further enfeebles the already weak position of the Party of European Socialists, whose main argument in the debate was "growth and jobs against austerity."
What are Cameron's and Merkel's methods to create growth?
The catchword of the UK PM's Davos World Economic Forum was "deregulation." In her Wednesday interview for Le Monde, the German Chancellor let the word slip - "privatization."
Two slogans of the Reagan-Thatcher era that set up the stage for the unprecedented growth of financial markets and paved the way to the present moment.
Do European leaders need a change of mindset?
If we look at history, there are not many cases in which relations between Bulgaria and Russia at the state level were as bad as they are at the moment.
The term “Iron Curtain” was not coined by Winston Churchill, but it was he who turned it into one of the symbols of the latter part of the twentieth century by using it in his famous Fulton speech of 1946.
Hardly anything could be said in defense of the new government's ideological profile, which is quite blurry; at the same time much can be disputed about its future "pro-European" stance.
Look who is lurking again behind the corner – the tandem of Advent International and Deutsche Bank, respectively the buyer of the Bulgarian Telecom Company in 2004 and the advisor of the Bulgarian government in the sweetest deal of the past decade, seem t
We have seen many times this circus which is being played out during the entire week and it only shows one thing - there is no need of a caretaker government in Bulgaria.
You have certainly noticed how many times President Rosen Plevneliev used the phrase “a broad-minded person” referring to almost every member of his caretaker government.
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