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The North Rhine-Westphalia elections continued a series of failures of Christian Democratic Union / Christian Social Union at local elections that actually started since the last Bundestag election in September 2009. The loss of votes by the Christian Democrats each time regional elections take place has become a steady tendency... the election result can be considered as a proof of discontent caused by austerity budget that the government of Angela Merkel advocates...
Natalia MEDEN | 16.05.2012 |
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The probability is rather high the geopolitical battles around the North Stream will intensify in the near future. The USA acts as the leading instigator. One can expect the Scandinavian and Baltic states, as well as Poland to renew the previous attacks against the project. It’s not excluded the project will join the agenda of the impending top-level meetings: the G8 summit on May 18-19 in the US President’s Camp David country retreat and the NATO summit on May 20-21 in Chicago...
Pyotr ISKENDEROV | 15.05.2012 |
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The initiatives of the Federal Republic of Germany’s government aimed at the support of “young veterans” have the final goal of war propaganda, or, to be more precise – overcoming anti-military sentiment in society and obliteration of Nazi crimes.
Natalia MEDEN | 08.05.2012 |
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On May 6 Greece is to hold snap parliamentary elections against the background of unparalleled social-economic and political crisis... The Greece’s destiny is sad... If people could draw the lessons, the Hellas of today would be a good experience to take into consideration by the countries that today strive to join the European Union and “become rich”. The Brussels bureaucracy sees the EU member countries as corporations to be made bankrupt, split up, swallowed up… Not long ago Greece marked the anniversary of liberation from the yoke of the Ottoman empire and becoming independent in 1821. Is it on the way of losing independence again – this time to nationless Eurocorporation?
Igor IGNATCHENKO | 06.05.2012 |
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«Today we’re partners, but not friends» - said Russian ambassador to Germany Vladimir Grinin meeting journalists from different countries in Berlin by the end of April. After many years of assurances that the both countries are strategic partners, the opinion mainly expressed by Russian politicians, one should welcome the more sober assessment of Russia-Germany relations. The Russian ambassador is right: no need to prevaricate and sugarcoat reality...
Natalia MEDEN | 05.05.2012 |
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A regular congress of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) will convene on May 16-20, and, for the first time in the organization's history, the event is going to be held in Russia. FUEN was founded in 1949, the same year as the Council of Europe, in the framework of an announced integrated human rights policy. Currently, FUEN boasts a membership comprising 86 ethnic minorities from 32 European and post-Soviet countries, extensively coordinates activities with EU parliamentarians, and works closely with the Project on Ethnic Relations which is patronized by the US Department of State...
Olga CHETVERIKOVA | 04.05.2012 |
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It seems that the Pirate Party Germany, or simply the Pirates, has been trying to justify its name by taking away parliament seats from the Free Democratic Party (FDP), the Left, the Greens and even from the traditionally leading Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)... Taking into consideration that the Pirates claim that their aim is to ‘put the existing political structure in doubt’, we may conclude that their success reflects the public disapproval of the current political system...
Natalia MEDEN | 21.04.2012 |
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The presidential elections in France will open on April 22, and the candidates' campaigning explainably holds the attention of watchers in Ankara. The immediate future of the ties between Turkey and France largely depends on the outcome of the poll, plus their reverting to normalcy can become a prologue to a warming of Turkey's relations with the entire EU. One of the two key contenders whose duel currently defines the intrigue in Paris - the incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy - is an outspoken opponent of admitting Turkey to the alliance, whereas his main rival - socialist Francois Hollande - calls for a flexible approach to the issue... The relations between France and Turkey become better readable if the impact of those between France and Germany on the context is taken into account. Geographically, France seems destined for European leadership, but the same is true of Germany, its traditional rival. If, for example, Berlin takes to building a partnership with Moscow, Paris does whatever it takes to derail the process. Sarkozy will never subscribe to the Paris-Berlin-Moscow triad, his formula being Paris-London-Washington...
Vladislav GULEVICH | 18.04.2012 |
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Can one of the most powerful world bodies be expanded to respond to the needs of the emerging world order? Lots of debates have taken place in this context. Countries all over the globe do not deny this emerging imperative, but the crucial question then rises why this has not been realized? As deliberated in the 8th intergovernmental meeting of the United Nations last week, the G-4 (Brazil, India, Germany and Japan) countries further reiterated their demand to expand the crucial body or the world has to confront the challenges at its ‘own peril’...
Aurobinda MAHAPATRA | 17.04.2012 |
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...The Pirate Party Germany, which promotes the idea of intellectual property being banned in the Internet, has won a record public support, Stern reports. Latest opinion polls conducted by Forsa show that 12% of Germans are ready to cast their votes for the Pirate at the 2013 federal elections. Thus, the Pirate Party is likely to outrun not only Free Democrats but also the Left Party (9%) and become the second most popular party after the Greens (13%)…
Vladimir NESTEROV | 05.04.2012 |
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