Cameron celebrates Chelsea win. Merkel not quite jubilant. via @BuzzfeedAndrew
Barroso - not a football fan, or is he dating Germany?
Posted May 19, 2012 at 9:41pm in leaders soccer football chelsea cameron obama angela merkel barroso
THOU shalt not incur a structural deficit. Thou shalt pay down thy excessive debt. Thou shalt adopt a balanced-budget rule in thy constitution, and subject it to the European Court of Justice… It took just a little more than 40 days and 40 nights for Angela Merkel to bring down the tablets of fiscal law. At a summit in Brussels this week, 25 European leaders pledged to observe this covenant and made burnt offerings of their economic sovereignty. But the children of Europe are crying into the wilderness: “How long, Lord, must we be tormented by austerity?” (via Charlemagne: Angela the lawgiver | The Economist)
Posted February 2, 2012 at 4:37pm in economist angela merkel europe austerity budget debt eurocrisis eu european union
