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Já estão disponíveis mais duas intervenções (ambas em inglês) que fiz recentemente: uma sobre os desafios com que se depara a comunidade internacional no Afeganistão, a outra sobre a perigosa disputa à volta da cidade iraquiana de Kirkuk.
Uma pequena amostra da intervenção sobre o Afeganistão:
- Desarmamento Nuclear No Parlamento Europeu
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- Perdendo O Afeganistão E Não Só
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- The Tragic Greek Sideshow
Editorial do WSJ The good news about the latest Greek bailout is that it is much less consequential to Europe or the global economy than the first bailout two years ago. The tragedy is that the cost will be the crushing of the Greek economy and the diminishing...
- Saving The Euro Is The Wrong Goal
By Gideon Rachman, Financial Times As the European ship heads for the rocks, so the officers in charge are being thrown overboard. This week could see the departure of the prime ministers of both Greece and Italy. But while politicians may come and go,...
- A Greek Lesson In Democracy
Editorial do WSJ George Papandreou became the most unpopular man in Europe on Monday by announcing that his government would put the terms of last week's EU-IMF bailout package to a referendum, so that Greeks can decide their economic future for themselves....
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Afeganistão e Iraque
Já estão disponíveis mais duas intervenções (ambas em inglês) que fiz recentemente: uma sobre os desafios com que se depara a comunidade internacional no Afeganistão, a outra sobre a perigosa disputa à volta da cidade iraquiana de Kirkuk.
Uma pequena amostra da intervenção sobre o Afeganistão:
- Europe needs to understand that fighting poverty and underdevelopment in Afghanistan, or empowering women, or protecting civilians by military means, will not just help protect European cities from terrorism: it will also, in the long run, help us get rid of the scourge of heroin, weaken international criminal networks, and stabilize a region that suffers from endemic and contagious conflicts;
- Politicians like me need to explain to European citizens that we are in Afghanistan for the long haul and that if we fail, our lack of commitment will soon come back to haunt us; you can be assured that most of us European Parliamentarians are willing to do our best.
... e sobre Kirkuk:
- The latest news I receive are very encouraging; a possible breakthrough seems to be close: in the first week of June, we heard a top Kurdish official explicitly saying that the Kurds are ready to substantially change their position; let me quote what Nechirvan Barzani, prime minister of the KRG said: "In Kirkuk, as Kurds, we are ready for power-sharing. We are pushing for a solution, not especially a referendum. We have asked the UN to be technically involved because the situation is complicated."
- Desarmamento Nuclear No Parlamento Europeu
Já está na Aba da Causa a intervenção que fiz na abertura de uma conferência sobre desarmamento nuclear que teve hoje lugar no Parlamento Europeu. Fica uma amostra: "...but as long as this European Strategy is only turned outwards; as long as disarmament...
- Perdendo O Afeganistão E Não Só
"Losing Afghanistan", é o título de um editorial do The New York Times de ontem, que vale a pena ler. Sublinha um ponto que eu venho martelando desde 2003 : que ao desviar a acção para o Iraque, sem deixar que se apanhasse Bin Laden e se investisse...
- The Tragic Greek Sideshow
Editorial do WSJ The good news about the latest Greek bailout is that it is much less consequential to Europe or the global economy than the first bailout two years ago. The tragedy is that the cost will be the crushing of the Greek economy and the diminishing...
- Saving The Euro Is The Wrong Goal
By Gideon Rachman, Financial Times As the European ship heads for the rocks, so the officers in charge are being thrown overboard. This week could see the departure of the prime ministers of both Greece and Italy. But while politicians may come and go,...
- A Greek Lesson In Democracy
Editorial do WSJ George Papandreou became the most unpopular man in Europe on Monday by announcing that his government would put the terms of last week's EU-IMF bailout package to a referendum, so that Greeks can decide their economic future for themselves....