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No website do Real Instituto Elcano, um "think tank" espanhol, pode ver-se um interessante estudo de William Chislet, intitulado "Portugal and Spain: From Distant Neighbours to Uneasy Associates", sobre as relações entre Portugal e Espanha na actualidade.
Eis as conclusões:
«The degree of integration of the Spanish and Portuguese economies is already high and is bound to increase, particularly in an enlarged EU of 25 countries which will continue to add new members (Bulgaria and Rumania in 2007 and possibly Turkey in 2015). The enlargement has put Spain and Portugal back on the periphery of Europe; the two countries need each other in order to counterbalance the EU?s expansion to the East. The entry of former communist nations with much lower labour costs is eroding one of the previous competitive advantages of the two countries for multinationals, and Spanish and Portuguese companies are also beginning to relocate. Economically, at least, it would make sense for Spanish and Portuguese companies to forge closer links, either through outright mergers or more indirectly through crossed-shareholding agreements. Spain and Portugal are ripe, for example, for a cross-border merger of banks. Politically, however, it is another matter.»
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No website do Real Instituto Elcano, um "think tank" espanhol, pode ver-se um interessante estudo de William Chislet, intitulado "Portugal and Spain: From Distant Neighbours to Uneasy Associates", sobre as relações entre Portugal e Espanha na actualidade.
Eis as conclusões:
«The degree of integration of the Spanish and Portuguese economies is already high and is bound to increase, particularly in an enlarged EU of 25 countries which will continue to add new members (Bulgaria and Rumania in 2007 and possibly Turkey in 2015). The enlargement has put Spain and Portugal back on the periphery of Europe; the two countries need each other in order to counterbalance the EU?s expansion to the East. The entry of former communist nations with much lower labour costs is eroding one of the previous competitive advantages of the two countries for multinationals, and Spanish and Portuguese companies are also beginning to relocate. Economically, at least, it would make sense for Spanish and Portuguese companies to forge closer links, either through outright mergers or more indirectly through crossed-shareholding agreements. Spain and Portugal are ripe, for example, for a cross-border merger of banks. Politically, however, it is another matter.»
Vale a pena ler o resto.
- “a Favor To Mr Bush”
«In some ways, the prime-minister-in-waiting of Spain, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, did Mr. Bush a favor when he said he would withdraw Spain's symbolic military force from Iraq if the United Nations' role did not significantly increase after...
- There Is No Spanish Siesta For The Eurozone
By Wolfgang Münchau, Financial Times The markets have concluded that the eurozone crisis has ended. Several politicians said that they, too, believed that the worst was over. Complacency is back. I recall similar utterances in the past. Whenever there...
- The Culture War Over Europe's Money
The Germans are richer and more stubborn.The French are flashier and faster on their feet. By WALTER RUSSELL MEAD, WSJ The European crisis repeats the same pattern endlessly. Bad news sinks markets, ultimately accelerating into a panicky wave of liquidation....
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Interessante debate no Spiegel Online sobre a crise do euro. Nem preciso dizer qual partido eu tomo. Seguem alguns trechos de Hans-Werner Sinn: "Euro bonds would destroy the euro zone. If all countries -- regardless of their creditworthiness -- were to...
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An Analysis by Stefan Kaiser, Spiegel Online The next taboo has already been broken in Europe, with the European Central Bank now buying up Italian bonds. With its interventionist policies, the ECB is becoming increasingly similar to the US Federal Reserve....