Bush and Sarkozy declare Iran aim

The US and French presidents say they will work jointly to convince Iran to give up its nuclear programme.

 

@ haha.nu.

 

Sarkozy's speech to congress

by Kiki

I just watched Sarkozy's speech to the American congress and it can be summarized this way: I love America, I love Americans, I want to love from America, and I wished America would love me because then, I would be able to love it even more. To be serious, it was a good speech, but not one of Sarkozy's best because it was obvious that he was enjoying the moment so much that he didn't want to take any risk and to spoil it. He took the easy way out by talking to Americans about them, about why they are great and about why he will stand beside them. I wish Sarkozy had made a “French speech,” that is that he had spoken to Americans parliamentarians about France, about his traditions, and its own greatness. I wished he had explained that he was convinced that it isn't in the French DNA to be anti-American and of his belief that France is not only condemned to be America's ally, but to be its sister nation.

Gunman rampages at Finnish school

Eight people die and at least 10 are injured in a shooting at a school in southern Finland, officials say.

 

Bruegel has just published another in its blueprint series titled

The Happy Few: The Internationalisation of European Firms - New Facts Based on Firm-level Evidence

This is the first report from the research initiative "European Firms and International Markets (EFIM)", led by Bruegel and CEPR, Centre for Economic Policy Research. Written by Thierry Mayer (CEPR) and Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano (Bruegel), it is the first systematic, cross-country, firm-level research on the features of European firms that compete in International markets. The report shows that only a handful of firms account for the bulk of aggregate exports and foreign direct investment.

Bruegel Senior Fellow Gianmarco Ottaviano is also a professor at the University of Bologna and a research fellow at CEPR. Thierry Mayer is professor of Economics at University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, a member of the Paris School of Economics and a Research Affiliate in the International Trade programme at CEPR.

Dialogue 'crucial' to rebuilding trust in EU

Continued dialogue with member states is fundamental to achieve a sense of common ownership and rebuild trust in the European project, Meglena Kuneva, EU commissioner for consumer protection, will say today at Fondation EurActiv's annual conference in Parliament.