Weak Southern Europe Keeps Blaming Berlin They made their own problems with fiscal irresponsibility
WASHINGTON – I wonder whether the elected leaders of perennially weak and now impoverished Southern Europe really grasp what is going...
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With The Elections Now Behind US, What Will The US Do About Serious Fiscal Reform? Obama Did Not Produce Any Clear Plan During The Campaign – Bending The Spending Curve Requires Spending Cuts That The President Promised He Would Fight Against
By Paolo von Schirach November 9, 2012 WASHINGTON – President Obama got re-elected in large part because...
The European Union And The Eurozone Within It Are Not Like The USA – Washington Would Have To Bail Out Michigan, No Matter What – Germany Does Not Have To Bail Out Greece If The Price Is Too High
By Paolo von Schirach Related story: https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2012/08/05/the-problems-of-southern-europe-are-not-fixable-greece-failed-to-meet-most-of-the-conditions-negotiated-with-its-lenders-face-reality-and-restructure-the-monetary-union-some-countries-just-do-no/ August 8, 2012 WASHINGTON – A few days ago I...
In Chicago NATO Reaffirmed Its Role And The Willingness To Upgrade Its Forces – Very Nice, Except That It Is Not True, Given Shrinking Defense Budgets Across Europe
By Paolo von Schirach May 22, 2012 WASHINGTON – The big news out of the Chicago NATO...
IMF Christine Lagarde Believes The Euro Has to Succeed In Order To Keep European Countries Together – How So? EU Countries Will Do Fine Even If Some Eurozone Members Have To Go
By Paolo von Schirach April 21, 2012 WASHINGTON – IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde stated in a...
The Greek Crisis Drags On – Europe Should Cancel Most Of Athens’ Debt – An Insolvent Country Cannot Pay Back A Crushing Debt And Have A Hope To Grow Again
By Paolo von Schirach February 5, 2012 WASHINGTON – What is most amazing about the Greek debt...
Attempts At Injecting New Vigor Into The Atlantic Community Linking America And Europe Will Fail – US Short Of Breath, EU In Serious Trouble – Societies In Decline Are Inward Looking – No Interest In Cooperation
By Paolo von Schirach January 31, 2012 WASHINGTON – Wolfgang Ischinger, former German Deputy Foreign Minister, Igor...
S&P Downgraded France, Half The Eurozone, Citing Inadequate EU Policies – In Italy Lack Of A Long Term Growth Strategy, While Corruption And Bad Governance Linger
By Paolo von Schirach January 13, 2012 WASHINGTON – Only yesterday the international business media sounded very...
Mitt Romney At The Citadel Advocated US World Leadership – Nice Idea, Wrong Century – America Can Be Strong But It Can No Longer Lead A World With Many New Players – Old European Allies Are Weak
By Paolo von Schirach October 7, 2011 WASHINGTON – On Friday, October 7, Mitt Romney went to...
If There Is a Serious Crisis In Europe, Bad News for America – Economic Ties With Europe Are Huge – Problem Is That Washington Has No Tools To Protect US
By Paolo von Schirach September 25, 2011 WASHINGTON – Washington is hopelessly divided, while America is economically...