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The EU, a small cage of crickets
Slovakia rejects the expansion of the fund rescue agreement between Germany and France is yet another sign that institutional Europe needs a calm but urgent reform. The internal political issues of the second poorest country in the Union have put the great designers of the way out of the financial crisis in trouble and to…
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An outdated ritual accompanies the tanks through the streets of Madrid
The least attractive face of Spain displays its power today through the streets of Madrid. The live broadcast by RTVE of the military parade makes your hair stand on end. It is the song to war in the middle of the era of Peace! Or is it the swan song that is heard? Fortunately most…
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European entrepreneurs are afraid
“I don’t want anyone on the boat let him not be afraid of the whale”, wielded Captain Ahab in the classic Moby Dick novel. The mysterious captain was looking for brave men for his crew, but by no means crazy. He was looking for men who were afraid but knew how to face him. A…
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Peace is finally clearly Woman: let the world know about it!
The The current president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee, and the Yemeni opposition Tawakkul Karman share a seamless recognition: the Nobel Peace Prize. Today they represent the role, almost always forgotten or hidden, that women have played throughout history in all the episodes of national and social liberation on the five…
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Sustainability in times of austerity
Things are as they are, it is not necessary to insist much. The news constantly reminds us that there is no other case than to continue in this state of pessimism in which we are. Austerity arrives as a principle of public management. Faced with an abundance that was only illusory, the adjustment and the…
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They are scarce, but we continue to lose metals
Given the shortage of certain materials such as For example, non-ferrous metals, the idea of promoting rolling in landfills becomes increasingly viable. Many waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) are not properly recycled, which not only generates soil and water pollution, but also represents a great waste of natural resources with a notable market value….
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It is not a country for start-ups
Spain: Country for start-ups? I have experienced the scene on several occasions: staunch defenders of this country defend at all costs that it is a place just as good as any other to undertake, and to innovate; they affirm that Spain is as good a place to undertake as any other and point to the…
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Urban planning and mobility for an economy in crisis and a post-carbon world
Last week I was in Malaga in the conference on urban planning and sustainable mobility organized by the Málaga Urban Environment Observatory , of which I spoke a while ago. The idea was that I could be in charge of reviewing some critical elements of the relationship between the local and the urban with climate…
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100 proposals from the Mixed Commission on Climate Change, although they are late…
The non-permanent Mixed Commission for the study of climate change has approved a report with more than 100 proposals to deal with climate change. The document, the result of more than two years of work, has had the participation of dozens of experts and agents involved, also collecting all the initiatives and planning actions that…
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A Basque Country committed to climate change
The recent invitation to the lehendakari to preside over the alliance of regions associated with the public-private organization The Climate Group has been, in the words of its director general, Mark Kenber, in recognition of the proactive work that this country has been developing in recent years in the fields of clean and intelligent energy…