In English there is the beautiful expression of the “elephant in the room”, which is very big, but seemingly not discovered by anyone. People talk about all kinds of things that are in the room, only the elephant does not appear. Even if in a china store with an elephant – to use a German elephant image – the cups just tumble off the walls, people tend to believe in an earthquake rather than in the role of the elephant.
National Politics
The Ferret: Arms lobby group urged UK and Scottish Governments to crack down on Palestine Action
An arms lobby group urged the UK and Scottish Governments to crack down on Palestine Action more than a month before the group was proscribed, documents released to The Ferret reveal. Read Article HERE
EU politics
Middle East Eye: Dutch foreign minister resigns over Gaza
The resignation came after government failed to agree on additional sanctions against Israel Read Article HERE Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp Creative Commons Public Domain Mark
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck – Argentina: The libertarian messiah and his prophets
In libertarian circles, where the leader of the German liberals, Christian Lindner, regularly moves, it has become chic to refer to the ‘successes’ of the Argentine president elected a year ago, thus creating the impression […]
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