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Geist, Radovan
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3 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Cameron increasingly isolating British in the EU
During a visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to London, British Prime Minister David Cameron has reaffirmed his country's hard line against raising the EU budget. The left-leaning daily Pravda can understand other Europeans' growing displeasure with the British: "Merkel has always viewed London as an important ally in Europe, and a counterbalance to the ever-more complicated ties with Paris. But these relations suffered in the past year when Cameron opposed Merkel's fiscal union. The British veto on the budget plan now in the offing would take the country farther than ever from the European mainstream. The current British government makes no bones about the fact that it wants to rethink its relations with the EU. However Cameron's idea of taking what he pleases from the EU and leaving the rest while maintaining Britain's influence in the EU is an illusion. Either London stops blocking important projects or Britain's 40 years of complicated marriage with the EU must end in a divorce."
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Only real Federation can save euro
The example of Italy illustrates that the crisis is not restricted to the outskirts of the Eurozone, the left-leaning daily Pravda writes in consternation: "What is surprising is the speed of the process. The euro will be saved neither by the departure of a few untrustworthy or inept leaders, nor by replacing them with technocrats, regardless of how good their reputations may be. It will also not be rescued by the willingness of some governments to save until the last dog is hung. ... Only one thing can help the Eurozone - and with it the entire project of European integration: a decisive step toward political union, a European Federation. The concrete proposals in this direction have been on the table for some time now."
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Waiting crisis out won't work
If the Eurozone crisis is to be combated effectively, steps towards deepening European integration are indispensable, the left-leaning daily Pravda concludes: "After the markets calmed down for a couple of days the crisis is now raging again. The political leaders are seeking 300 billion euros for Madrid and twice that much for Rome. Yet everyone knows these sums are simply not available and that they are just buying time for money that is getting more and more expensive as the support of the citizens wanes. The markets are less and less confident. But the solution cannot lie in an uncontrolled collapse of the crisis states. That would be like curing a migraine with a blow to the head. ... What the Eurozone needs is common fiscal policy and a coordinated economic policy. Differences must be ironed out with a transfer union. Just waiting for the crisis to pass won't work."
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