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Hernesmaa, Jorma
4 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
No climate consensus
It will be difficult to reach a binding agreement at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, writes Jorma Hernesmaa in the daily Etelä Saimaa: "The rift between the industrial, emerging and developing nations is simply too large. The Third World countries want promises of billion-dollar aid packages before they will agree to a timetable for lowering emissions. ... The EU wants to lead the way but finds it hard to reach an agreement with the worst polluters China and the US. ... Furthermore people are saying that emission rights are unreliable and difficult to control. All of these discussions limit people's trust in the entire system, even if it's difficult - as on other issues - to reach a global consensus."
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More from the press review on the subject » International Relations, » Environmental Policy, » Global
Olli Rehn key figure for global economy
Representatives of small EU countries normally have little to say, but the future European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs from Finland Olli Rehn is an exception, writes the daily Etelä Saimaa: "The European states are highly indebted and prisoners of the global economy. Despite everything the euro group has the chance of maintaining its financial stability and credibility. There are plenty of examples of economies that have collapsed - from the Baltic countries right across to Iceland. Finland's luck has been its membership in the stable and crisis-resistant euro group of the European Union. And helping the economy to recover requires international cooperation. The EU Commissioner for Economic Affairs is a key figure in helping to bring the global economy back on track."
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More from the press review on the subject » EU Policy, » Fiscal Policy, » Economic Policy, » Finland, » Europe
Lex Nokia in Finland?
Finland is planning to reform its laws on the protection of information to allow the surveillance of emails. According to Helsingin Sanomat newspaper, the mobile telephone company Nokia lobbied for the reform, failing which it had threatened to leave the country. The daily Etelä-Saimaa criticises the government's project, which has become known as "Lex Nokia": "Deputy Chief Tero Kurenmaa of Finland's National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), has poured fresh oil on the fire by saying that 'Lex Nokia' would give individual companies more rights to control email traffic than the police. How can a business have more rights than the police to access private emails? ... Parliament has the right to enact laws, the policy to monitor how they are obeyed, and an independent judiciary to decide if they have been violated. But businesspeople have none of these rights."
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More from the press review on the subject » Domestic Policy, » Economic Policy, » Finland
Is Sarkozy the right man?
The daily Etelä-Saimaa adopts a critical stance towards France's EU presidency: "France has taken over the rotating presidency of the European Union. This will give President Nicolas Sarkozy a lot of publicity, but it also requires leadership qualities because of Ireland's rejection of the Lisbon treaty in its referendum. ... These are demanding times for diplomacy. Many see Sarkozy as the wrong person for the task in hand. ... One of the greatest challenges for the future is defining cooperation between the EU and Russia. Can a genuine partnership evolve between the two? ... Shared values are sometimes worlds apart."
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More from the press review on the subject » EU Policy, » France, » Europe
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