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10/10/2008

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Foix, Lluís

5 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.

Lluís Foix Blog - Spain | 17/09/2008

Lluís Foix sees parallels with the New Deal

The invisible hand of the market has reached its limits, comments Lluís Foix in his blog. He adds that a new form of financial policy is emerging in Washington, regardless of who wins the elections. Foix sees parallels with Roosevelt's New Deal: "The normal procedure would be for Washington to turn its attention to Wall Street to ensure a good quotation for the conglomerate of big banks concentrated in this small street in New York. The paradoxical side of this crisis which is churning up new surprises every day is that it is [the banks on] Wall Street that have turned to Washington to ask for public funding to bail them out of the mess they are in. ... Little did the liberals of the Chicago School and the neo-conservatives inspired by philosopher Leo Strauss suspect almost half a century ago that the market would be asking the state for help. But the most interesting aspect of capitalism is that it is able to correct its course even if it has to avail itself of social democratic rather than liberal principles to do so, as Franklin D. Roosevelt did in the 1930s with his New Deal."

Lluís Foix Blog - Spain | 01/09/2008

The new course in global politics

Lluís Foix, former chief editor of the daily La Vanguardia, writes in his blog about the dawn of a new era in global politics. "Politics is taking a new direction. The major framework for this is the elections in the US which will shape the trend in the coming months. ... But America's hegemony is no longer intact. Russia wants to win back its lost territory and will look for excuses to exploit its energy and political potential. The US has positioned troops in Central Asia and [Russian Prime Minister Vladimir] Putin has shown Ukraine and other Baltic states that there will be a price to pay for too strong an alliance with the West. China is growing at a colossal rate and wants the world to listen to it and respect it. ... Europe is preoccupied with its remarkable pacifism and is in no position to demand further efforts from its citizens. Of the four great regions of power Europe is the weakest and at the same time the strongest. It is still expanding and acts like a magnet for all the neighbours knocking on its doors."

Lluís Foix Blog - Spain | 20/05/2008

Politics wins over morals

Lluis Foix, former editor in chief of the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, comments on a diplomatic dispute between Spain and Italy: "The Spanish Vice President, María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, attacked xenophobic violence ... condoned by Berlusconi's government. Her statements do not seem fitting to me however." Foix nevertheless regrets that Ms. Fernández de la Vega toned down her criticism just a few hours later: "Once again realpolitik has ... won out over morals. ... The Peace of Westphalia in 1648 founded national sovereignty. Its purpose was to put an end to war, but wars have not stopped since then. Looking at Italy and immigration ... one should never forget that first and foremost the persons concerned must be recognised and treated as such, wherever they come from, whatever they think, and whatever their residency status may be. If Europe loses these principles, it will take a big step backwards."

La Vanguardia - Spain | 16/10/2007

dossier

The new Democrat Party (PD) which Walter Veltroni took over on October 14th, sees itself as "the melting pot of left-wing and centre forces that look more to the middle way than to extremes", considers the Catalan journalist Lluis Foix. "Veltroni is proposing a new formation that bears a clear resemblance to the American Democrat Party. A transverse party, an aggregate of beliefs and plural positions, geared towards appealing to voters more than to its card-holders. This Americanisation of European [and Italian] politics is gradually taking over."

La Vanguardia - Spain | 18/04/2006

How to extricate Europe from crisis?

"It is not a matter of debating the idea of Europe per se, one of the main successes that the continent has seen in centuries in the realm of politics, economics and coexistence," explains editorial writer Lluís Foix. "Europe is on the verge of some difficult times. It is often said that Europe suffers from a crisis of governance, but we should start asking ourselves whether the crisis is not one of society itself - a society that has turned its back on the notion of effort, that no longer shows any concern for a job well done, that has forsaken the constructive values far removed from the 'no' culture spreading all around us, and that does not stop demanding rights without giving a thought to its obligations. ... Governments and citizens must assume their responsibilities before this extraordinary edifice built by earnest Europeans in the wake of the war collapses."

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