EUROZONE WINS EURO 2012

The euro is a disaster, the eurozone is a disaster, they say,  but, what a strange thing …, the best four teams that will play the semifinals and the final all, I repeat all, all share the same currency, THE EURO. So one could say that the eurozone has won the EURO 2012. If Germany wins a eurozone member will have won the Euro 2012. If Itally wins a eurozone member will have won the Euro 2012. If Portugal wins a eurozone member will have won the Euro 2012. If Spain wins a eurozone member will have won the Euro 2012.

So, when some media attack always the eurozone I am extremely happy that in football, at least, the eurozone can be very proud of its success.

 

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WILL A NEW GOVERNMENT IN SPAIN MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE?

CAN MARIANO RAJOY MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE?

In some days we have elections in Spain. The polls say that the winner will be Mariano Rajoy, the leader of the Partido Popular (PP). At the same time these hours the markets are attacking again the Spanish sovereign debt. So, as there are very few doubts that the next president will be Mariano Rajoy (by a large majority it seems) I have the feeling that the possible new government of Mariano Rajoy is not bringing peace to the markets.

The party of Mariano Rajoy says that a government of him will be good for the markets but I think that the situation is so bad that the markets distrust Spain in general.

Maybe a lot of people will vote Mariano Rajoy believing that by voting him the markets will trust Spain but as far as I see I think this maybe not the case. By that I don’t mean that a possible win of Rubalcaba would improve or worsen the markets.

It is so weird! The situation is currently so bad that maybe in Spain we should not be voting for the party that may be good to calm the markets in the long run but just now!

I feel we are in an emergency!

It is as a family that owes money to the landlord and the landlord askes for the rent. The family tells the landlord that now they are deciding who will ahndle the economy in the family. For the landlord it is important just to get the rent so he is frustrated with the internal decisions inside the family.

In some way now we have a shock between markets and democracy! Markets run fast and Democracy runs slow! Markets should then run less or Democracy must be faster!

I feel as if I was inside a Greek Tragedy. And I know I am just in the first scene of it. It is awful.

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TARRAGONA WILL HOST THE 2017 MEDITERRANEAN GAMES

THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA, TARRAGONA

The Catalan old Roman city of Tarragona has been chosen to host the 2017 Mediterranean Games. Who knows, maybe the 2017 will be the first Mediterranean Games were both sides of the Mediterranean Sea enjoy democracy and freedom.

To all who do not know Tarragone let’s just say that Tarragona was once the capital of the Roman province that the Romans had in this part of Europe. It is full of Roman remaints and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Near Tarragona you have places like the touristic town of Salou and the comercial city of Reus.

In 1955 the Mediterranean Games already took place in Barcelona. Tarragona is south of Barcelona at less than 100 km. The closest airport to Tarragona is the Reus Airport.

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