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Taking into consideration numerous demands coming from the academic world to have access to past issues of the GEAB in the framework of university reaserch-studies, LEAP/E2020 has decided to offer to 100 academic libraries the GEAB archives (for the exclusive use of the concerned university). Archives for the year 2006 and 2007 are already available as part of this offer. The year 2008 will be available from May 2009 onward.
To enjoy this opportunity, please send us an official request from one of your library’s managers: geab@leap2020.eu
Civis Memoria* has interviewed Franck Biancheri on the decisive role he played in the launching of the Erasmus programme in 1987. The video of the interview (in French) is now available online from their website.
*CivisMemoria is a website recently created by historians and journalists in partnership with Historia, Magnum and Le Point, whose ambition is to be "a library dedicated to Men’s memory with a vocation to preserve and share the memories of those whose destiny crossed History".
Appointment! This video, among other documents, will be presented in the French Senate on June 7th, during a day of European history (Civis Memoria’s workshop from 3 to 5 pm - free entrance!).
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Calendar 2010 – 2020 / The « tragic twilight » of the world-before-the-crisis
The publication of this first GEAB of the year, where we usually publish our anticipations for the next twelve months, exceptionally coincides with the beginning of a new decade and, what is more, a decade which all careful observers feel will mark an upheaval in the world order. Our team has seized this occasion to give our subscribers the benefit of a rational geopolitical « dive » into what the coming decade holds for us… (page 2)
’15 UP AND 15 DOWN’, THIRTY KEY TRENDS FOR 2010 – Fifteen topics which are going to increase in importance during 2010 / Fifteen key subjects which are going to fade away between now and the end of 2010
The US Federal reserve; The Very Great US Depression; The future of the United Kingdom; Global warming; Gold; Yuan; Unemployment and social dislocation; Global geopolitical dislocation; Eurozone; Speculative bubbles; Dollar, Pound Sterling and Yen; Greece as a Eurozone menace; Latin America; BRIC summits; Global recovery; Globalisation; EU governance; China’s economic miracle; The likelihood of a NATO victory in Afghanistan; G20; The middle-East “Peace Process”; State bankruptcies; Israel-USA/Iran conflict; Social safety net systems; Trade blocs; US T-bonds; Tax reductions; Nicolas Sarkozy… (page 8)
The Decade 2010 – 2020: Towards a knockout victory by gold over the Dollar
We have often reminded readers in different GEAB issues that gold constitutes both a medium/long term investment intended to protect one’s capital against the risk of a loss in value of paper currencies and financial assets, and an eventual means of payment in the event of a very serious monetary crisis. In these two cases the choice of placing a portion of one’s assets in gold is a response to anticipating events and risks in the coming years (and not the coming weeks or months). For this GEAB N°41, a special edition at the beginning of a new decade, it seems opportune to LEAP/E2020 to put forward its anticipations on gold’s progress for 2010 – 2020, completing what the team wrote in issue N°34 of the GEAB in April 2009… (page 19)
The GlobalEurometre - Results & Analyses
Citizens’ discontent with European government action compared to the expectations of their people climbs slightly, though remaining at very high levels (96%). The « Lisbon Treaty » effect clearly hasn’t happened.… (page 24)
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