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...Moscow cut its supply of gas to Ukraine last week following a dispute over payment. At least 18 European countries who buy Russian gas and have it piped through Ukraine saw their supplies completely or partially cut as a result. Some governments declared states of emergency and ordered factories and schools to close, while millions of people struggled to cope in freezing temperatures. (See pictures of Russia celebrating Victory...
...Thursday, it looked unlikely that any sort of agreement would result from the complicated talks. Alexei Miller, from Russia's state-owned Gazprom, and Oleh Dubina, from Ukrainian Naftogaz, eventually met in Brussels after playing cat and mouse games to avoid one another in the corridors of the European Commission and the European Parliament. A planned joint press conference appeared to be canceled at the last minute when it was due to take place in a room named after murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya...
...Today, the Europeans will hopefully focus on what they can do together to increase their energy security," says Katinka Barysch, deputy director of the London-based Centre for European Reform (CER) think tank. "They also need to reinforce their efforts to achieve their 20% energy savings target and explore alternative sources of power, namely renewables and nuclear. If the gas standoff reminds the Europeans of the importance of such measures, Russia and Ukraine will have done the E.U. a favor." Even if that favor was rather chilly...
...European strategy, with levels of taxation and government spending roughly 8% to 10% of GDP higher than in the U.S., has many successes to show for it: less costly and more reliable health care, the elimination of hard-core poverty, solid educational achievements, and social services that ensure better care for children and more flexibility for mothers and the elderly. The U.S. will not mimic Europe for many reasons - size, diversity, tradition and, of course, vested interests - but we can learn from Europe. Most important, we can see how government can be a partner of the private sector...
...will agree to a truce if Israel retreats from Gaza and loosens the economic choke hold that has strangled the 1.5 million Palestinians who live on the sliver of land along the Mediterranean. After weeks of global outrage over the unfolding humanitarian disaster in Gaza, any mediator - France, the European Union, Turkey and Egypt are all auditioning for the role - will insist that Israel end its 18-month blockade...