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Jonathan H. Faull, a second-year Master’s in Public Policy candidate, designed his Policy Analysis Exercise to evaluate the practices employed by the European Investment Bank in the Mediterranean region...
...that the model you're looking at for Greece, the Nordic model? I would say the Nordic model, of course with its Mediterranean dimension. Of course, we have a different cultural style, I think a more anarchistic kind of character. If you free that, in a well-defined framework, that can become a very innovative force...
Papandreou says he wants Greece to become the Sweden of the Mediterranean - powered by green energy and boutique tourism - and says it is possible to have both a generous welfare system and a competitive economy. Despite the bumps of the past few months, he remains optimistic about the European project. "I think Europe is in a transition," he says. "I'd say it's gone from being a peace project to being a ... prototype for a globalized society." He would like to lead the way. But first, there's a crisis to deal with...
...European? Not Merkel. Yes, the Union should not forsake its stumbling members. But Mediterranean states already get plenty of funds from the European kitty as steady entitlements. And solidarity, a favorite shibboleth of all good Europeans, goes both ways. Europe should spread the wealth, but help works best when the profligate show remorse for their sins. This is why Merkel's no-bailout rule could have an entirely salutary effect, by imposing fiscal rectitude on the wayward...
...should Europe give up a functioning partnership with an essential partner and friend on the global scene? Just like many Asians, Europeans dislike the idea of an all-powerful G-2. We seek intensified cooperation with America but also with Asia, the Middle East, Russia and the Mediterranean region precisely because we believe in a multipolar rather than a bipolar "G-2 world." (Read: "The Lessons of Dubai...