The bottom line is that France has two choices. Stick with the status quo and eventually suffer a horrific fiscal crisis. Enact reforms to prevent an ever-growing spending burden. Macron’s reforms are grossly inadequate, but at least he wants to take a small step in the right direction. ...
It recognizes the fact, that governments and administrations cannot perform their functions just in line with the hierarchy. Instead, they have to rely on cooperation with other public or private actors. Yet, this assumes that the state had previously exercised a strong regulatory power (Benz, ...
the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri have been under a state of siege since May 2021, during which the civilian administration has been replaced by military and police authorities.
Gaza City "is experiencing a state of severe thirst due to the water cut-off, especially with the continued suspension of water pumping from the water line operated by Israel's national water company Mekorot since the beginning of the war and the destruction of the desalination plant (the only...
(OECD/European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies2021, p. 3). The first national lockdown started on 16 March 2020. In line with similar measures taken in many other countries across the globe at that time, people were not allowed to leave their homes, with only four exceptions: ...
Euro zone governments threw indebted Greece another credit lifeline worth 8.5 billion euros (7.44 billion pounds) on Thursday, offered further clarity on a roadmap to possible debt relief and the International Monetary Fund said it might join a bailout programme after sitting on ...
Large pharmaceutical companies that have dropped or significantly reduced research on discovery of antibiotics include Merck, Wyeth (now part of Pfizer), Aventis, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithK- line, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Abbott Labs and Proctor and Gamble.40 A third reason is the increased costs and ...
"The bottom line is that money used to buy weapons would be better used to promote development in Ukraine, in Africa, in Asia, in the EU itself, where many people are facing hardships," Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said. (Video reporters: Meng Jing, Li Dongxu, Kang Wenjun, Zhu Wanjun, Jiang...
Dubai World could still meet the Dec. 14 deadline on the 4 billion dollars payment of a sukuk, or Islamic bond, from its flagship real estate developer Nakheel under one option being considered by advisers to the conglomerate, according to a state-run newspaper The National. ...
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