New York Times September 30, 2008 The French have always found American elections amusing, in a horror movie sort of way. They grumpily regard the American president as in some unfortunate sense also their own, but they see the campaign through their own cultural lens. more
Wall Street Journal September 29, 2008 Uncertainty surrounding U.S. plans to bail out its financial services industry has roiled European banks and financial markets, Jean-Claude Juncker, the chairman of the Eurogroup of euro-zone finance ministers, said Friday. more
BBC September 25, 2008 Gordon Brown is to hold talks on Friday with President Bush at the White House about the global financial crisis. more
European Voice September 25, 2008 The president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, today underlined the need for what he described as an “Atlantic agenda for globalisation” to address the common challenges that the EU and the US face. more
New York Times September 23, 2008 Wall Street and the Bush administration’s record of financial oversight came under attack at the United Nations on Tuesday, with one world leader after another saying that market turmoil in the United States threatened the global economy. more