Assad Waves an ‘Iron Hand’ at Opposition

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2012 Arab League, shmarab league. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is evidently still unwilling to make room for the possibility that he is in anything resembling a precarious position, as he made a defiant speech on Tuesday in Damascus, blaming foreign media for making him look bad and dissing the Arab League. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Germany and France to the Rescue, Again

Staff / Truthdig Jan 9, 2012 Now that the holiday season is over, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are back in crisis management mode, huddling in Berlin on Monday before emerging to hold a joint news conference on the future of the eurozone. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Global Politics

Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE Jan 9, 2012 Dig deeper

France, Turkey Trade Accusations of Genocide

Staff / Truthdig Dec 24, 2011 Since France took the bold step this week of making it a criminal act to deny that Ottoman Turks committed genocide in Armenia nearly a century ago, Turkey has countered with similar accusations, and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan even added a personal touch about French President Nicolas Sarkozy's own past. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Three Wise Men

Christo Komarnitski, Cagle Cartoons, Bulgaria Dec 21, 2011 Dig deeper

Quarreling EU

Martin Sutovec, Cagle Cartoons, Slovakia Dec 12, 2011 Dig deeper

Time Is Up

Tom Janssen, Cagle Cartoons, The Netherlands Dec 11, 2011 Dig deeper

Brussels Summit Will Not Avert Eurozone Crisis

Staff / Truthdig Dec 11, 2011 At the close of an economic summit that appears to have failed to rescue Italy, Spain and more of Europe from sinking deeper into a mire of recession, Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott prefigures the collapse of the euro as a unifying currency of the European Union. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Sarkozy and Merkel: Never Again

Staff / Truthdig Dec 5, 2011 As France and Germany have become the self-appointed leaders of the eurozone's financial crisis recovery initiative, President Nicolas Sarkozy brought German Chancellor Angela Merkel in for a meeting in Paris, during which they decided, as Sarkozy said, "What has happened must never happen again." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Santa Euro Crisis

Manny Francisco, Cagle Cartoons, Manila, The Phillippines Dec 4, 2011 Dig deeper

Sarkozy: It All Comes Down to France and Germany

Staff / Truthdig Dec 2, 2011 In a speech Thursday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy confronted the economic quagmire otherwise known as the eurozone and declared that France and Germany would be the key players in Europe's rehabilitation. Also important in Sarkozy's scheme was the idea that stricter regulations would help ward off further catastrophe. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Everyone Seems to Agree: Netanyahu Lies

Staff / Truthdig Nov 13, 2011 In the same week that Presidents Obama and Sarkozy accidentally "outed" Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a liar in front of a crowd of senior French journalists, WikiLeaks released a diplomatic cable showing Netanyahu feared being held responsible for his role in inciting the 1995 assassination of left-wing Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )