Gordon Brown

British budget and German thrift

This week, we look at what the business press has to say about the proposed British budget and German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble's plans for a European Monetary Fund.

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Man of the year: "It was the worst sickening, pit-of-your-stomach, falling-through-the-floor feeling I've ever felt in my life."

Barack Obama, Gordon Brown, Sully Sullenberger or Bernard Madoff?

A jammy dodger!

For 70 minutes, mums quizzed Gordon Brown on a variety of topics, including Afghanistan, the Copenhagen summit on climate change, the financial crisis, on bankers' bonuses and on his health. What question didn't he answer?

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The promise of pain

Normally, politicians tell voters how much better their lives are going to be if they vote them into office. But every now and again, political parties follow another strategy — promising as much pain as possible.

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Schmerzen; hier: Entbehrungen, harte Zeiten

Silly or sick?

The silly season is officially in full swing. This means that newspapers are full of silly stories in the month of August. I didn’t coin the expression “silly season”. You can look it up in the Oxford Dictionary of English.

Saure-Gurken-Zeit, Sommerloch (silly= albern)

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den Ausdruck prägen

On the fringe

Fringe parties that are openly hostile to foreigners, to immigration, and to the European Union won seats in the European parliament. What does this mean for Gordon Brown?

Randparteien

feindselig (eingestellt) gegenüber

Time for Europe

In spite of all its recent problems, Britain is still ahead of Germany and most of the rest of the EU in one respect: its people get to vote earlier in the elections to the European Parliament. They, like the rest of us, should do so.

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Time to pull out

When politicians or employees try to pull a fast one, it's time to pull the plug.

Up and out

Because its public finances are in such a mess, Britain has announced significant tax increases for those with higher incomes. This is an attempt to make Labour voters feel good before next year's general election. It is unlikely to work.

Schlamassel; hier: Schwierigkeiten

Parlamentswahlen

A new world order

Now that the G20 summit is over, it’s time to repair the banking system, which, according to the Financial Times, originally caused the crisis.

Gipfel(treffen)

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