My employer does not compensate me for thisEurope finds itself in a very tense situationA recognized degree is of course essentialIn three years the index had declined from 35It research this is the project the envyNegative the price of wines by the glass 7 clNew forms of payment credit card InternetBut the hole of air in operating margin which is 11Some such as California are incompetent6 after fifteen years of R D and invested 27 millionThe scenario of Lahti, Finland dinner, was carefully prepared. During their lunch hours previously, the heads of State and Government of the twenty-five decided Friday to silence their discrepancies regarding Vladimir Poutine to speak with one voice of economic interests and political concerns of the countries of the Union.
The Prime Minister of Finland, Matti Vanhanen, President of the European Council, had been delivered. At dinner, he referred to at the outset the assassination of journalist Anna Politkovskaya and the anti-géorgienne crusade led by the Kremlin. José Manuel Barroso, the President of the Commission, has, in turn, exposed European expectations in the field of energy security. But the heads of Government, Danish, Dutch, Polish, and the President of the European Parliament were then more vigorously expressed their concerns about the repeated violations of the rights of man and the rule of law in Russia.
The atmosphere is so tense. Vladimir Putin has dropped his mask of courtesy and recalled that the Spain was not the corruption and the mafia is, first and foremost, an Italian tradition. On the record of the Georgia, Vladimir Poutine accused Tbilisi authorities want to provoke "a bloodbath" in the Russian enclaves in the area. "I have never found as hard climate", said a little later, a participant who wished to remain anonymous. At their press conference, the Presidency and the participants preferred carefully hide these divisions.
Different expectations
On energy, the expectations of the two partners are yet very different. Europeans make a priority of the ratification by Moscow of the Energy Charter. But the Russian President has virtually left them with no hope. This text, which provides guarantees of transparency and fair access to pipelines and pipelines, has still not been ratified by the Russians, ten years after its signature. "We are not against the principles of this Charter, said the Russian President,"but we feel the need to amend certain provisions or develop another text."
To work around the obstacle, Europe advances the idea of devoting a chapter to energy, embodying the principles of the Charter, in the new agreement of cooperation and partnership EU-Russia. The negotiations will be launched on November 24. Cautious on this point, the Russian President did not close the door. But does not hide that the Russia now requires to negotiate with Europe on a more equitable basis, refusing to be limited to the role of mere supplier of raw materials. He thus justified the recent developed from Western oil companies on the giant Shtokman Deposit. He found that their investment conditions were not suitable for Gazprom, which has finally decided to act alone. As the challenges made to Shell on Sakhalin II site, he said that it was "ecological safety". He finally called for easier access to the European market for the distribution of gas.
More reliability
Hosts of Vladimir Putin, concerned about the recent recovery in hand by the Kremlin and Russian energy resources, want to obtain the guarantees on the predictability of the Russian strategy, transparency and non-discrimination in opening its markets. They forget nor the opportunity to invest and to operate the Russian deposits.
"I am confident that we can find a compromise," said Matti Vanhanen. "The Russia needs of Europe as Europe needs the Russia." "This interdependence must be positive," said José Manuel Barroso. He called the Russia to become "a secure and reliable supplier". Much remains to be done to achieve this.