Thursday, 17 January 2013

UK: Have the Eurosceptics won the EU debate?

Have the UK Eurosceptics won the debate?

Well, the debate has been going on, informally, for many years. And the Eurosceptics have more or less dominated it. It there still a debate or room for a debate re the EU in the UK?

Some apparently think so.

But after so many years of active Eurosceptic influence, it seems that any effort to reverse the dynamic is as futile as the come from behind Yes side in the Euro referendum in Sweden a decade ago. But as they say in French, on verra!

Will the luck of the Irish help the EU?

This first semester of 2013 features a Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU (note: not of the EU or the European Council).

It follows the Cyprus Presidency.

Irish PM said he hopes his country will be exiting the bailout program by year's end.


EU how many?

While the UK is considering leaving the EU27, Croatia is joining the EU in less than 6 months, July 1, 2013.
So will it be 28 or 27 in a few years?

Monday, 7 January 2013

20 years after the launch of the EU Single Market: Where's the beef?

EU27 biz and citizens need a better EU single market.

Can a real EU Single Market happen without of United States of Europe?

For better balanced global systemics

Time bilateral trade agreements and WTO include mobility of labour - HR capital?

Wednesday, 2 January 2013

Governing Dynamics: The effects of just-in-time and outsourcing

In a recent chat on Twitter, I begged to differ re ICT as the cause of the globalization, or in general the dynamics, we have been living in.

In this August 2011 video log (vlog), I discuss in 7'38" why I think that just-in-time as a production/logistics/operations process that started decades ago as well as global outsourcing have been/are the real drivers of globalization as we have experienced it.

I also pose the question when will the pace of systemics and dynamics exceed humans' capacity to cope with.

http://youtu.be/3KQGVbsuuRs