The New Leviathan Blog

Bankruptcy of Greece or bankruptcy of the Greek state? They would have us believe that this is the bankruptcy of Greece. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is the bankruptcy of the State in Greece. This is striking proof of the dangerousness of politicians and men of the State. They ruined their country. It's not the Greeks themselves. These are the men of the State, which includes their so-called “private” accomplices. The men of the State, not c...Read More >>

 Headlong flight and false solutions 1) Quick to denounce Germany which had purchased customer lists from an IT specialist from the LGT bank – its president Pierre Mirabaud had even spoken of “Gestapo” before retracting – the Swiss Banking Association (ASB) remains silent when the United States promulgated, in 2007, a law financially rewarding tax denunciation (LT of 1.07.2008). She did not react further when the report of the Senate subcommittee (US) revealed that more than 500 Swiss travelers were tracked by the Department...Read More >>

  Hospitals deadlier than the road 1) Victim of a serious infection, Mariana Bridi da Costa, a 20-year-old Brazilian model who was a candidate to represent her country in the Miss World competition, had to undergo amputations of her feet and hands and is still in a critical state. Treated at the end of December for kidney stones, Mariana Bridi saw her condition worsen, forcing her to return to hospital two days later. It turned out that the girl was actually suffering from a very serious infection, which led to the amputation...Read More >>

For a decriminalization of tax law The head of state of Liechtenstein accused Germany of having "attacked its sovereignty" by accepting that its secret services pay an informant to transmit Liechtenstein banking data to them. “For us, such a thing would be unthinkable. We do not place tax interests above the principles of the rule of law.” “We categorically reject the way the German government is ...Read More >>

The mayors say no The mayors of the 19 Brussels municipalities will not collaborate in the implementation of the new federal law on rents as long as the federal state does not give them the means to do so. The mayors of the 19 Brussels municipalities will not collaborate in the implementation of the new federal law on rents as long as the federal state does not give them the means to do so. Municipalities are supposed to carry out checks on compliance with the obligation to speci...Read More >>

Return Europe to the Europeans There was, in reality, no institutional crisis opened by the double Franco-Dutch “no” in 2005. The EU has bodies, it has a budget until 2013, it can function. The only real crisis arose from the contradiction between the fierce desire of politicians to build a European state and the scathing denial that the people had inflicted on this desire. This so-called crisis was felt only by the political class, and had value only for them. The agreem...Read More >>

State, Community, and Filial Piety  Authorities in the Changyuan region in central China are considering granting social promotions to civil servants based on criteria favoring parental love, the Xinhua news agency announced on Saturday. Half a thousand family members, friends, colleagues and neighbors will be specially questioned by investigators who will be interested in the behavior of all ci...Read More >>

State interventionism and its implications From November 1, 2007, the closure of a current account and a savings account will be done without any cost for the customer, wrote Wednesday "L'Echo", referring to the law of May 15, 2007 relating to certain services banking and published Tuesday in the Belgian Official Gazette. If the text only comes into force in five months, "the number of banks which still...Read More >>

Social capital as a third way The World Bank is changing era. Its next annual World Development Report, which must be made public in September, encourages the governments of poor countries to supervise and support their peasantries, going against the neo-liberal doctrine of "structural adjustment" defended by the international donor for a generation. For the first time since 1982, this report, which guides the World Bank's strategy, focuses on agriculture. Abandoned...Read More >>

The collusion of politics and the judiciary A complaint with the establishment of a civil party targeting suspicious real estate transactions attributed by the press to Nicolas Sarkozy was filed by an individual in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine) but was declared inadmissible, we learned from the public prosecutor's office in this locality on Thursday. This complaint filed by Marc Salomone was administratively registere...Read More >>