Showing posts with label Davos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Davos. Show all posts

Sunday, February 02, 2025

President Milei's Homophobic Davos Speech Sparks Protests across Argentina

Feb 2, 2025 | Thousands of Argentinians protested after Milei compared homosexuality to paedophilia and announced that feminicide would be removed from the penal code.


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The world political stage is peopled by clowns and ignoramuses. The world is going mad. – © Mark Alexander

Friday, January 24, 2025

‘They Need a Reset’: Gloom in Davos as Trump Boom Leaves Europe Behind

THE GUARDIAN: America First doctrine and threat of tariffs leave EU elite wondering how it can close economic gulf with US

In the bars, hotels and windowless conference halls of the World Economic Forum in Davos, two themes dominated the conversation: America’s ascendancy and Europe’s decline.

If the scale of the continent’s problems was unclear before politicians and chief executives descended on the Swiss ski resort, there was no ambiguity by the time Donald Trump had finished speaking.

The 47th president of the US beamed via video into a packed conference hall to rail against stifling European regulation, car exports flooding to the US and fines and penalties on Apple, Google and Facebook.

No longer will members of Nato be able to freeload off America’s security guarantee, he added, demanding they increase defence spending to 5% of GDP – a barb aimed squarely at Europe.

“From the standpoint of America, the EU treats us very, very unfairly, very badly,” he said. “We have some very big complaints with the EU.” » | John Collingridge and Heather Stewart in Davos | Friday, January 24, 2025

Trump at Davos

Jan 24, 2025

EU ‘Ripping Off America’? Trump’s WEF Meltdown

Jan 24, 2025 | At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Donald Trump launched into a bizarre rant about the European Union, mixing personal anecdotes with fiery accusations. After being asked about future U.S.-EU relations, Trump bizarrely claimed he once “got approval in Ireland in a week” for a project — only to abandon it because the EU demanded “years" of paperwork. He then doubled down, accusing the EU of screwing America and claiming U.S. companies are being “taxed" to death compared to European rivals.


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Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Ukraine Invasion May Be Start of ‘Third World War’, Says George Soros

THE GUARDIAN: Veteran philanthropist tells World Economic Forum civilisation ‘may not survive’ what is coming

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens to be the “beginning of the third world war” that could spell the end of civilisation, the veteran philanthropist and former financier George Soros has warned.

In a ferocious attack on Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Soros warned that autocratic regimes were in the ascendant and the global economy was heading for a depression.

Soros, who has become a hate figure for the hard right in the US, also heavily criticised the former German chancellor Angela Merkel for cosying up to Moscow and Beijing.

With the mood in Davos already downbeat due to the war in Ukraine, Soros ramped up the gloomy rhetoric to new heights.

“The invasion may have been the beginning of the third world war and our civilisation may not survive it,” he said. » | Larry Elliott, Economics editor | Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Monday, May 23, 2022

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy Speaks at World Economic Forum in Davos | DW News

Millionaires at Davos Say 'Tax Us More'

Millionaires Marlene Engelhorn and Phil White joined a Davos protest calling for higher taxes on the wealthy | PHIL WHITE

BBC: A handful of wealthy attendees gathered in Davos are calling on world leaders to tackle the cost of living crisis by pushing up taxes for people like them.

They took to the streets on Sunday alongside left-wing activists to call for fairer tax systems worldwide.

Political and business leaders are at the first in-person World Economic Forum (WEF) since the pandemic began.

But criticisms are mounting over the way the wealthy have profited in the last two years.

UK millionaire Phil White said: "While the rest of the world is collapsing under the weight of an economic crisis, billionaires and world leaders meet in this private compound to discuss turning points in history.

"It's outrageous that our political leaders listen to those who have the most, know the least about the economic impact of this crisis, and many of whom pay infamously little in taxes. The only credible outcome from this conference is to tax the richest and tax us now."

Mr White, who represents a group called Patriotic Millionaires, made his money as a business consultant. He said he was joining left-wing and anti-poverty campaigners calling for change at the annual meeting of influential business people and political leaders because the current economic system was failing.

Over the past decade, a growing number of millionaires and billionaires in the US and Europe have spoken out, calling for governments to impose higher taxes, including wealth levies on the richest.

While only a small number of millionaires were in Davos to attend the protest, the campaigners have sent an open letter to all Davos delegates, signed by millionaire supporters in several countries. » | BBC | Monday, May 23, 2022

Millionaires ask to pay more tax »

Coronavirus: Disney heir and Ben & Jerry’s call for higher taxes »

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Millionaires Call On Governments Worldwide to ‘Tax Us Now’

THE GUARDIAN: Group of 102 wealthy people say tax would help tackle gulf between rich and poor

Gemma McGough, a British entrepreneur and founding member of Patriotic Millionaires UK.Photograph: PA

More than 100 members of the global super-rich called on Wednesday for governments around the world to “tax us now” to help pay for the pandemic response and tackle the gulf between rich and poor.

The group of 102 millionaires and billionaires, including Disney heiress Abigail Disney, said the current tax system is rigged in their favour and needs to be rewritten to make taxation fairer for hard-working people and restore trust in politics.

“As millionaires, we know that the current tax system is not fair,” they said in an open letter published on Wednesday. “Most of us can say that, while the world has gone through an immense amount of suffering in the last two years, we have actually seen our wealth rise during the pandemic – yet few if any of us can honestly say that we pay our fair share in taxes.”

The super-rich signatories, who brand themselves as “patriotic millionaires”, called for the introduction of “permanent wealth taxes on the richest to help reduce extreme inequality and raise revenue for sustained, long-term increases in public services like healthcare”. » | Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent | Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Global Billionaires Are Terrified Of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez


Billionaires, CEOs, and other people who have devoted their lives to money are gathered in Davos, Switzerland, and they all seem to have one thing on their mind right now: Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The billionaires at the summit are freaking out over her idea to raise marginal tax rates on income over $10 million to 70%, which is actually not as high as it had been in the past. Her policies are popular, and that’s what scares these billionaires, as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains.

Thursday, January 10, 2019

Shutdown : Trump boude le Forum économique de Davos


LE POINT: Le président américain, en plein bras de fer avec les démocrates au sujet du mur, « annule respectueusement » son déplacement en Suisse.

Donald Trump reste à Washington. Le président américain a annoncé jeudi qu'il ne participerait pas comme prévu au Forum économique mondial de Davos, qui aura lieu du 21 au 25 janvier, mettant en avant la paralysie partielle de l'administration fédérale. « En raison de l'intransigeance des démocrates sur la sécurité aux frontières et de l'importance de la sécurité pour notre pays, j'annule respectueusement mon voyage très important à Davos, en Suisse, pour le Forum économique mondial », a tweeté le président des États-Unis. » | Source AFP | 10 janvier 2019

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Trudeau Parties at Davos While Canada's World Standing Plummets


Ezra Levant of TheRebel.media looks at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's recent trip to Davos, Switzerland. Trudeau violated protocol by giving an amateurish speech mocking his predecessor, then took selfies with movies stars. Is that what he was elected to do?

Saturday, January 23, 2016

Is This the Best that Canada Can Kick up for PM? Pathetic! Embrace Feminism to Improve Decision-making, Says Justin Trudeau


Canadian prime minister uses platform at World Economic Forum in Davos to stress importance of gender equality in politics and business


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Stupid Cameron! Donald Trump Helps Extremists by Creating 'Clash of Civilisations,' Says David Cameron


THE TELEGRAPH: David Cameron has made a rare foray into the American election, warning that Donald Trump was helping the extremists' cause

Donald Trump is helping extremists by creating the idea of a "clash of civilisations between Islam and the West," David Cameron has said.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Mr Cameron, in an unusual intervention in domestic US politics, said the Republican presidential candidate was “making a fundamental mistake" of trying to blame all Muslims for the ideology and actions of a few.

"I think that's wrong," he told the youth-focused American news website, Mic.

"In many ways, it actually helps the extremists, because they want to create a clash of civilisations between Islam and Christianity, or Islam and the West." » | Harriet Alexander, New York | Friday, January 22, 2016

My comment:

Since when has speaking the truth about Islam been the cause of problems? Do you really think, Mr Cameron, that denying the facts will make things better? If so, what an idiot you are! Donald Trump recognises the problem that Islam is, he recognises the problems it causes.

You say that what is going on is a perversion of the "great faith" of Islam. I would say, and I dare say that Donald Trump would say, that that is a load of BS. How can you possibly call a political ideology that is Islam a "great faith" when it the source of murder, mayhem, beheadings, stonings to death, amputations, clit-cutting, and so much else besides? You, Mr Cameron, are either stupid, or else you have taken leave of your senses.

Clearly, the sooner we get rid of you, the better! – © Mark Alexander


Friday, January 22, 2016

US-Börsenguru Soros: "Die EU wird wegen der Flüchtlingskrise zerfallen"


KRONEN ZEITUNG: Für US- Börsenguru George Soros steckt Europa wegen der anhaltenden Flüchtlingskrise in einer schweren Krise. "Die EU ist dem Untergang geweiht und wird zerfallen", diagnostierte der Milliardär. Europa sei derzeit "wie ein Kino ohne Notausgänge, in dem Feuer ausgebrochen ist". Die einzige Chance zur Rettung sieht er in einer gemeinsamen europäischen Asylpolitik.

Soros sei von Anfang an ein großer Unterstützer der EU gewesen, sehe aber jetzt, dass sie führerlos dahinvegetiere. "Es gibt eine echte Panik und keine Abhilfe", sagte der 86- Jährige im Interview mit Bloomberg TV am Rande des Weltwirtschaftsforums im Schweizer Davos. » | red | Freitag, 22. Januar 2016

Thursday, January 23, 2014

West's 30-year Vendetta with Iran Is Finally Buried in Davos

Hassan Rouhani
TELEGRAPH BLOGS – AMBROSE EVANS-PRITCHARD: The Iranian nuclear deal is on. Hassan Rouhani's charm offensive in Davos has been a tour de force, the moment of rehabilitation for the Islamic Republic. His words were emollient.

"The world hasn't seen a speech like that from an Iranian leader since the Revolution," tweeted Ian Bremmer from the Eurasia Group.

Anybody betting on oil futures in the belief that Iran's nuclear deal with great powers is a negotiating ploy – to gain time – should be careful. There is a very high likelihood that the sanctions against Iran will be lifted in stages, leading to an extra 1.2 barrels a day on the global market just as Libya, Iraq, and the US all crank up output.

“One of the theoretical and practical pillars of my government is constructive engagement with the world. Without international engagement, objectives such as growth, creativity and quality are unattainable," said Rouhani.

"I strongly and clearly state that nuclear weapons have no place in our security strategy,” he said. Read on and comment » | Ambrose Evans-Pritchard | Thursday, January 23, 2014