Towards another wasted summit
The joint statement signed on 15 November in Singapore, endorsing a non-binding political agreement on greenhouse gas reduction based on the outcome of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference in December (COP15), is termed an “arrogant and dirty deal” in the Berlingske Tidende. According to the Danish daily, the deal proposed by Danish prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and backed by the US and China will not contain any binding clauses – though the latter might be adopted at the next environmental summit in 2010 in Mexico. On his blog, Peil Meilstrup, climate expert at the Mandag Morgen think tank, finds the situation “very troubling”: “If the United States does not pledge to cut its CO2 emissions, a long list of developing countries will want to follow its example."
Two camps, two theories, and two visions of France: 18 years after the massacre of 800,000 Tutsis, the precise role played by Paris is still the subject of heated debate, fueled by the findings of successive criminal investigations. 
Agree to new austerity measures or risk being kicked out of the eurozone: that’s the alternative presented to Athens on the day the euro group is meeting. It’s a situation Greek politicians have failed to avoid, regrets To Vima. 
At a time when Athens is still involved in debt restructuring negotiations with its private creditors, Neelie Kroes’ recent allusions to a Greek exit from the euro are a sign that European leaders are intent on preparing the terrain for such an eventuality.