THE FEAR OF GLOBALIZATION IN EUROPE IS REAL

The age of globalization began on the day the Berlin Wall came down. From that moment in 1989, the trends evident in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s accelerated: the free movement of capital, people and goods; trickle-down economics; a much diminished role for nation states; and a belief that market forces, now unleashed, were unstoppable.

FRENCH ELECTIONS RESULTS FIRST ROUND

Results First Round

  1. Registered Voters: 46 316 165
  2. Abstention: 9 871 861= 21.31% of Registered Voters
  3. Number of Votes (1-2): 36 444 294= 78.69 % of Registered Voters
  4. Blank Votes: 649 934= 1.40% of Registered Voters
  5. Nullified Votes: 290 889= 0.63% of Registered Voters 
  6. Actual Votes: 35 503 471= 76.65% of Registered Voters

Outcome (Final) 

  1. Macron: 24.01% of Registered Voters
  2. Marine Le Pen: 21.30 % of Registered Voters

Second Round

AALEP PREDICTION FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN FRANCE

AALEP Predictions

First Round

  1. Marine Le Pen: 30% (a score higher than the 28.56% of François Hollande in 2012). 85% of her voters are certain of their choice.
  2. François Fillon: 22-25%
  3. Emmanuel Macron

Second Round (Pro System (François Fillon) against Anti-System (Marine Le Pen)

The score for the second round will be very tight because many voters on the left will abstain and stay at home rather than vote for François Fillon giving a possible victory to Marine Le Pen.

LOBBYING FOR REGIONAL AIRPORTS AND AIR SERVICES

A regional airport may be defined as any “non-hub” airport (regardless of passenger throughput) and air service as an air service that departs and/or lands at a regional airport.

FOUR POTENTIAL FUTURE SCENARIOS FOR THE EU

Author: Wim Boonstra, Senior Vice President,Special Economic Advisor and Economist at RaboResearch Global Economics & Markets.

Original Text has been edited

The ‘Muddling Through’ scenario

AIRPORTS IN THE EU (MEMBERS OF ACI EUROPE)

Source: European region of Airports Council International

Austria

  1. Flughafen Graz Betriebs GmbH
  2. Tiroler Flughafenbetriebsgesellschaft m.b.H (City Innsbruck)
  3. Kärntner Flughafen Betriebs GmbH (City Klagenfurt)
  4. Flughafen Linz GmbH
  5. Salzburger Flughafen GmbH
  6. Flughafen Wien AG

Belgium

EUROPE’S TOP 20 AIRPORTS FOR PRIVATE JETS (2016)

Paris Le Bourget was the no.1 private jet airport airport in Europe in 2016, as it has been for several years. With almost 50,000 movements last year, and the only private jet airport for the city of Paris, the dedicated private jet airport is quite some way ahead of any other individual airport in Europe.

THE PROTEST VOTE, THE ANGRY VOTE, THE REJECTION VOTE

The National Front may be criticized for its ideological concept, its history but it is the only party in the last decades to have maintained the same political objectives that little by little have been translated into elements of governance even if one doesn’t share them.

PROPOSED CHANGES TO TURKISH CONSTITUTION

Proposed Changes

1. Judicial Power

The judicial power shall be exercised by independent and impartial courts on behalf of the Turkish Nation.

2. The Grand National Assembly

The Grand National Assembly of Turkey shall be composed of 600 deputies elected by universal suffrage.

3. Deputy Eligibility

Every Turk over the age of 18 is eligible to be a deputy. Persons (at the time of election) having affiliations with military service shall not be elected as a deputy.

NEW U.S. TECHNOLOGY FIRMS OFFERING TO LOBBYISTS

1. Rap Index (www.rapindex.com) :  A revolutionary, easy-to-use, web-based tool that uncovers hidden personal relationships between stakeholders and public officials. RAP Index was specifically designed to enable clients to find the right stakeholder, to deliver the right message, in the right way. The old methods of form communication and batch emails no longer work in the advocacy arena. In fact, 74% of congressional staff prefer personal relationships to form communication. Quality trumps quantity.

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