The EU needs to rebuild trust with citizens and try to implement what they want instead of telling them what they will get. There is a growing 'revolt against Brussels'. People want to reclaim some control and ownership that now reside in the EU. Populist advances should be taken seriously because they are shaping the political debate. In the absence of real alternatives to the policies in practice, the impression that left and right are alike, makes it easy for demagogues to feed the far right populism.

"What works in bringing  the economy (US. economy) back says Former President Bill Clinton is cooperation. What works he goes on to say in getting on the news programme and in politics is conflict. Conflict is great for politics, great for the news coverage but lousy for economic policies. That's what the problem is.

We've got to go back to a cooperative environment where everybody kicks in."

New divisions among EU 27 continue regarding the debt crisis and Greece. No progress is being made, No united front regarding banks and the need for recapitalization, No progress on tax on financial transactions, push back to October any decision concerning the payment of an additional € 8 billion to Greece.

The only agreement was to criticize the intervention of U.S. Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner. What did the U.S. Secretary of Treasury say? Basically he said three things:

AALEP has entered into a protocol of cooperation with the Rusian-European Chamber of Commerce (RUSCHAM) whereby AALEP joins RUSCHAM as an Associate Member and RUSCHAM joins AALEP as an Associate Member. It should be pointed out that Associate Membership does not confer any right for either organization to vote at annual meetings but does provide an entitlement to participate in metings,events, projects and programmes.