Bashing everything French is in fashion these days, but one would be better advised to take these attacks by the US and UK media with a pinch of salt.
One of the most recent advances has been to successfully advocate for the adoption of a Socially-Responsible Licensing policy on intellectual property (including therapeutic agents) developed by University College London, the latest in a series of public research institutions to do so.
A meeting on Monday 3rd February will give people the opportunity to share ideas on how the forthcoming US/EU trade deal could affect the NHS, and what campaigners can do about it.
EU and US trade barons should enjoy the rarified air of Davos while they can. They have stormy times ahead.
Only strengthened diplomatic efforts, treating all partners as equal, can defuse the deep mistrust threatening the interim nuclear deal and enable a long-term agreement.
Governments – particularly in the United States and the European Union – must start showing the intestinal fortitude to stand up against the banks.
The Pentagon has divided the whole globe like a giant pie into six slices through U.S. Special Operations Command. And in the post-9/11 era, this secretive military's reach and ambition has only grown.
