The Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan resigned after little more than a year at the head of government. Khan retired from the management office of the Democratic Party. The rating of 64-year-old Naoto Kan collapsed less than 20 per cent due to dissatisfaction with the Japanese on how to deal with the crisis of nuclear accident at the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant following a powerful earthquake and tsunami of March 11th. He promised to resign after parliament adopted two laws – the issue of government bonds to cover the budget deficit and to promote energy production from renewable sources. Lawmakers approved the legislation this morning, stated Monday. It is expected that the ruling Democratic Party on Monday to elect its new leader, according to Japanese political tradition would be the new prime minister. The vote in the House will be Tuesday. It is believed that the best chances to take the party and prime minister is former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara of the conservative wing of the DPJ, known for its hard line toward China and North Korea, told AFP. If elected, 49-year-old Maehara will become the youngest prime minister of Japan after World War II.
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Shaken by successive government crisis and more than ever divided between Flemish and Francophone Belgium took today, July 1, the Presidency of the European Union. Relay is taken from Spain by the Belgian Community leadership will continue until the end of the year. The 12th Belgian presidency comes at a critical moment in which unsolved problems and unfinished tasks are immensely, said yesterday. Among them stand the completion of the reform of regulations in the banking and financial sector, earning a European diplomatic service, strengthening European economic governance. The new Belgian government would intervene in power before October and the new ruling will not have much time to adapt. The previous government withdrew in late April when Prime Minister Yves Lyoterm resign after the Flemish liberal party Open VLD withdraw its support for the cabinet.
Czech scenario?
There is concern not to repeat the Czech scenario in which the EU has witnessed in the first half of last year. Then the Czech government fell from power – in the middle of the commitment of the Community presidency, leading to total loss of influence of Prague on European affairs. “Of course, Belgium is a European belief, but a country whose future is uncertain, not enjoy the great political trust,” said the agency Christian Frank, a professor at the Institute for European Studies at the Catholic University of Louvain.
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The Russian economy out of recession and began to recover, Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin during an extensive report today on the work of the government last year exported to the State Duma, Russian media reported. According to Putin recession ended the Russian economy and now also the conditions for progress are very good. According to the Russian prime minister that does not mean that the country has gone out of crisis but the recession has ended. Putin reasons that make those findings justify its latest data on the development of Russian economy. He stated that preliminary results for first quarter suggest optimism – the growth of industrial production reached 5.8 percent, while real incomes have risen by 7.4 percent. Russian Prime Minister added that it is very likely the official forecast of growth of gross domestic product for 2010 from 3.1% to be exceeded and it reaches about 4%. Putin noted that the key sectors of the real economy and financial system out of the global test and enter into good shape. Putin stressed in his speech that it is necessary to keep the trend from last year to decrease inflation, when it slowed to 8.8 percent (the lowest level of 18 years) for this year is on average 5-6 %.
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