Martin Schulz

British Prime Minister David Cameron’s long-awaited speech on Europe, to be delivered in the Netherlands, may well mark a turning point with respect to Britain’s position within the European Union. Any attempt by the United Kingdom to repatriate powers to Westminster is likely to be a drawn-out and cumbersome negotiation. As previous experience has shown, internal discussions on constitutional competences – essentially political navel-gazing – can distract attention from the far more pressing...Read Full Story

March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Martin Schulz, a senior economist at Fujitsu Research Institute in Tokyo, talks about Bank of Japan monetary policy and the yen. Schulz speaks with Susan Li on Bloomberg Television's "First Up." (Minutes of BOJ's February meeting were released while Schulz was speaking. Source: Bloomberg)Read Full Story

March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Martin Schulz, a senior economist at Fujitsu Research Institute in Tokyo, talks about Bank of Japan monetary policy and the yen. Schulz speaks with Susan Li on Bloomberg Television's "First Up." (Minutes of BOJ's February meeting were released while Schulz was speaking. Source: Bloomberg)Read Full Story

Europe’s Opportunity in Hollande 08/05/2012 By Martin Schulz Rarely has an election resonated so widely across the European Union as the French presidential ballot has done. Rarely has a leadership change in one EU member state created expectations of a real policy shift. Remarkably, a new European demos and public sphere are emerging from the economic crisis. Europeans are recognizing how interdependent they are. One country’s failures can threaten the entire European economy, and can...Read Full Story

Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Martin Schulz, a senior economist at Fujitsu Research Institute, talks about Japan's government, the outlook for its economy and central bank monetary policy. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s decision to call an election in December may inhibit the government’s ability to stimulate an economy that’s sliding toward its third recession in four years. Schulz speaks from Tokyo with Rishaad Salamat on Bloomberg Television's "On the Move Asia." (Source: Bloomberg)Read Full Story