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Gordon Brown

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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“End the dog-eat-dog mentality to tackle the crisis”

by Gordon Brown

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 26 March 2020

When the G20 was called
more than a decade ago
to deal with the global
financial crisis, we had
to overcome US scepticism,
G7 hesitancy, Chinese pressure to
restrict its remit, and French pressure to
broaden it. Such was the jockeying for
places that not 20 but 23 national leaders (…)

Gordon Brown resignation statement

by Gordon Brown

London (United Kingdom) | 10 May 2010

10 Browning Street London, United Kingdom 10 May 2010
We have a parliamentary system, not a presidential system, in this country.
As I said on Friday, with no party able to command a parliamentary majority arising from the General Election, my constitutional duty as Prime Minister is to (…)

For Global Finance, Global Regulation

by Gordon Brown , Nicolas Sarkozy

10 December 2009

Proposals that deserve consideration include taxes on financial transactions and 2009 bank bonuses.

Barack Obama, Nicolas Sarkozy and Gordon Brown: Iran Nuclear Speech at G-20 Summit

by Barack Obama , Gordon Brown , Nicolas Sarkozy

Pittsburgh (Etats-Unis) | 25 September 2009

From left to right: US President Barack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
September 25, 2009
President Obama and the leaders of France and Britain opened the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh this morning and accused Iran of building a secret (…)

Remarks by Gordon Brown to the 64th UN General Assembly

by Gordon Brown

New York (USA) | 23 September 2009

We met a year ago, on the brink of a global crisis, and, as national leaders spoke in turn at this podium, the full scale of the danger became clear: a threat not just to jobs, businesses and life savings but - with the imminent risk of failure of the world’s banking system - the prospect of (…)

Oil Prices Need Government Supervision

by Gordon Brown , Nicolas Sarkozy

8 July 2009

Producers and consumers benefit from stability