wczoraj Bono był w Berlinie, gdzie spotkał się z niemieckim prezydentem:
German President Joachim Gauck ® and his partner Daniela Schadt (L) receive Bono ©, lead singer of Irish rock band U2 and co-founder of anti-poverty foundation ONE and youth ambassadors at the Bellevue Palace in Berlin on October 8, 2012. The Rock star turned campaigner and youth ambassadors met with the German President to promote the grass root movements work and campaign against poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa, by raising public awareness and pressuring political leaders into action.
natomiast dzisiaj odwiedził Brukselę, gdzie m. in. spotkał się z przewodniczącym Rady Europejskiej Hermanem Van Rompuyem:
oraz przewodniczącym Parlamentu Europejskiego Martinem Schulzem:
U2 frontman Bono made a plea to save development aid from being cut in the upcoming EU budget for 2014-2020 during a meeting at the European Parliament. EP president Martin Schulz voiced his support for the singer's call: "Development aid is a great example of how Europe changes lives."
The coming months the Parliament will negotiate the EU's long-term budget with the European Commission and the Council. Mr Schulz said he agreed with Bono on maintaining sufficient funding for development aid to reflect the EU's commitments to developing countries.
"European development aid, after all, is one of the EU's greatest successes, changing the lives of millions of people all over the world, from measles vaccines to access to water, to the education of women and children," Mr Schulz said following the meeting with the Irish rock star. "The European Parliament is on the side of an ambitious European budget because we believe Europe must deliver for the less well off people of this world. We can be proud of what we have achieved with development aid over the years, many member states share this view and should support an ambitious long-term EU budget."
w środę, 10.10. razem z Billem Gatesem spotkał się z prezydentem Francji, Francois Hollande:
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a w czwartek spotkał się z Nickiem Cleggiem, wicepremierem Wielkie Brytanii:
From one chart star to another: Nick Clegg meets Bono to discuss poverty not pop
The Deputy Prime Minister holds talks with the U2 frontman to discuss cleaning up payments to poor countries
The government will push for more transparency over money paid for energy and minerals
Both men have had chart success, although Mr Clegg only reached 143 with his remixed apology song
By Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor
U2 frontman Bono is used to meeting politicians not normally one who has also hit the charts with a song of their own.
Today he sat down just long enough for a photograph with deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, who last month saw a remix of his tuition fees apology released as a single.
What is unlikely to have been on the agenda are the growing calls from within the coalition to curb spending on international development, or accusations from some poverty campaigners that Bono does not pay enough tax.
U2 frontman Bono and deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg share a joke while discussing global poverty
U2 frontman Bono and deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg share a joke while discussing global poverty
Instead of comparing notes on their chart success, the duo held talks on how to stop people in poor countries being ripped off when governments sell their power and minerals.
After the meeting Mr Clegg said the UK government will put pressure on Europe to clean up payments made to developing countries for energy and mining resources.
The Deputy PM said the EU should follow the lead of the United States in imposing new rules on recording where payments for gas, electricity and minerals go.
The changes were needed to allow people living in developing countries to hold their governments to account.
Bono praised the Liberal Democrat leader for his backing of the issue.
Mr Clegg said: ?For far too long the world?s poorest people have seen no benefit from the vast natural resources in their own backyards.
?It is time to end the injustice where ordinary people are silent witnesses, left to suffer without basic services, as the profits from their countries? assets are hidden and plundered by corrupt regimes.
?There need to be strict new rules about how payments to developing countries from the oil, gas and mining industries are recorded. Shining a light on where this money is actually going will help people hold their governments to account over how this money is actually spent.?
Mr Clegg, who was joined by Lib Dem business minister Jo Swinson, paid tribute to the ONE International campaign, of which Bono is a co-founder?
It campaigns against extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa.
Bono said today: ?Sometimes great things happen when nobody?s looking. That?s what happened today. Nick Clegg and Jo Swinson have thrown Britain?s weight behind strong EU transparency laws, at least matching the new US legislation.
?This legislation says ?let the daylight in?. Transparency is the best vaccine against corruption.?
Last year campaigners targetted a perforamnce by U2 at the Glastonbury festival over allegations the band moved their multi-million-pound music and publishing business away from Ireland to avoid taxes on record sales.
Art Uncut argued 'tax avoidance is crippling poor nations'.
Nick Clegg Says I'm Sorry (the Autotune remix)' reached 33 in the iTunes chart when it was released three weeks ago.
In the official chart it manged only number 143, some way short of the 150million records sold worldwide by U2. stormed up the charts today faster than the Lib Dem poll ratings plummeted after joining the coalition with the Tories.
oraz wspólnie z Billem Gatesem z Sekretarz Rozwoju Międzynarodowego, Justine Greening
komentarze odnośnie wyglądu Bono mile widziane (sugerowane odpowiedzi: a) wygląda jak dziad;(((
wygląda bosko:))) c) w co on się znowu ubrał? d) dlaczego Edge nie ma czapki, ej?)
Edited by andie, 15 października 2012 - 14:41 .
