German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble famously remarked that “elections change nothing”. He was talking about debt and public finance. The European Commission now seems intent
The International Monetary Fund and others have recently revised downward their forecasts for global growth – yet again. Little wonder: The world economy has few
The financial meltdown of 2008 prompted calls for a global financial system that curtails trade imbalances, moderates speculative capital flows, and prevents systemic contagion. That,
Ideas spread fast, bad ideas spread faster. Over the last few months, the European Commission has tried to give new impulse towards achieving a ‘Social
Since 2009, when the financial crisis that started in America in 2008 shook the eurozone to its core, crisis management has become Europe’s new normal.
The European Union (EU) has strong legislation in place that protects workers from being exploited and also enables businesses to engage in fair competition. Workers
A lot of hype has built up around digitalisation, in some Member States as well as in Brussels. On one side, the over-enthusiastic camp bases
The resistible rise of the Far Right in Austria. The presidential election is on a knife-edge before the deciding round of at the end of May.
The European Union has a dangerous case of nostalgia. Not only is a yearning for the “good old days” – before the EU supposedly impinged
Never before have so many had to decide on something they knew or cared so little about. The “London bubble” is obsessing about the EU
From the very beginning of the debate over Britain’s place in Europe, it has been argued that membership of the EU and its predecessors would
The European Central Bank is under heavy attack in Germany, a country that has long prided itself on defending the principle of central-bank independence. Indeed,
Much international attention has focused upon the rhetoric of Viktor Orban in recent years, with both supporters and detractors transfixed by his approach to foreign
Have the negative economic consequences brought about by the financial crisis made European welfare states unaffordable? Iain Begg writes that while there is some validity to criticisms
The European Union has never been very popular in Britain. It joined late, and its voters will be asked on June 23 whether they want
Poor Bernie Sanders. How can you expect to become US president if you are not familiar with the relative spheres of competence of the Federal Reserve
Britain joined what became the European Union in 1973. This year, on June 23, it will hold a referendum on whether to leave. Should it?