Brexit: opportunities and challenges for the UK and the EU
Originally published by The Daily Telegraph, 3 February 2020
How will Brexit affect the United Kingdom? How will it affect the European Union? As with...
The EU’s long term budget: an overview of the spending areas...
A briefing which I gave to the Bundestag's EU Affairs Committee on how to reform EU spending, awaiting the new multiannual EU budget 2021-2027 (MFF),can...
Mario Draghi’s dire legacy for the Eurozone
Originally published by AchGut.com
Mario Draghi's last months as President of the European Central Bank have been tumultuous. He managed to push through more bond...
An Ursula von der Leyen presidency would be a huge victory...
German defence minister Ursula von der Leyen has been put forward by European leaders as the candidate to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as the President...
An assessment of Jean-Claude Juncker’s European Commission presidency
Originally published by The Spectator (picture via CC-BY-4.0: © European Union 2019 – Source: EP)
For five years, Jean-Claude Juncker has been head of the...
How the creation of the euro was the first step towards...
Originally published by 1828
In 1988, Margaret Thatcher visited the West Flemish city of Bruges, home to the world’s first stock exchange, which emerged...
Merkel’s mistakes
Originally published byCapX
In office since 2005, Angela Merkel is Germany’s second longest serving Chancellor since the Second World War. On Monday, she announced that...
Switzerland offers some valuable lessons for Brexit
Originally published by CapX
It’s hard to ignore Switzerland’s experience when looking at Brexit.
Here we have another country that isn’t a member of the European...
Brexit: Made in UK, designed in Brussels
Originally published on EU Observer
If the British vote for Brexit, the European Union will be reaping what it has sown.
In 1992, Denmark voted against...
The risks of low and negative interest rates in the Eurozone
Originally published by CapX, with Cindy Morand
From around 4% in 2008, the ECB has been lowering its benchmark interest rate to a record low 0.0% today....
