Eurozone inflation is on fire when it comes to the prices...
By Daniel Lacalle, Chief Economist at Tressis
For more than ten years, ECB monetary policy has been ultra-expansionary, whether there was crisis, a recovery, economic...
A closer look at the EU’s new murky joint borrowing schemes
A closer look at the EU’s new murky joint borrowing schemes
Last Friday, the German Constitutional Court ruled to suspend the German law ratifying...
Counterview: How should Europe position itself towards China?
After the EU imposed sanctions on Chinese officials over the plight of the Uighurs in the Chinese province of Xinjiang, China has responded by...
The shaky legal basis of the EU Recovery Fund
By MEP Charlie Weimers
Following the German Supreme Court’s decision to suspend ratification of EU “Recovery Fund”, Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers (SD-ECR) takes a look...
The EU’s vaccine export restriction scheme: a “pistol” on the table
Yesterday, at their Summit-by-webinar, despite differences, EU leaders endorsed the sharpening up of the EU’s vaccine export restriction mechanism, with some caveats.
A group including...
Are the extremely easy financing conditions for European governments the new...
By Dan Kral, Europe Economist
When ECB President Christine Lagarde’s remarked in mid-March 2020 that “the ECB is not here to close spreads”, the...
Why von der Leyen won’t go
By Robert Tyler (political strategist, working for a European political party)
There have been growing calls for European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to...
What future for the European Union: Integration or Cooperation?
Following the Dutch 2021 election, Dutch Professor of European Public Administration Adriaan Schout, who teaches at Radboud University Nijmegen, outlines a long term vision...
EU vaccine protectionism: The plot thickens
At their summit this Thursday and Friday, EU state and government leaders will need to give their say on the proposal by the European...
The ESM has now become dispensable
by Frank Schäffler, a Member of the German Parliament for the Free Democratic Party (FDP). He has served in this role from 2005 until...
