We can trace some of the persistently high inflation back to the 2020 pandemic. But this time, it has nothing to do with excessive money printing.
Two former Portuguese colonies are pressing for closer ties to Russia, against a backdrop of military coups and political repression.
Italian PM Meloni now plays kingmaker behind closed doors.
The tax would invade privacy and clash with other attempts at changing behavior through taxes.
Recent efforts to punish Georgia risk precipitating, rather than deterring, the country’s drift toward Russia.
More people than ever get their paycheck from taxpayers. At the same time, some numbers seem to suggest that the era of big government is over. How is this possible?
Ursula von der Leyen is scrambling for enough votes in the Parliament for reelection, and she could also be excluded from the talks in the Council about her own position.
Snap election leaves all sides calculating how to form the next government amid suspicions Macron is playing a long game.
McConnell errs by assuming that Hungary can and should divorce its domestic interests from its foreign policy commitments.
For the first time since 1994, South Africa’s ANC does not have an absolute majority. What comes next will be an important test for the RSA.
There are signs that the policymakers at the ECB realize that this rate cut was not a very good idea.
China, which is a partner rather than an OECD member, has been allowed to block a wider role for Taiwan.
The skirmish between Prime Minister Sunak and Labour leader Starmer over health care funding reveals a deeply rooted structural flaw in the British economy.
Donald Tusk’s government is like the “extended arm” of the European Union, conservative Polish journalist says.
For two major reasons, you should plan your personal finances on the premise that interest rates will remain high for the long haul.
Unless the French political leadership does something radical, more downgrades are coming.
If the Right does as well in the European elections, American conservatives might find that they have a critical mass of allies in Europe.
Getting the numbers right is the first step toward closing the budget gap. Here is the first step; when will we see the next?
We’re now witnessing one youth rebellion wishing to tear down the product of another: the left-liberal hegemony seeded by the student rebels of ’68.
By design, the standard European welfare state traps people in perennial dependency on government.
The EU is silent as a leftist government shuts down conservative media.
The U.S. government has faced a sharp rise in debt costs in the past year—but that was only the beginning. The numbers presented here should scare Congress into debt panic.
Amidst Europe’s uncertain economic future, Hungary exhibits a resilient economy with a positive outlook for the rest of the year.
It’s time for a public service that has been playing by its own rules for too long to be called to order.
The Swiss climate change case has revealed what is wrong with human rights as practiced in Europe today.
There is a crawling erosion of confidence in U.S. government debt.
Potential new nationalist party group could pave way for ID to cooperate with ECR.
Combined with elevated unemployment, a stagnant economy spells trouble for the Lithuanians. To drop a package of tax hikes into this mix is to play with fire.
With inflation and the business cycle moving in very different directions across the euro zone, the ECB’s expected rate cut may end up being of no real economic consequence.
The initial reaction from both the tech industry and users has blurred the clarity of the act’s antitrust objectives.
