The European Commission’s well-intended initiative to make life easier for entrepreneurs comes with some surprising weaknesses.
Tehran’s new demand for peace with the U.S. includes shifting oil trade to the Chinese yuan.
In pre-election polling, disgruntled voters penalize major parties whose ideological positions appear blurred or inconsistent.
The social democrat prime minister is hinging her re-election bid on a tax that can take more from ‘the rich’ than they earn.
An unlikely political alliance opens for a reversal of the no-euro outcome from 2003. But the currency switch would not benefit the Swedish economy.
Born from one government decree, the People’s Car is now slowly succumbing to another government decree.
The EU’s blacklist of low-tax jurisdictions is growing. Brussels goes out of its way to protect its high-tax cartel.
The European Commission’s report on the Industrial Accelerator Act recognizes some of Europe’s economic problems. Unfortunately, that’s where the good stuff ends.
Christine Lagarde is probably the first major European policymaker to speak openly about why the EU is falling behind globally. But her plan for fixing the problem falls way short.
Pressured by the EU on excessive budget deficits, Helsinki needs to rethink the very purpose of its government.
Contrary to what seems to be the prevailing wisdom, this was not a universal knockdown of Trump’s use of tariffs.
From California to Norway, governments show reckless creativity in their pursuit of more revenue.
