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.