
European Defence Must Come from Nation States
Despite what EU technocrats say, sovereign states—not the EU—will have to take action to expand their militaries into forces worthy of the global stage.

Despite what EU technocrats say, sovereign states—not the EU—will have to take action to expand their militaries into forces worthy of the global stage.

Hungary has deterred illegal migrants and accepted real refugees, but the EU is not impressed.

The BRICS countries are moving along with their de-dollarization plans. The bigger BRICS gets, the more ominous the threat to the U.S. economy. Putin knows exactly what he is doing.

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.
In 2023, the federal government borrowed $2.5 trillion. So far this year, things are only getting worse.
“LGBTQI” Spaniards are now being invited to register for priority status within the government’s job placement scheme.
Ideological inconsistency and obsession with respectability have prevented follow-through on conservative convictions.
Legal experts mostly agree that the law is unconstitutional, and opposition leader Feijóo has stated he would repeal it once in power.
The national French statistics office has released new numbers on government debt. Everybody debates those numbers, but has anyone actually read them?
A combination of ominous economic forces beyond the control of the government will make minced meat of Sweden’s euro-skeptic holdouts.
The U.S. Congress has ignored the budget deficit for decades. Debt investors have almost run out of patience. Will Congress address the problem—or continue to play for time?
Donald Tusk has accused the National Bank of Poland of manipulating interest rates to help his predecessor win last year’s election. Here is ample proof that Tusk has no case.
The prospect for lower interest rates in Europe is fading, but the reason has nothing to do with the European economy. The reason is found on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
Economists have failed to explain Europe’s economic stagnation. Here is an explanation they have not considered.
One would have to go back to Soviet times to find a more authoritarian polity in Russia.
The U.S. Treasury keeps selling a lot of short-term, expensive debt when long-term debt is demonstrably cheaper. Why?