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A look at the 29 organizations tasked with policing political content on social media ahead of EU elections

A look at the 29 organizations tasked with policing political content on social media ahead of EU elections

The president of Argentina wants to make it illegal to print money for budget deficits. Economic theory says he is right, but the politics of the welfare state may get in his way.

Repression and fear provided an opportunity for higher-ups in Spain’s Socialist Party to rob the taxpayer of his money as well as his freedom.

CNews dares to talk about security, immigration, borders, and justice while public TV carefully avoids these topics.

The unfolding ideological fight over Germany’s defense funding is a precursor to an American debate over the same issue.

The EU is in for a fiscal framework showdown between reformists and abolitionists. Who wins? Europe’s economic future hangs in the balance.

Obsessed with not appearing too far to the Right because of some of his reform ideas, the French president is pandering to the far Left by calling the Rassemblement National “outside the republican arc.”

If Congress decides to compensate NATO for insufficient European funding, they may have a run-in with the investors on the market for U.S. government debt.

NATO is a defense insurance program. What happens to your insurance policy when you don’t pay your monthly premium?

Whatever—or whoever—caused Navalny’s death, it is a clear signal to the world that Russia’s leader will not tolerate internal opposition.
The ecological issue—a ‘green deal’ driving up energy bills; implementing driving prohibitions in cities; condemning cars before their time; making homes unfit to rent or sell—will be at the heart of the European elections next spring.
The European Union’s drive for ever more intrusive regulations to combat climate change are being met with resistance from member states. Despite the Commission’s best efforts to push the Green Deal, exorbitant economic costs and voter discontent has sparked a renewed interest in nuclear energy.
The upcoming BRICS summit next week will mark the beginning of a new era. But don’t count out the U.S. dollar just yet.
The only way for a government to be fiscally responsible is to transform government in the image of national conservatism. Hungary offers a good example of how to do it.
Europe’s conservatives want to be fiscally responsible, but they need to become bolder and address the root cause of government deficits and debt.
The U.S. government has suffered its second credit downgrade. Given the reaction from the Biden administration, we can safely predict: this is only the beginning.
Europe’s economy is falling behind America, and the gap is getting big. The reason is obvious, and so is the solution.
Good news! America has avoided a recession. But the Federal Reserve can still make one happen.
There is this notion that America will never face a fiscal crisis of the kind other countries have fallen victim to. This notion is dead wrong. Here is what an American fiscal crisis can look like.
The Hungarian economy has a lot going for it, but can it handle a big budget deficit and high inflation?
After decades of a culture war in which only one side has been fighting, VOX needed more than moderate poise and occasional rallies to turn things around.
Were the PP to govern now, it is unlikely that it would try to resolve the asymmetries of the Spanish system on display during these elections, especially with Núñez Feijóo at the helm.