This week it became apparent that a “no deal” Brexit is now possible, if not probable. As Theresa May failed to rally her party and government behind…
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The far-right Swedish Democrats (SD) are still on course for a strong result on the forthcoming legislative elections of Sunday, September 9. Opposition to migration…
For two years speculation abounds over the candidacy of Jens Weidmann to succeed Mario Draghi at the helm of the European Central Bank. Weidmann has undermined Draghi Weidmann can hardly contain his ambition,…
Rome and Brussels are locked in a chicken game over the budget. The pressure is on Italy, as the cost of refinancing its sovereign debt…
There is a conviction that migration management begins and often ends with border control. That is an appealing and soothing idea. The fear of migration…
The Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte committed to a “serious, rigorous, and courageous” 2019 budget on Wednesday, as Rome remains in a collision course with Brussels. To…
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has set himself up for a collision course with Washington that could have serious political and economic implications for the relationship between Ankara and…