May 5, 2017 Brexit is about to get ugly, politically and economically. And one of its ugliest bits will be the stupid Kabuki game between…
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Central Banks are not convinced the European economy is out in the clear, mostly because political risk overshadows strong economic fundamentals. Sweden and the Eurozone On…
Wolfgang Schäuble wants a multi-speed Europe and a buoyant German trade surplus. Speaking on the sideline of the International Monetary Fund meeting in Washington on Thursday,…
Laundromat is a story about the European banking system facilitating Russian corruption and making billions in the process. What is the Laundromat scandal The $20bn Laundromat scandal…
January 13, 2017 Allegations of illegal party funding for the Dutch Party of Freedoms (PVV) shed light on political, financial, and ideological links that lead…
January 12, 2017 On Tuesday the European Commission published its proposal for an e-Privacy Regulation. This legislation is intended to clarify rules on the data…
United Kingdom – London – All politics is local, even if all policies are becoming global. In becoming global, policies become detached from the people they affect.…