Last Monday Spain and the Netherlands surprised friend and foe by presenting a joint discussion paper on the EU's fiscal framework. When it comes to the Eurozone, the Netherlands are…
On the 24th of March the European Central Bank (ECB) intervened to restrict all business of RCB Bank and oversee the transfer of its assets to the competing Hellenic Bank.…
The short answer is no: the chips that are referred to are not the delicious slices of fried potato, but minuscule silicon parts known as semiconductors. Over the last years…
On the 7th of October the Polish supreme court issued a ruling stating that elements of the European Union treaty were incompatible with the Polish constitution. Although the relevance of…
Last week, on the 16th of October, European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde gave a speech for her former organization, the International Monetary Fund. The topic was the future of…
Heroic Dutch coffee traders fend off attack by jealous Eurocrats Starbucks has just posted its 2020 annual report, shrewd journalists have ground it up and filtered it into the most…
This week saw the publication of a troubling report from the European Court of Auditors. This group of grumpy naysayers is based in Luxembourg. The court stands in a long…
Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank Followers of monetary policy will know that the recent expansion of the money supply in the Eurozone and elsewhere is unprecedented. To…
Last Wednesday the European commission unveiled its 2021 annual Strategic Foresight Report. In this report the Commission analyzes the strategic situation the EU has to deal with and provides possible…
I just turned 30 and for me that also means (almost) 30 years of closely following world news. I put together a montage of some of the most important events…