You’re fine, it’s just a scratch
Now that the summer has arrived in Europe, it’s time to think about car hire. This is a subject of anxiety and controversy for many. Electric cars are making things …
Category: EU
Do you want euros with that?
The relative performance of the bigger EU countries in terms of GDP per capita has been interesting over the period 2006 to 2017 (i.e. from just before the financial crisis. …
Which came first, the chicken or the competition?
In anticipation of Brexit, the United States has outlined its objectives for a trade agreement with the UK. Among other things, it wants to see access for its agriculture to …
Brexit and trade agreements for the UK
First of all, Brexit doesn’t just mean that the UK is leaving the EU. It also means that the UK is leaving all the trade agreements that the EU made …
Brexit and the UK Labour Party
Brexit is not yet as viciously divisive an issue within the UK Labour Party as it is within the UK Conservative Party. But opinion is at least as diverse. The …
EU: economic policy, please…….
Natalie Nougayrède from the Guardian newspaper had an article recently in which she talked about her encounter with the Austrian Foreign Minister at a public discussion on the future of …
The euro, again
Paul Krugman had a strange piece in the New York Times yesterday. He said that many of Europe’s problems came from the “…disastrous decision, a generation ago, to adopt a …
Italy and the euro
The formation of a new populist government in Italy is getting a certain amount of attention from commentators. The Süddeutsche Zeitung outlines growing worries in Brussels and Bonn that the …